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Farmer protests and Just Stop Oil are two sides of the same coin
The New Statesman· 4 days agoJust weeks ago, Rishi Sunak expressed solidarity with the protesters at a demonstration in Wales,...
Westminster parties engulfed by a cost-of-conference crisis
The New Statesman· 4 days agoYour weekly dose of gossip from the corridors of power.
The Tories are doomed but Rishi Sunak is safe
The New Statesman· 2 days agoMayoral results that may or may not turn out to be eye-catching will not be announced until Saturday, by which time all right-minded people will be...
Pet Shop Boys: “Labour could do with an infusion of idealism”
The New Statesman· 1 day agoNeil Tennant takes the stool, placing him three inches higher than everyone else, which feels right...
Should you lend money to Jeremy Hunt?
The New Statesman· 4 days agoThe most overcooked canard in political discourse is “taxpayers’ money”. The public purse stopped being your money at the point at which you were taxed;...
Letter of the week: Context dependence
The New Statesman· 4 days agoYou state that support for Scottish independence remains “at around 44 per cent”. It’s one thing to have a somewhat vague aspiration for Scotland to be...
The football club that data built
The New Statesman· 6 days agoEvery football club is a Ship of Theseus. But his real star is Matthew Benham, the man who, after making his fortune in the City, and then through...
The rise of playlist politics
The New Statesman· 4 days agoThere is a striking paradox today in how people feel about the Western world. Kristalina Georgieva, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),...
Ireland can’t blame its anti-immigrant problem on Rishi Sunak
The New Statesman· 4 days agoAfter years of bickering it seemed as though Ireland and the UK were ready to be friends again. The...
The war of SNP factions has only just begun
The New Statesman· 5 days agoThe race to be Scotland’s next first minister has begun. John Swinney, flag-bearer for the party’s old guard and Nicola Sturgeon acolyte, is the...
