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Election night is long, but I shall be on form at the New Statesman party
The New Statesman· 2 days agoIncidentally, my favourite headline of the campaign is now over a month old, but it actually gets...
This shabby election campaign is finally over
The New Statesman· 4 hours 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...
The Conservative Party faces total devastation
The New Statesman· 17 hours agoIf forecast figures have even some bearing on reality, this election will write history in a way like no other. Britain’s Conservative and Unionist Party...
Paul Goodman: “The Tory divide is between serious and unserious”
The New Statesman· 10 hours agoWhat is to become of the Conservative Party? As voters head to the polls in an election widely...
The 12 constituencies to watch
The New Statesman· 10 hours 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...
Boris Johnson should take the fight to Nigel Farage
The New Statesman· 6 days agoRegular readers of these columns will know that I am not a fan of Boris Johnson. Much of the responsibility for the current state of the Tory party is...
The curse of influencer publishing
The New Statesman· 10 hours agoThe slow creep of influencer publishing – the rise of social media stars being handed fat advances and big marketing budgets for memoirs, self-help books...
Are Reform taking Labour votes?
The New Statesman· 1 day agoReform are confident of picking up millions of votes on Thursday. It puts many more seats within Labour’s grasp, and makes their route to a huge win much...
Mark Haddon: Why I turned down an OBE
The New Statesman· 1 day agoThe author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time on why he could not in good conscience accept anything from Rishi Sunak’s government.
David Lammy 'arrogant' for private school remarks, says minister
Evening Standard· 6 days agoI think they just point to something else actually, both arrogant and dismissive, and I don’t accept...
