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Cameron shows how the Tories aim to take advantage of Labour
The PM plans to exploit Corbyn’s perceived weaknesses while neutralising his party’s.“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake,” Napoleon remarked. It is advice the Tories heeded this...
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How can London’s mothers escape the poverty trap?
Despite its booming jobs market, London’s poverty rate is high. What can be done about it? Why are mothers in London less likely to work than their counterparts across the country, and how can we...
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Five things Hillary Clinton’s released emails reveal about UK politics
The latest batch of the presidential hopeful’s emails provide insight into the 2010 Labour leadership contest, and the dying days of the Labour government. The US State Department has released...
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In Kid Gloves, Knausgaardian style provides a route through a writer's grief
Adam Mars-Jones has created a clever, stoical and cool account of caring for a dying father. In bookish circles, it’s pretty commonplace these days to remark on the way in which the spirit of the...
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Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith: Theresa May is the Tory leader Labour...
George Osborne is not inevitable as the next Tory leader – and Theresa May could be the one to see him off. Some people believe that Theresa May has had her day as a Tory leadership contender, but she...
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We don’t need female Viagra, we need feminism
So, there’s a pill to make women want sex? Feminism is all the Viagra I will ever need. Heard about the new “female Viagra”? Of course you have. Whatever the new wonder drug lacks in efficiency –...
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For a mayor who will help make Londoners healthier, vote for Tessa Jowell
The surgeon, former Labour health minister and chairman of the London Health Commission, Ara Darzi, backs Tessa Jowell to be Labour's candidate for London mayor. London’s mayor matters. As the world’s...
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Anita Sarkeesian: “I don’t like the words ‘troll’ and ‘bully’”
The media critic and GamerGate target tells the Guardian that online harassers need a rebrand. Anita Sarkeesian has been under attack for an entire year. She has received bomb threats, rape threats,...
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A French newspaper prints a full-page picture of Jeremy Corbyn in his...
Liberté, égalité, put it away. The French newspaper Libération has run an editorial about Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn. But because it's France, and they're filthy over there, it has...
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Why it's a mistake to assume that Jeremy Corbyn has already won
The shadow chief secretary to the Treasury on why the race to be Labour's leader is far from over. They think it’s all over. But they’re wrong. The fat lady has yet to sing. The commentary and...
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Are there “tens of thousands” who still don't have their Labour leadership...
Word has it that swathes of eligible voters have yet to receive their ballot papers, suggesting there is still all to play for in the Labour leadership contest. But is it true? Is there still all to...
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I am an immigrant – and I believe “migrant” is a far from neutral term
A seemingly neutral term like "migrant" is so potentially pernicious because we don’t take the kind of care we should in assessing its effect on us. I am an immigrant. I came to the UK 20 years ago...
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Chuka Umunna calls for "solidarity" among Labour MPs, whoever is voted leader
The full text of shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna's speech to Policy Network on election-winning ideas for Labour's future, and the weaknesses of the New Labour project. There has never been an...
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Why do videogames only ever show one kind of apocalypse?
There’s more to post-apocalyptic fictions than desert wastelands and nuclear disaster, but you’d never know it looking at the games we play. There is bravery inherent to apocalyptic and...
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Is “successful” sperm really the measure of a man’s masculinity?
An advertising campaign challenging men to "prove your worth" is being proposed to increase dwindling numbers of sperm donors – will the myth that only "real" men have potent sperm ever die? Are you a...
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Breaking the Bond ceiling won’t solve British cinema’s race problems
Anyway, Ian Fleming’s Bond was grotesquely, unstintingly racist. As a character, it’s hardly the highest role available in UK film. I don’t know which of the following is weirder: the idea that Idris...
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Cameron's EU concessions show that he wants to avoid an illegitimate victory
The Prime Minister is confident of winning but doesn't want the result to be open to challenge. Jeremy Corbyn's remarkable surge has distracted attention from what will be the biggest political event...
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The New Statesman Cover | Pope of the Masses
In the magazine this week.4-10 September 2015Pope of the MassesFeaturingRowan Williams asks - what are the politics of Pope Francis? The NSLeader: The wretched of the earth. Anatomy of a crisis: The...
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Leader: The wretched of the earth
Britain must accept more asylum-seekers, and create a sustainable plan for their integration into wider society. The quality of our public discourse on asylum is lamentable. The Conservative...
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In the Outback, the waiters come from East Grimsby
One of the many great things about Australia is a genuine, if slightly abrasive egalitarianism. The atmosphere in the Red Ochre Grill is distinctly chilly – not exactly what you would expect in the...
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