New StatesmanOpinion C is for Coalition: A decade of political disruption blossomed from the rose garden newstatesman.com - Anoosh Chakelian The third letter in the New Statesman’s A-Z of the decade. As New Labour came to its final ebb after 13 years in a country mired in recession, the …
New StatesmanOpinion “Brexit is a right-wing coup and it is to be resisted”: the view from Chester newstatesman.com - George Grylls Only four years ago Labour Chester was Tory. Can a cabinet minister help it go blue again? When Matt Hancock returned to his hometown of Chester this …
New StatesmanIcon version of the Flipboard logoOpinion View from Chester: “Brexit is a right-wing coup and it is to be resisted.” newstatesman.com - George Grylls Only four years ago this Labour seat was Tory. Can a cabinet minister help it go blue again? When Matt Hancock returned to his hometown of Chester …
New StatesmanOpinion What we learned from the final head-to-head leaders' debate newstatesman.com - Ailbhe Rea Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn each gave their strongest performance yet Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn went head-to-head in a one-hour BBC debate …
New StatesmanOpinion BBC Election Debate - Live! newstatesman.com - Stephen Bush Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn go head to head - as it happens! Stephen Bush is political editor of the New Statesman. His daily briefing, Morning …
New StatesmanSteven Knight Steven Knight: “Working-class characters can have agency and ambition” newstatesman.com - Rohan Banerjee The Peaky Blinders creator discusses his childhood in Birmingham and the class problem in British period dramas. Growing up in Small Heath, Birmingham …
New StatesmanOpinion Evening Call: People of Colour, People of Talent newstatesman.com - Jonn Elledge The extremely online are at it again – only this time, it’s electoral. Remember the day in 2015 when the internet went wild for a blue and black dress …
New StatesmanOpinion Constituency profiles for the 2019 general election newstatesman.com - New Statesman The News Statesman team has been visiting key battlegrounds and symbolic seats across the UK in order to write constituency profiles for this year’s …
New StatesmanOpinion What we want: A second referendum newstatesman.com - Marina Warner And I’d like 16- and 17-year-olds, UK citizens living abroad and EU citizens with settled status to be able to vote in it. Labour to win, with a …
New StatesmanOpinion What we want: for us to start listening to our intellectuals newstatesman.com - Bonnie Greer After the election, I hope that there is a time and space for thought. What I wish is that this election was not happening. Not now. The Labour Party …
New StatesmanOpinion B is for Black Lives Matter: The ongoing fight against systemic racism newstatesman.com - Stephen Bush The second letter in the New Statesman's A-Z of the decade. On the night of 26 February 2012, George Zimmerman, the head of his local neighbourhood …
New StatesmanOpinion Boris Johnson’s pledge of an immigration system focused on “people of talent” is divisive too newstatesman.com - Anoosh Chakelian Confusion over the Prime Minister’s words exposes a problem with his border policy. Boris Johnson’s key message on immigration this election is …
New StatesmanOpinion Norwich North is a key political battleground. But its voters are tired of the fight newstatesman.com - Indra Warnes The Tories and Labour are preparing for a close contest in this bellweather seat, which has backed the winning party in every election since 1983. …
New StatesmanOpinion What we want: to prioritise tackling inequality newstatesman.com - Elif Shafak The difference between rich and poor, and between rural and urban, is a structural rift that affects everything from health to cultural productivity; …
New StatesmanOpinion What we want: a focus on local politics newstatesman.com - Rory Stewart We don’t want politicians talking in highfalutin language; we want a sense of the changes they would bring. For ten years I’ve been knocking on doors …
New StatesmanOpinion Why Bernie Sanders should be America’s next president newstatesman.com - Anonymous A Sanders presidency would restore faith in government and signify the strongest repudiation of Donald Trump and his brand of politics. In the last …
New StatesmanOpinion What we want: to cut the prison population, abolish Trident and embrace immigration newstatesman.com - David Hare The Home Office should also be put in special measures, like a delinquent school, until it comes up with a humane asylum policy. I don’t care what …
New StatesmanOpinion What we want: grown-up, authentic politicians newstatesman.com - Rowan Williams So much of this election isn’t about politics at all. It’s about two tight-knit groups of (mostly male) professional public speakers and image …
New StatesmanOpinion What we want: A hung parliament newstatesman.com - Helen Lewis Neither Boris Johnson nor Jeremy Corbyn deserves to win the general election. I want a hung parliament, which is the closest thing the British …
New StatesmanOpinion What we want: To end the Eton mess and start again newstatesman.com - Melvyn Bragg You only have to look at the British politicians of the past ten years to see why. What do I want? Fewer, if any, Etonians. John le Carré, who taught …
New StatesmanOpinion Jeremy Corbyn's big Brexit leak gives Boris Johnson and the media a headache newstatesman.com - Stephen Bush Why do we only talk about the detail of Brexit when the illusion of secrecy is added? Jeremy Corbyn has unveiled a leaked Treasury document showing …
New StatesmanOpinion Why public ownership is the only solution to the UK’s broken energy market newstatesman.com - Rebecca Long-Bailey Labour will provide an energy system that is green, secure and affordable by taking on reckless privateers. Choice is an illusion when it comes to the …
New StatesmanOpinion Why Boris Johnson’s refusal to be interviewed on TV is unlikely to affect his campaign newstatesman.com - Stephen Bush Voters think that Johnson is a liar, but they think he's simply the apex predator in a political system dominated by lies. The BBC has released a …
New StatesmanOpinion “Boris doesn’t care about the north”: Can Brexit define the Labour town of Hartlepool? newstatesman.com - Anoosh Chakelian The Brexit Party and Conservatives have their eye on the northeast coastal constituency, but its residents are not to be pigeonholed. Silhouetted …
New StatesmanOpinion I cannot vote in the general election. And now more than ever, my life is in your hands newstatesman.com - Sarah Manavis Roughly three million EU citizens live in the UK today and none will be able to vote in an election called because of their existence. A story I’ve …
New StatesmanOpinion Evening Call: Anti-Semitism in the Spotlight newstatesman.com - Jonn Elledge If the improvement in Labour's polling now stalls or reverses, it seems likely that this scandal will be part of the reason why. The big story in …
New StatesmanOpinion A is for Avocado: How a ubiquitous fruit defined a decade of generational inequality newstatesman.com - Anoosh Chakelian The first letter in the New Statesman’s A-Z of the decade. In May 2017, an Australian millionaire property developer called Tim Gurner ruined …
New StatesmanOpinion Populist leaders are taking us backwards in the fight against torture newstatesman.com - Anonymous Britain once led the way in establishing the torture prohibition, but we're now shirking the same obligations that we helped create. The rise of …
New StatesmanOpinion France’s biggest strike for decades is Macron’s greatest challenge yet newstatesman.com - Pauline Bock The mass revolt by workers against pension reform is a symptom of the government’s political failures. How long would you be prepared to strike …
