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Jeremy Corbyn’s last stand
The New Statesman· 4 days agoIt takes time to walk anywhere with Jeremy Corbyn. As we set off on the campaign trail one afternoon in Islington North – where he is standing as an...
Rishi Sunak's campaign tour shows he is nervous
The New Statesman· 5 days agoAre campaign visits important? A party leader of note – as opposed to, I suppose, the leader of the English Democrats – being seen seen and heard in a...
"Heat or eat": how to help millions in fuel poverty
The New Statesman· 6 days agoFuel poverty is on the rise with millions of households in England having to choose whether to “heat or eat”. Last year, the Government estimated almost...
The Unthinkable: how Rishi Sunak accidentally won the 2024 general election
The New Statesman· 5 hours agoAsk anyone who remembers the night of the 2024 general election and they’ll describe a similar...
The Tory betting scandal symbolises the party’s carelessness in government
The New Statesman· 6 days agoThe betting scandal engulfing the Conservative campaign has the potential to become an...
Labour's women problem
The New Statesman· 5 days agoLabour has a problem with women. The shadow justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, clearly stated last month: “I believe in the importance of recognising...
The risk of deepfakes deciding elections is real
The New Statesman· 2 days agoEarlier this year I realised, to my profound disappointment, that I hadn’t really been listening to Arnold Schwarzenegger. For a week I listened to a...
Boris Johnson should take the fight to Nigel Farage
The New Statesman· 2 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...
Keir Starmer is the consummate late bloomer
The New Statesman· 3 days agoTony Blair and David Cameron were just 43 when they won. At the time, Cameron was the youngest prime minister since 1812, before he was undertaken by...
Labour can't ignore Northern Ireland forever
The New Statesman· 4 days agoOn the second day of the Conservative Party’s general election campaign, Rishi Sunak delivered a speech in Belfast on a site previously occupied by the...
