The Democrats’ working-class problem
Figures in the party who speak on behalf of America’s workers – like Senator Chris Murphy – are few. In…
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The UK’s broken system makes losers of us all
Today’s welfare state asks for and confirms people’s incapacity to work – not their ability to do so.
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Globetrotting Starmer’s shrewd out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach
Your daily dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Letter of the week: Rebalancing our debts
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Thought Experiment 5: Wittgenstein’s Beetle
Language can function only because there are public criteria for acceptable usage.
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Subscriber of the week: Mike Harle
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The nationalist international
In office, the Republicans’ main opponent could be economic reality. Tariffs, combined with tax cuts, threaten to stoke inflation.
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This England: How improbable
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Motherhood is full of agony, but its songs are deemed “nice”
I’d always shied away from writing sentimental songs about having babies for fear of seeming too soppy.
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I’m in pain, and the bailiffs are back
They text me to say they hadn’t forgotten the deal we struck two weeks ago.
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Imagine the things Vietnam’s 200-year-old turtles have seen
And who are we, in the minds of those creatures?
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Trump and the triumph of illiberal democracy
How Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic establishment sealed the fate of the progressive regime they sought to renew.
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Zionism’s long 20th century
With the Middle East in flames, Britain’s relationship with Israel will transform again.
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Marcus du Sautoy: “A mathematician is a storyteller”
The Oxford professor on the tales hidden in numbers.
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We need to start learning from Joe Rogan and co
The right is much better at exploiting the populist reach of podcasts and influencers.
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After Trump’s win, expect a shift in Labour’s priorities
There are giant undulations from the US already rippling through British politics.
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Donald and Nigel’s day by the sea
Your daily dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Books of the year 2024
New Statesman writers and guests choose their favourite reading of the year.
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Letter of the week: Why Trump won the workers
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The paradoxes of Frank Auerbach
The painter, who has died at the age of 93, was defined by his surfaces, but unconcerned with exteriors.
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