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We must remain in the EU - for working mothers' sake
A Tory government that shows so little concern for women’s equality can hardly be trusted to protect the rights of working women and mothers. Today I will join forces at an event in parliament with...
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As the Tories bicker, Labour must get on with making its own case for the EU
The EU is not without faults, but it is in solidarity with the values and instincts of the Labour movement. Door knocking in the recent elections, we’d ask about Labour’s chances of getting their...
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Austria rejects far-right presidential candidate by narrow margin
Independent, Green Party backed candidate Alexander Van der Bellen has won the Austrian presidential election Alexander Van der Bellen, the independent Green Party backed candidate, has won the...
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Despite being ignored, young people will decide the EU referendum
While Brexiteers yearn for a return to economic stability and freedom from terror, millennials were born too late to ever really experience these things. You may not realise, but if we are still in the...
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New Statesman appoints Julia Rampen as Staggers editor
The NS has hired Julia Rampen, of the Mirror, to edit its rolling politics blog. The New Statesman has hired Julia Rampen as editor of The Staggers. The move means that Julia will be in charge of...
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The refugee crisis proves that Fortress Europe is a fantasy
In 2015, more people landed in Greece in a single month than the whole EU has agreed to share over the next two years – and it's a tide that can't be turned. On a stormy night in September 2002 a...
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We must listen to our closest partners and stay in the EU
To Europe the UK stands as a beacon of freedom, justice, democracy and fairness - but Brexit threatens that. The UK has a lot to be proud of. With only one per cent of the world’s population, we are...
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What will it take for people to care about climate change?
A record-breaking heat wave in Rajasthan reveals how badly we lack the necessary infrastructure to cope with the human suffering climate change is already causing. The question of whether or not...
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“Stop treating antibiotics like sweets”: the threat we face from antibioitic...
Currently, 700,000 people die per year from the resistance of microbes to medicine, and it is predicted that 10 million people will die per year by 2050. Got a cold? Take some antibiotics. Feeling...
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Harriet Harman warns that the Brexit debate has been dominated by men
The former deputy leader hit out at the marginalisation of women's voices in the EU referendum campaign. The EU referendum campaign has been dominated by men, Labour’s former deputy leader Harriet...
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Brexit would jeopardise the rights of working women
Europe isn’t perfect, but without it millions of women and millions of trade unionists would be at risk of Tory deregulation. One of the most important arguments in favour of staying in the EU is the...
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“Nudges were not for flirting”: growing up on MSN Messenger
New Statesman staff discuss the hundreds of hours they spent on the instant messaging site – and why it was eventually time to move on. */ With us are princess_in_waiting (who usually goes by Barbara...
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Indie band The 1975 want to “sue the government” over the Electoral...
Frontman Matt Healy perhaps isn’t aware that the Electoral Commission is not, in fact, the government (or believes that this is part of a wider conspiracy).*/ How do you make registering to vote in the...
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John McDonnell's seminars are restoring Labour's economic credibility
The Shadow Chancellor's embrace of new economics backed by clear plans will see Labour profit at the polls, argues Liam Young. It’s the economy, stupid. Perhaps ‘it’s the economy that lost Labour the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Market outlook from Artemis’ Chief Investment Officer
Peter Saacke, Artemis’ Chief Investment Officer, suggests what may lie ahead and explains how volatility suits stockpickers.
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GirLand, Habbo Hotel and me: how I learned to masturbate online
The forum was a kind of guerrilla support group, hidden on a pretty pink website that our parents didn’t even think to worry about. In 2004 I was 13 years old, bored, curious and perpetually horny. To...
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Taxation without benefits: how our tax system increases inequality
We often hear the progressive income tax used as a proxy for all tax when it actually accounts for just over a quarter of the tax take. Tax may not be the burning issue on everyone’s minds over the...
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Twitter is rolling out (slightly) longer tweets
Plus the demise of the dot-at. We've heard rumblings for a while that Twitter plans to move away from its simple USP (140 characters per tweet, a list of chronological tweets on your timeline) in...
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GM should not be the monopoly of a few multinational corporations
People may be opposed to GM crops and ultimately consumers will decide what they want to eat. But people facing malnutrition or starvation do not enjoy that choice. My parents researched malnutrition...
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Nineties boyband 5ive pull out of pro-Brexit concert, after learning it was...
“As a band, Five have no political allegiances.” I woke up today with this feeling that better things are coming my way. One of those better things was Leave.EU’s BPop Live, the bizarre pro-Brexit...
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