The war on democracy
Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, more violence is likely.
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The American Berserk
Letter of the week: A proportional response
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Ed Miliband’s green-energy charm offensive is not sustainable
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Britain will never be an energy superpower
The Labour government’s net zero policies are based on a delusion.
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Euros Diary: Only England can cause this much hurt
“Dave? Is it coming home?” they asked me. But football has a way of puncturing a nation’s joy in…
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Raja Shehadeh: “Israel is trying to make another Nakba”
The author and human rights activist on losing Palestine.
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Southgatism will endure
Left conservatism is a winning politics for Starmer, Southgate and our times.
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Starmer’s people are returning class to the centre of politics
The Prime Minister’s class-conscious and interventionist government owes more to Harold Wilson than to Tony Blair.
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Republicans are correct that words can incite violence – they would know
The right's criticism of dangerous rhetoric is both shrewd and deeply hypocritical.
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The scourge of bad Tube poetry
The public realm has become a moralising and patronising place
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America on the brink
How the attempt on Trump’s life will deepen the country’s bitter divides.
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The shot seen round the world
The photograph of a bloodied Trump has turned him into a hero and captured the carnage of American politics.
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The lure of political killing
From the Roman empire to Bolshevik Russia, the past shows how assassination fails to halt a society’s drift towards…
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The long shadow of JFK
From the Kennedy assassination to Trump, America is a land of conspiracies.
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A reckoning with Ghislaine Maxwell
The socialite who groomed women for Jeffrey Epstein is behind bars, but her victims’ trauma endures.
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From Lore Segal to Steve Tibble: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring The Boundless River by Mathijs Deen and Systemic by Layal Liverpool.
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Cricket in an age of heroes
Bill Edrich was only a competent batsman but his manly exploits embodied the postwar spirit.
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Back to the American future
Caught at a violent turning point in history, the United States is struggling to find a path forward.
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The men who made Labour
A remarkable new novel tells the story of Victor Grayson, the rock star of Victorian socialism.
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Twisters makes tornadoes great again
The sequel to the cult 1996 blockbuster Twister is saved by a charismatic performance from Glen Powell.
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The Jetty: Yet another laughable, insulting show about crimes against women
I’m weary of listening to homilies about male violence from characters who are otherwise strikingly inarticulate.
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At Hyde Park, Stevie Nicks is a powerful presence
The Fleetwood Mac singer is 76 years old – but she doesn’t sound it.
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The martyring of Elliott Smith
The indie-rock artist’s posthumous status as a “torment saint” is an ill-fitting reputation.
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Gardening laziness is the best way to encourage pollinators
Doing nothing is the antidote to declining insect populations.
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Thought experiment 1: The Chinese Room
The American philosopher John Searle’s defence of human intelligence now has to confront today’s sophisticated AI algorithms.
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A new government, and I had a seat at the side-table of history
After I celebrated the end of Tory chaos in grand style, even my dreams have resolved to be nicer.
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The property rental market is a hellscape
In a landlord’s market, with intense competition from fellow renters, you’re damned whatever you do.
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Spain dashed English dreams, but there were other Euros winners too
Keir Starmer, Denzel Dumfries, and pubs did remarkably well during the tournament.
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This England: A walking nightmare
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain…
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Subscriber of the week: Keith Morley
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Anne Applebaum Q&A: “Pessimism is irresponsible”
The journalist and author on Nancy Drew, French secret agents, and society's inability to regulate social media algorithms.
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