Arthur Scargill’s crumbling Camelot
Forty years ago, Margaret Thatcher defeated Britain’s miners. Now their union is dissolving – and their former leader is in…
By Jacob Furedi
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The cost of net zero in the town that steel built
Labour’s climate push risks leaving Scunthorpe behind.
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The sick town of England
Why are 13,000 people in Dover too ill to work?
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Will Labour level up?
The party is still trying to define the slogan, but the focus on devolution is a good start.
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Shinzo Abe: The political legacy of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister
On 8 July, Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech at an event in the…
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UK Covid tracker: the latest data by local authority as Omicron spreads
The New Statesman is tracking the latest Covid-19 data on cases and vaccinations
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Why Joe Biden got everything wrong in Afghanistan
The Biden administration’s view of the world as a diplomatic conversation was disconnected from reality.
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The US military arsenal now available to the Taliban
The Taliban may now be the only militant group in the world in possession of an air force.
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