Britain must learn from America’s populist disaster
If we don’t, we shall be doomed to repeat it.
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Sara Sharif died alone. We need to strengthen our communities
When it comes to looking out for children in danger, we can’t just expect the state to step in.
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Badenoch’s Thatcher-like qualities will inspire both admiration and horror
Is the new Conservative leader “fresh”, or are we back in 1975? Plus: more drama at the Observer and a…
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That time I met Donald Trump
Also this week: Kemi Badenoch’s anti-identity politics and Masayoshi Son’s love of risk.
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Nick Cave’s Wild God tour: a transcendental experience
After watching this two-and-a-half-hour show, it’s hard not to feel a little closer to God.
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Letter of the week: Democracy in chains
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The great American rupture
Kamala Harris’s doomed campaign failed to deter voters from the promise of “America First”.
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Paddington in Peru loses the magic of the first films
In this third instalment, the bear travels “home” – and the franchise’s feel-good, pro-immigration spirit vanishes.
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The provincial working class is being abandoned by Labour
The Budget proved it – the Treasury can’t be trusted to reverse the inequality of poorer regions with London.
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The Day of the Jackal is more lifestyle show than thriller
In this slick adaptation of Freddie Forsyth’s novel, Eddie Redmayne’s cheekbones shine.
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How did it go so wrong for Germany?
The former economic superpower is mired in a deep structural slump.
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Emily Watson Q&A: “Happiness is something that comes and goes in waves”
The actor on the Booker Prize-winning author Paul Lynch and being a master of time-wasting.
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Subscriber of the Week: Charlie O’Neill
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This England: MisLED
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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Staying up all night for elections used to be fun. But not any more
Perhaps it is the weariness of age, or that it’s hard to find optimism in politics these days.
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I am dissatisfied with every single aspect of life
I didn’t expect “Horlicks causes agony” to be on my 2024 bingo card, but here I am.
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Rachel Reeves’ Budget will stabilise the NHS – but only reform will save it
Health needs that aren’t met in primary care simply turn up in secondary care.
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Why do Brits neglect barley?
After all, we grow seven million tonnes of it a year.
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Why Kamala Harris’s gambit failed
For millions of Americans, voting for Trump was democracy in action.
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