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How Jeremy Hunt survived the breaking of the Blue Wall
The New Statesman· 2 days ago“This is the Holy Grail,” one Lib Dem told me as we sat waiting for the count in Godalming and Ash....
How bad can it get for the Conservatives?
The New Statesman· 6 days agoWhen the General Election was called I reckoned that the Conservatives were just a margin of error from oblivion. Canada in 1993 – where the...
This England: Gulls go postal
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThis column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain – has run in the New Statesman since 1934.
Paul Goodman: “The Tory divide is between serious and unserious”
The New Statesman· 3 days agoWhat is to become of the Conservative Party? As voters head to the polls in an election widely...
The Democrats’ appalling judgement
The New Statesman· 5 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...
The young prole rebels of Dexys Midnight Runners
The New Statesman· 5 days agoOne starts this book at the back, like a Japanese novel, because the author has tracked down all 24 living members of Dexys Midnight Runners, leaving...
Labour’s missions are no substitute for ideology
The New Statesman· 6 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 Macron era is over
The New Statesman· 6 days agoIt is going to get worse for Emmanuel Macron. When the polls were already looking bad ahead of the first-round parliamentary vote on 30 June, his last...
Keir Starmer appoints a continuity cabinet
The New Statesman· 20 hours agoThere are few surprises, as Labour opts for stability over flare.
Sunak’s honours list faces a Starmer peer review
The New Statesman· 5 days agoYour weekly dose of gossip from the campaign trail.
