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27 July 2022

The birth of a new political era

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are not the choice this country deserves after three years of Boris Johnson. Britain needs radical change.

By New Statesman

Photo by Jacob King - WPA Pool / Getty Images

The Conservative Party is politically and intellectually exhausted. This summer’s leadership contest has only confirmed as much.

Britain has profound problems: falling living standards, overwhelmed public services and a broken constitution. But rather than grappling with these issues, the Tories have embraced a parodic form of Thatcherism.

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