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Alan Rusbridger: “The young have no grounding in the classical view of free speech”
The former editor-in-chief of the Guardian discusses how the left turned inwards.
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ByThis perfectly distilled film is a pleasing oddity.
ByYour weekly dose of gossip from around Wesminster.
ByBy refusing to adjust the roadmap is Boris Johnson repeating past mistakes?
ByI predict a summer of romance, as released singletons embrace the opportunity to mingle freely outside of their household.
ByThe singer discusses Nelson Mandela, The Untethered Soul by Michael Alan Singer and his relationship with social media.
ByThe wildly lucrative boxing career of YouTuber Jake Paul proves the real world power of likes and views.
ByThe former PM's rhetoric is selective and ideologically fixed, he is unable to confront the world as it really is.
ByEmail emily.bootle@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be the New Statesman’s subscriber of the week.
ByTo provide the homes the UK needs, the Prime Minister realises building must trump conservation – a reality many…
ByWhen this plague is over I shall return to my sacred place: Derbyshire, our most handsome and underrated county.
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ByWhy would an approach that failed for Jeremy Corbyn and Ed Miliband work for the current Labour leader?
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