The rise of Britain’s radical right
Robert Jenrick is now widely expected to lead the Tories into the next election. He is a harbinger of…
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Don’t tell Emmanuel Macron – but he’s a normal politician now
The president’s ambitions were Jupiterian. Now they lie in ashes.
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Mrs Thatcher’s bastards
In her centenary year, Maggie’s political and intellectual heirs still yearn for the smack of firm leadership.
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How to organise a government rebellion
Also this week: Fighting for disability rights and Labour at a crossroads.
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How Rachel’s tears landed at the Daily Male
Your weekly dose of news and gossip from journalism, broadcasting and beyond.
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A Lords’ last supper for hereditary peers
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: The privilege of paying tax
Write to [email protected] to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Keir Starmer has time to turn this around
There is an upside to making so many mistakes – No 10 can learn from them.
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Immigrants did not cause Britain’s social housing shortage
The idea that British nationals are passed over for social housing is a myth that refuses to die.
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Trump-Dependence Day in Washington DC
Under Maga rule, the Fourth of July means a party to which only a few Americans are invited.
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School catering firms make millions while children eat Bad Pie
The quality of school meals has been falling dramatically in the cost-of-living crisis – and the proof is in…
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Can jury-less trials save our justice system?
“Justice delayed is justice denied” – and our courts are clogged to the point where they barely function.
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Inside Robert Jenrick’s New Right revolution
The shadow justice secretary’s gonzo stunts are dragging British politics into uncharted territory
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The left’s losing streak
Why populists keep winning and what progressives should do about it.
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On freedom vs motherhood
Helen Taylor’s memoir Childless by Choice – a reflection on her child-free life – offers the perspective that’s often…
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Six journeys that changed the world
The 20th century, for better and for worse, was the communist century.
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The Great Men of history 2.0
Alexander Starritt’s new novel, Drayton and Mackenzie, attempts to cast Big Tech’s leaders as Olympians shaping our age –…
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Oasis are the greatest Irish band of all time
The Gallagher brothers are lionised as Britpop heroes – but the “Ireland forever” flag was a clue to their…
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The picturesque picaresque of Barry Lyndon
Fifty years after it flopped at the box office, Stanley Kubrick’s 18th-century epic is now recognised as an outright…
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Lena Dunham has made TV funny again
In Too Much, her first major TV project since Girls, the American screenwriter proves she knows London like a…
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Lana Del Rey’s Deep South fantasia
At her sold out Wembley show, the American star blended old hits with her new Southern belle persona.
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From the ashes
Ash trees are firmly rooted in Britain’s history – and they are making a remarkable comeback.
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Doctors, beware the AI scribe
The time I spend editing my computerised medical notes outweighs any productivity gains I get from not writing them.
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Lezards, assemble!
A family celebration calls for a giant rib of beef. Clear the kitchen and hand me my oven gloves…
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Henley Regatta’s parade of manners
Is this the last place in Britain that still thinks Lord Salisbury is prime minister?
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Why the government should be run like Wimbledon
Keir Starmer could learn a thing or two from the ruthless corporate machine that is the All England Club.
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This England: White-van Manx
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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