Why the Conservative Party is broken
An unrepresentative membership has shifted the party’s centre firmly to the nationalistic and authoritarian right.
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Letter of the week: House rules
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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The Green awakening
Why the Tories were routed in rural England.
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Boris Johnson wants leniency no one else is getting
The former PM’s response to the Privileges Committee report on partygate is an insult to the public and parliament.
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Who’s afraid of a Lib-Lab coalition?
With the country displaying a strong anti-Tory mood, neither Keir Starmer nor Ed Davey is ruling out an electoral pact…
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The civil war that never ended
Our new Carolingian age is taking us back to the 17th century.
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Westminster is broken
Ian Dunt’s new book reveals Britain as a country of inept civil servants, deluded ministers, blinkered journalists and unscrutinised power.
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How to run as an independent: an advice letter to Jeremy Corbyn
You might even get a few Tories voting for you to embarrass the Labour Party, just like the 2015 Labour…
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Kim Leadbeater is championing a kinder, healthier politics
The Labour MP talks about the influence of her sister, Jo Cox, and making well-being a cornerstone of government policy.
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Inside Westminster’s warped workplace
Why MPs’ staff are considering strike action
Parliament must not feed scepticism about MP rape allegations, unions tell Speaker
Commons Commission is implored to protect staff and give credence to accusers by excluding accused MPs.
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Strikes bill makes a strange union in parliament
Jacob Rees-Mogg and John McDonnell were both critical of the minimum service law.
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Low pay, harassment, mice: no wonder Westminster staff want to strike
The latest front for industrial action could be parliament itself.
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“Toxic” culture in parliament as 162 staff report bullying
Workers fear they won’t be taken seriously if they accuse managers of bad behaviour.
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Twenty-nine Conservative MPs have not attended “essential” bullying and harassment training
Eight per cent of all MPs haven't attended misconduct training in parliament.
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Labour’s constitutional radicalism is what a broken system needs
Too much of our political class has become timid or borderline corrupt. It’s time to redistribute power and abolish the…
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Tory MP tells Labour’s Sarah Owen to “shut up” in parliament
Paul Howell was angered by suggestions he should have mentioned his property portfolio during a debate on the economy.
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Parliament’s bullying complaints system is still failing staff
House of Commons employees tell the New Statesman they have not made formal charges against MPs because of concerns it…
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Nadine Dorries could be barred from House of Lords over “brutal” select committee report
MPs appear set to condemn the former culture secretary for misleading them by claiming participants in a Channel 4 reality…
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Anti-royal protests show the value of parliament’s supremacy
Liberties are most at risk while emotions are running high.
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