The Cameron delusion
The former prime minister embodies the failures of supposed “centrism”.
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Desperate Measures
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Was “Comeback” Cameron second choice for Foreign Secretary?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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What is Labour Together?
The organisation has been accused of being “secretive group”, but its original purpose was to reanimate the centre left.
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The calm of the sleeper train
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Richard Tice: “The Tories need punishing, they need firing”
The Reform UK leader on why rather than doing a deal with the Conservatives, he plans to help defeat…
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Spain’s amnesty for Catalan separatists is a dilemma for the EU
“Rule-of-law fanboys” at the European Commission are reeling from the impact it could have in other parts of Europe.
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Gaza and Ukraine have divided the world into geopolitical tribes
From universalists to Westernists, there are common patterns holding the views on the two conflicts together.
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In public the US supports Israel, but in private pressure mounts
Washington is pushing Israel on its postwar intentions, after Antony Blinken stated that the country can’t occupy Gaza.
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The end of Conservative England
In trying to strengthen his personal authority, Rishi Sunak has ignited yet another civil war.
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The desperate return of the Cameroons
The adults are back in the room. It’s a shame they trashed it last time.
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The Tory right’s divided tribes
Suella Braverman and her allies have a radically different outlook to the party’s free-marketeers.
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Murder, she wrote
Nadine Dorries has been ridiculed for alleging that a treacherous “movement” controls the Tory party. But are her worst…
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Books of the year 2023
New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.
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Rubens and body positivity
In his representations of women, the great baroque painter sought more than merely the pleasure of flesh.
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Saltburn is a class satire without bite
Emerald Fennell’s story of an Oxford student who infiltrates the aristocracy values style over depth.
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Netflix’s The Crown turns tawdry
Peter Morgan’s royal epic concludes with ghosts and banalities in a touchy-feely sixth series.
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A nonconforming take on The Nutcracker
The Southbank Centre puts a refreshing new twist on the most established of theatrical traditions.
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A box of family photos pulls me into the past
Looking at pictures with my siblings, time seems to collapse in on itself.
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If I lived with someone I’d drive them insane
After a week of the sniffles I have discovered another good reason to be single – I can freely…
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This England: Top cat
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Roma Agrawal’s Q&A: “My specialist subject would be Sex and the City. Or concrete”
The engineer on Bharatanatyam dancing, stand-up comedy and making her industry a more inclusive space.
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