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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...
Reform candidates are sinister
The New Statesman· 4 days agoBritain may be broken, as Nigel Farage’s campaign declares. If it were the case of “one or two slip[ping] through the net that shouldn’t have done” – as...
Is Reform taking Labour votes?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoReform is confident of picking up millions of votes on Thursday. It puts many more seats within Labour’s grasp, and makes its route to a huge win much...
Rishi Sunak makes his last stand
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThe Prime Minister’s final push was a greatest hits of Tory failures.
London close: Stocks mixed on raft of global PMI data
ShareCast· 4 days agoLondon stocks ended Monday with mixed results as investors navigated a mix of UK economic data and...
The threats faced by Taiwan make Britain’s politics feel provincial
The New Statesman· 4 days agoOnly 11 minor states (plus the Holy See) have formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan and their...
This shabby election campaign is finally over
The New Statesman· 2 days agoOne Tory insider mused to me this week that the result was decided months ago, that their impending failure could be explained by Boris Johnson and Liz...
How can Labour create a fair deal for renters?
The New Statesman· 3 days agoAcross the country, the average private renter pays more than a third of their wages in rent to a landlord, and many of those same individuals are forced...
The entry of women to the Garrick will remake the British elite
The New Statesman· 3 days agoYesterday it was reported that Dame Judi Dench and Siân Phillips had become the first women to be...
FTSE 100 movers: Land Securities boosted by upgrade; Centrica in the red
ShareCast· 5 days agoLondon’s FTSE 100 was up 0.3% at 8,189.25 in afternoon trade on Monday.