Can’t Keir Starmer offer a little hope in this bleak midwinter?
While the Tories say “try not to need an ambulance”, Labour says “don’t expect us to fix everything”.
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“National renewal” does not come cheap
Keir Starmer’s plan for more devolution is welcome, but ameliorating our social crises will require sustained public investment.
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The return of Boris Johnson is dangerously plausible
There is every reason to fear that the former PM will use Rishi Sunak’s woes as an excuse for a…
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How Rishi Sunak can solve parliament’s Pestminster problem
Give people a fright and you’ll be surprised how quickly things can change.
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Rishi Sunak is taking a big risk by playing it so safe
The Prime Minister shouldn’t throw so much red meat to his party’s dissenting factions. It will only embolden them.
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“It’s dangerous for democracy”: Clive Lewis on candidate selection, radicalism and the future of BAME Labour
The left-wing former leadership candidate on where Keir Starmer is going wrong.
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Liz Truss’s attempted comeback is a warning of the new, aggressive conservatism
The right is ready for a global assault on the big state and social liberalism.
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Are British prime ministers too powerful? With Armando Iannucci | Westminster Reimagined
From Tony Blair to Boris Johnson our leaders have seemed to act like presidents.
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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Tory MP Stuart Andrew finds himself an unlikely hero of the left
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Keir Starmer: “Am I aiming to be just a one-term prime minister? No, of course not”
As the Conservative Party unravels, Starmer is plotting a route to No 10. Is he the radical leader the country…
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House of Commons launches consultation on excluding MPs charged with sexual assault
It is part of an attempt to make politicians more accountable for their actions on the parliamentary estate.
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Mhairi Black expected to stand for SNP Westminster deputy leader
The left-winger is set to become Stephen Flynn’s running mate in the contest to replace Ian Blackford.
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The SNP can do better than Ian Blackford
The party’s Westminster leader seems to belong to a different era to the Nordic-lite social democracy pursued by Nicola Sturgeon.
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Boris Johnson is once again shown the door
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Rishi Sunak four weeks on
A special episode of the New Statesman podcast recorded live at the Cambridge Literary Festival.
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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PMQs: Dominic Raab on the ropes
In a battle of the deputies, Angela Rayner struggled to capitalise on bullying claims against the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Is Dominic Raab in danger?
The parallels with the Gavin Williamson scandal are impossible to ignore.
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From the NS archive: What is a prime minister?
31 March 1956: The nature of the PM’s role is a question that would require a pamphlet to answer.
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