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PMQs review: Jeremy Corbyn's dizzying approach leaves David Cameron unruffled
The Labour leader's questioning left all unclear of what he hoped to achieve. Only a few weeks have passed since Jeremy Corbyn appeared to be getting into his stride at PMQs. He bettered David...
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The New Statesman Cover | The anti-Trump
A first look at this week's magazine.13 - 19 May issueThe anti-Trump
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Is Ruth Davidson a new type of Tory for the 21st century?
A kick-boxing, Territorial Army-trained, gay Christian with working-class roots, Davidson already taken the stereotype of a Tory politician and tossed it into the Clyde. A little after 9pm on Friday 6...
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For elected mayors to work they must do more to engage the public
Lack of public awareness could hamper the devolution agenda. After the emphatic victory of Sadiq Khan in London and Marvin Rees in Bristol, elected Mayors have once again been in the spotlight. The...
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Young Russians should view the Victory Day Parade as a warning rather than a...
My generation should be asking questions, debating and searching for truth. Instead, resentful people watch the military parade and re-runs of the Soviet war films. On 9 May – the Victory Day, as it...
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Hillsborough was not 1989's only miscarriage of justice, as the Finucane...
The Hillsborough families have their vindication – the family of Patrick Finucane deserves answers too. 1989. A terrible loss of life. Police bungling, then cover-ups. Victims’ names blackened....
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Why the EU referendum outcome could depend on one man: Jeremy Corbyn
Both Vote Leave and the In campaign are set to target Labour swing voters ahead of June 23rd. Could a strong statement from Corbyn be decisive? What’s the difference between Portsmouth and Liverpool?...
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Zac Goldsmith's failure should sound the death knell for dog-whistle campaigning
The Conservative campaign in London has undone David Cameron's efforts to detoxify his party. If Zac Goldsmith’s bid for London mayor was a dog whistle campaign in a city with no dogs, as one wag put...
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Chaos in Cardiff sees Carwyn Jones fail to win re-election as First Minister
The Labour incumbent tied for votes with Plaid's leader Leanne Wood. The National Assembly for Wales re-convened today after last Thursday’s election. First item on the agenda was the election of a...
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Leader: The BBC is a virtuous institution
The BBC is excessively bureaucratic, bloated at the top and under-resourced on the front line. But it must be preserved. The BBC is “the envy of the world and we should stand up and fight for it, not...
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Doctors dominate Labour shortlist to replace Sadiq Khan
Labour has recruited a heavyweight field to see off the Conservative threat in Tooting. Labour has put together a shortlist dominated by junior doctors as they fight to retain Sadiq Khan’s marginal...
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Social democracy without social democrats: how can the left recover?
If Keir or Keira Hardie were to create a party today it would look nothing like the Labour Party. If Labour and other social democratic parties do not leap into the 21st century, they will be...
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“I’m done taking pictures”: Justin Bieber, fandom and mental health
How do we respond to celebrities talking openly about fame and mental health?*/ Justin Bieber is not taking fan photos. “I’m done,” he insists on his Instagram. Mentally exhausted by the strain of...
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Leicester City's gloriously improbable title victory showed why football...
Gary Lineker's longstanding agent and former Leicester City chairman Jon Holmes reflects on the Midlands side's unprecedented success. It is the gloriously improbable, the sheer unpredictability of...
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The BBC makes mistakes – but we should still demand its editorial freedom
My week, from the Baftas to election results, provided a perfect chance to reflect on what the BBC gets right and wrong. It was inevitable that in a battle for affection at the Bafta ceremony on...
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John Smith inspired me to join Labour - the party should remember his message
Politicians face big, difficult questions. When confronting them we would do well to remember that bigger purpose John Smith spoke of the night before he died, 22 years ago: “to serve our country.”...
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As pilots fight to pump breast milk at work, why is society so ashamed of...
From the pilots filing claims against Frontier to Adele at the Oscars, we need to stop being shocked that lactating breasts produce milk even without a cute baby around to suckle. People do not like...
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Traffickers v smugglers: the refugee crisis is changing how migrants are moved
How an industry of exploitation is responding to mass migration. The government's decision to accept unaccompanied refugee children from Europe is little cause for celebration. Whatever number it...
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Commons confidential: Laying it on fair-weather Vaz
Zac Goldsmith's failure, Corbynistas assemble, and Vaz chasing the Foxes.Zac Goldsmith is discovering the hard way that success has many parents but failure is an orphan. As various Tories jostle to...
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Is this the worst radio station in the world?
WGN beams out from Chicago – but is at as terrible as some people claim? Ever since the American talk-radio pioneer and National Radio Hall of Fame inductee Steve Dahl called WGN in Chicago “like, the...
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