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What the National Rally’s rise means for Labour
The New Statesman· 3 days agoKeir Starmer and David Lammy may soon be faced with nationalist governments across the Atlantic and the Channel.
Labour’s missions are no substitute for ideology
The New Statesman· 3 days agoOne of the most insistent refrains in Keir Starmer’s campaigning rhetoric has been that he represents a constructive break with a disordered past....
The People's Republic of Liverpool Walton
The New Statesman· 3 days agoIn 2018, the Russian presidential election produced an entirely expected victory for the incumbent Vladimir Putin, who won 78 per cent of the vote. In...
Is the SNP prepared to change again?
The New Statesman· 6 days agoWith a week to go, if I were a betting man – which, unlike the entire political establishment, it seems, I’m not – I’d go for something like this:...
This is the long Brexit election
The New Statesman· 6 days agoOn 4 July, Labour will win the election but not the country. The Conservative Party meanwhile has suffered a post-Brexit disintegration, agonisingly slow...
The Conservative catastrophe
The New Statesman· 2 days agoRecent polling predicts electoral catastrophe for the Conservatives. A Survation poll taken in the first half of June anticipated the party winning only...
The Supreme Court has made Trump "a king above the law"
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe Supreme Court delivered its historic ruling in the case of Trump v. United States on Monday (1...
Biden’s only choice
The New Statesman· 2 days agoWhen Trump declared that Democrats were in favour of “after-birth” abortions, for instance, which is to say they want to kill newborn babies, Biden was...
From the feral to the glamorous at Glastonbury 2024
The New Statesman· 3 days agoGlastonbury is the nation’s biggest festival, and therefore both the most glamorous and the most feral; one of the only places in the world that you are...
