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Will the Tories ever recover from this defeat?
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThis was an election campaign that – from a Conservative perspective – was all about damage limitation. Perhaps left-wing electors might get their sense...
The entry of women to the Garrick will remake the British elite
The New Statesman· 5 days agoYesterday it was reported that Dame Judi Dench and Siân Phillips had become the first women to be...
Labour’s missions are no substitute for ideology
The New Statesman· 7 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....
Exit poll: Labour are heading for a landslide
The New Statesman· 3 days agoLabour is on course to return to government for the first time in 14 years. The exit poll predicts the party will win 410 seats, with the Conservatives...
Labour’s landslide will transform British politics
The New Statesman· 3 days agoThe Labour Party is returning to government. In a less tribal era of multi-party politics, Labour’s very existence was questioned. A popular theory is...
Labour has won the election – it hasn’t won the argument
The New Statesman· 3 days agoKeir Starmer’s task of earning his majority begins today.
From the feral to the glamorous at Glastonbury 2024
The New Statesman· 6 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...
Reform candidates are sinister
The New Statesman· 6 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...
Democracy begins with us
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAs a journalist in authoritarian China, I learned the value of community. As a parliamentary candidate in the UK, I am determined to preserve it.
As the campaign draws to an end, it’s time to lay down my pen
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAlso this week: The far right’s rabid dogs, and Labour vs my garden trowel.
