The Conservative-DUP stand-off means that there is now a real chance of an early election
While the internal Tory row won’t precipitate an early election, we can’t be certain the Tory-DUP divisions won't.
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Downing Street has bigger problems over the Brexit deal than losing the PR war
Commentators and loyal Conservative MPs are worried Theresa May isn’t at the races as far as the argument for the…
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Podcast: The US Midterms
The New Statesman podcast with Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush.
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In Georgia, Stacey Abrams won’t concede defeat until every vote is counted. This is why.
As of this morning, Brian Kemp was leading by about 75,000 votes in the gubernatorial race. Between January and August…
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The “blue wave” has left Congress and US politics more diverse than it has ever been
The midterm elections on Tuesday swept a record number of women and ethnic minorities into elected office.
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Nevada voters elect dead brothel-owner Dennis Hof to state assembly
The Cathouse star and owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch brothel won by a comfortable margin despite having passed away…
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Forget Congress: the most important result in the midterms was this Florida ballot initiative
Amendment 4 – which passed on Tuesday – gives more than a million people with former felony convictions back the right to vote.
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A new America is being born and the Democratic left are leading the way
The party won big where it went left and where it fielded women, people of colour and, above all, people…
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