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Kabul is no longer in darkness – but a new chaos has emerged
The Taliban have been focusing their attacks on Kabul, with far-reaching results. Afghans are now the second-largest group of migrants to Europe.“This is not a drill,” trumpets a recorded voice in...
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Q&A: Thomas Piketty on Greece’s shock election result
In the wake of the re-election of Alexis Tsipras, Thomas Piketty answers questions on what happens next.The Tsipras victory has come as a surprise to some. What has changed for Greece? Normally, we...
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Teens are earning police records for taking naked photos of themselves
Our laws on child pornography don’t allow for the rise of the internet, let alone smartphones, and they’re already woefully out-of-date. Let's start with a legal puzzle. In a small town in North...
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Disabled man killed himself over benefit cut, coroner rules
A coroner has concluded that a depressed man killed himself as a direct result of being ruled “fit to work” by the Department for Work and Pensions. The government’s welfare reforms have been found by...
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What David Cameron did to the pig, his party is now doing to the country
There is a reason David Cameron is allowed to hold office when everyone assumes he spent the 1980s getting up to weird things with pork, but Jeremy Corbyn is considered unelectable because he didn’t...
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Nick Clegg: trade unions should mourn the loss of the Lib Dems
Former party leader says he "consistently blocked" attacks on the unions by the Tories. The trade union bill, which recently received its second reading, confirmed unions' worst fears of what the...
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What is Lord Ashcroft’s plan?
Day two of Lord Ashcroft’s controversial biography has made waves in the press. But what is he up to? At the Political Book Awards at the beginning of the year, Lord Ashcroft told the audience that:“I...
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The new campus on the Rock – part 2
Last week we explored education in Gibraltar and this week the new university on the Rock was inaugurated. Education and Justice Minister Gilbert Licudi explains the aims for the new institution. NS:...
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Why is the justice system supporting the idea that Asian child sex victims...
The Court of Appeal has upheld a longer sentence for a convicted abuser of Asian girls, saying his actions “brought great shame on the whole family”. Given the tendency of British justice to hand out...
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If Jeremy Corbyn is to succeed, he's got to ride the wave
Corbyn was the only offer that could break the spell that was suffocating Labour. At last we could reach the surface, gulping the oxygen of hope and change, but do so amid the burning wreckage of a...
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Women's Equality Party leader: "We aim to push ourselves out of business"
Sophie Walker talks diversity, austerity, and why equality isn't a zero-sum game. The Women’s Equality Party is rushed off its feet. When I meet the party’s leader, journalist and campaigner Sophie...
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“Your fave is problematic”: why are we so bad at talking about diversity in...
Dylan Marron, creator of the “Every Single Word” series that highlights the whiteness of modern and classic films, talks about the conversations his work has sparked – and how difficult it got once he...
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Meet the footballer Niamh McKevitt, a girl who joined the boys' league
The only girl in England playing football in the boys’ leagues tells the story behind her unique sporting journey. Attracting attention has always been normal for Niamh McKevitt in her football...
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SRSLY #11: Years of England
In this episode of the New Statesman’s pop culture podcast, the past haunts the present: we talk about new film 45 Years, the This Is England series and The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. This...
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In Portugal, the Left is caught between two extremes
Antonia Costa's socialists face an unpalatable choice: grand coalition with the right, or cohabitation with die-hard communists on the left. To keep tactical voters on their toes, politicians running...
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What do the voters make of Jeremy Corbyn so far?
A handful of polls and early by-elections give us an idea of who Corbyn's leadership will - and won't - appeal to. Corbyn's foreign and domestic policies will probably take a while to assemble, and...
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How Special Patrol Group are encouraging the public to hack advertising space
A recent campaign on the DSEI arms fair has brought SPG back into the public eye. Now they're encouraging others to join in. How many advertisements have you seen today? If you live in London, it...
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Who is Lord Ashcroft, and why has he written a book about David Cameron?
A look at the man behind this week's revelations about the prime minister. Michael Anthony Ashcroft, more commonly known as Lord Ashcroft, has kept a near-permanent presence in the news for many...
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How can Jeremy Corbyn build a red-green opposition?
Jeremy Corbyn can achieve what Ed Miliband promised - but failed to deliver. Jeremy Corbyn stood out as the greenest of the Labour leadership candidates. He has even been called a grape: red on the...
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“I’m not giving up”: Poland's first transgender MP Anna Grodzka on her activism
Anna Grodzka discusses the future of the euro, the Polish left, and her autobiography describing her gender transition. Books by politicians are hardly rare – they are rallying cries, ways to connect...
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