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Election night should have been jubilant. Why did it feel flat?
The New Statesman· 9 hours agoThe sun wasn’t shining then, it being November, and also night-time; and in retrospect, the...
Where next for the Tories?
The New Statesman· 9 hours agoAnnouncing his resignation on Friday morning after one of the most gruelling nights in the Conservative Party’s history, the former prime minister at...
Will England love the real Jude Bellingham?
The New Statesman· 9 hours agoThis is the arc of Jude Bellingham. On TalkSport, the ex-Premier League manager René Meulensteen called his celebration against Slovakia “arrogant”,...
After a historic Labour victory, I’m choosing hope
The New Statesman· 1 day agoIn 2010, my first election, aged 18, I voted Lib Dem, only for Nick Clegg to sell out my cohort of soon-to-be university students. If there was a...
How Labour can govern for working people
The New Statesman· 1 day agoThe Conservatives brutally ejected from office. When I congratulated Keir Starmer this morning my message to him was clear. The trade union movement...
Labour has won the election – it hasn’t won the argument
The New Statesman· 1 day agoKeir Starmer’s task of earning his majority begins today.
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 12 constituencies to watch
The New Statesman· 2 days agoThe contours of this election were set early on in the campaign: the collapse of the Conservatives; the rise of Reform, catalysed by Nigel Farage’s...
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...
The Democrats’ appalling judgement
The New Statesman· 4 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...
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