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Will the Tories ever recover from this defeat?
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThis was an election campaign that – from a Conservative perspective – was all about damage limitation. Perhaps left-wing electors might get their sense...
Labour’s first policy should be to break up the NHS
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe most famous example in recent times was Bank of England independence, a policy Gordon Brown developed in secret over the two years before the 1997...
Left-behind Britain
The New Statesman· 7 days agoJulius Nyerere became the first president of Tanzania, and Lee Kuan Yew the first prime minister of self-governing Singapore. Nyerere and Lee may have...
This is the long Brexit election
The New Statesman· 7 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...
Can a feuding French left keep out the far right?
The New Statesman· 6 days agoAhead of the first round of voting in the legislative elections this Sunday, the French left has united for only the second time in its recent history....
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.
The secret history of strawberries
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThey are the perfect summer fruit – and the kitchen can’t improve on perfection.
James Corden’s comedy of menace
The New Statesman· 6 days agoJoe Penhall’s new play The Constituent, starring Corden and Anna Maxwell Martin, is a funny, disturbing vision of public service and private despair.
Rishi Sunak has lost the argument on growth
The New Statesman· 2 days agoLabour’s focus on economic progress has paid off.
Four vital energy checks to make NOW ahead of big change to bills for millions
The Sun· 6 days agoENERGY bills will drop in days meaning households across Britain will be hundreds of pounds better...
