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As the campaign draws to an end, it’s time to lay down my pen
The New Statesman· 3 days agoAlso this week: The far right’s rabid dogs, and Labour vs my garden trowel.
The secret history of strawberries
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThey are the perfect summer fruit – and the kitchen can’t improve on perfection.
The last days of Andy Murray
The New Statesman· 2 days agoAt the French Open earlier this year there was a sense of Götterdämmerung. The downing of the indomitable warrior Rafael Nadal, undoubtedly the greatest...
The Democrats’ appalling judgement
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThe task of a leader or decision-maker is to be ahead of consensus, not behind it. The Democratic Party, in sticking with the forlorn Joe Biden this...
Labour’s missions are no substitute for ideology
The New Statesman· 5 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....
Hamish Falconer: “We will be forming a government under much harder conditions than 1997”
The New Statesman· 7 days agoOn Monday 10 June, Labour campaigners in the East Midlands seat of Lincoln had a new volunteer in...
The Supreme Court has made Trump "a king above the law"
The New Statesman· 4 days agoThe Supreme Court delivered its historic ruling in the case of Trump v. United States on Monday (1...
The media's bad election campaign
The New Statesman· 4 days agoNeither the politicians nor the broadcasters have distinguished themselves in this election campaign. Journalists working for traditional organisations...
The Tory media has gone into meltdown
The New Statesman· 7 days agoThe thing no one tells you about the stages of grief is that they are not, in fact, stages. This exhausted government has not left this mortal plane...
Will the Tories ever recover from this defeat?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThis was an election campaign that – from a Conservative perspective – was all about damage limitation. Perhaps left-wing electors might get their sense...
