Is there a progressive argument for pro-natalism?
The demographer Paul Morland on why we should have more children.
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The gruelling campaign is over. Now we have a country to sort
Also this week: Nigel Farage to be bogged down by bins and neighbour disputes, and the Euros bringing about familial…
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Can France’s anti-Le Pen alliance survive?
Political chaos, confusion and incompetence are almost inevitable after no single grouping wins a parliamentary majority.
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How Labour can make government work better
The party’s success in office will be determined by how well its “mission-driven” agenda is communicated to the civil service.
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Inside the teenage mind
Why understanding the wild and fragile world of adolescence helps us better know ourselves.
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Anneliese Dodds’ long shadow in the cabinet
Your weekly dose of gossip from the Commons.
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The Tory collapse was a night to remember
Yet these are not progressive new times.
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In praise of British politics
We are fortunate in this country that the transfer of power is so calm and dignified.
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Letter of the week: The trouble with democracy
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The return of order
After a decade of Tory inertia, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has the opportunity to remake Britain.
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From Simon Kuper to Stephen Alford: new books reviewed in short
Also featuring Anima: A Wild Pastoral by Kapka Kassabova and Sick of It by Sophie Harman.
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The Tory centre will not hold
The Conservative Party created Reform by embracing liberal extremism. What comes next may not be what Labour expects.
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Why foreign affairs will define the Starmer era
At the Nato summit, the threat posed by China, Russia and Trump will be impossible to ignore.
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Shakespeare’s guide to living
A Freudian reading of the comedies and tragedies reveals how we can embrace life’s failures and reversals.
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Pop’s gay revolution
How stars from Little Richard to David Bowie used their sexuality to set popular culture free.
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Taiwan at the edge of chaos
The island is a playground for the imperial ambitions of China and the US – and its future is far…
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Subscriber of the week: Jo Lawley
Contact zuzanna.lachendro@newstatesman.co.uk if you would like to be featured.
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Susie Alegre Q&A: “I was advised to travel the world or join the circus”
The human rights lawyer on Eleanor Roosevelt, Northern Exposure and Manx history and folklore.
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The fall of the Conservatives
If the Tories are to recover, they must resist the temptation to blame the electorate.
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The end of accountability
In politics and business, faceless systems have taken over decision-making and infantilised socity.
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