Why we must empower local government
It has been a long time since local government was a hotbed of political struggle. In the past several decades…
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Commons Confidential: Political flibbertigibbet Rachel
No wonder Tory wannabes fanning across the country aren’t waiting for Theresa May’s resignation to woo their 120,000-weak sect. One…
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Why Britain needs its own Green New Deal
Climate change is becoming increasingly hard to ignore. Last month, as the activist movement Extinction Rebellion staged 11 days of…
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The Roger Scruton interview: the full transcript
On 10 April, the New Statesman published a 900-word Encounter between George Eaton and the philosopher Roger Scruton. The Encounter…
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The birth of AI nationalism
The race to master artificial intelligence increasingly shapes rivalry between the great powers.
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The remorseless advance of Binyamin Netanyahu
Outside her clothes shop in Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market, Orin Philipson, a striking, black-haired woman in her fifties, expresses her…
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How Australia incubated far-right terror
The politics of hate have moved from the fringe to the mainstream.
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The death of Abdul Baset Sarout, Syria’s singing soldier
The songbird of the Syrian revolution, Abdul Baset Sarout, was killed on 8 June while fighting against forces loyal to…
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