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We need to talk about the origins of the refugee crisis
Climate change, as much as Isis, is driving Europe's migrant crisis, says Barry Gardiner. Leaders get things wrong. Of course they do. They have imperfect information. They face competing political...
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In 1997, I refused to get out of bed to see Blair. Some things just aren’t...
“Weren’t you meant to see Blair this morning?” “Um, yeah. I didn’t really feel like it.” There are some things worth getting out of bed for and some that are not. Supermodels may quantify the amount...
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If Jeremy Corbyn does win, the Greens should shut up shop
If self-described socialists continue to organise outside of the Labour party, they risk depriving the left's main outlet of both talent and voters, warns Michael Chessum. It could all be rash...
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Blurred by booze: A Severed Head on Radio 4
Iris Murdoch can bring you into a whole new world. How can radio capture her?“Extreme love, once it is recognised, has the stamp of the indubitable. I had just moved in, again, with my wife, whom I...
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How do you make a film under house arrest?
Closed Curtain, by Jafar Panahi, was created despite its director’s house arrest in Iran. House arrest and a 20-year film-making ban by the Iranian government have done little to stifle the output of...
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Is Danny Baker a “bona fide genius”? Not in his new show
The clichéd decade: Cradle to Grave and Danny and the Human Zoo reviewed. I’m not qualified to rule on whether or not Danny Baker is, as the newspapers insist, a “bona fide genius”; I gave up...
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Stella Creasy reads out abusive emails in her final message to supporters
In a video shortly before voting ends, Stella Creasy responds to Labour members who are concerned at the number of emails they get by reading out some of her own. Stella Creasy has released a video...
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Morning Call: The best from Gibraltar
A selection of the best articles about politics, business and life on the Rock from the last seven days. We start with a crime story this week – London’s “most wanted” man has given himself up to...
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David Cameron softens stance: UK to accept "thousands" more Syrian refugees
Days after saying "taking more and more" refugees isn't the solution, the Prime Minister announces that Britain will accept "thousands" more Syrian refugees. David Cameron has announced that the UK...
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Anatomy of a crisis: the facts on Europe’s refugees
What are the true figures on the crisis – and how many asylum seekers are countries taking? How many refugees have countries offered resettlement to? With 35,000 refugees offered resettlement,...
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What does our latest poll mean for the Labour leadership race?
Jeremy Corbyn is ahead among councillors - and looks ever more certain to become Labour's next leader. This morning the Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University released its last set...
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Nigel Farage: welcoming refugees will lead to "migrant tide" of jihadists
Ukip's leader Nigel Farage claims that housing refugees will allow Isis to smuggle in "jihadists". Nigel Farage has warned that granting sanctuary to refugees could result in Britain being influenced...
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A view from Athens: anger, cynicism and indecision over Alexis Tsipras' snap...
What are the Greeks in Athens saying about their prime minister's resignation and upcoming snap elections, and who do they believe will win? Still recovering from the shock of Alexis Tsipras’s...
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The big battle in Corbyn's Labour party will be over organisation, not ideas
Forgotten and near-moribund institutions of the parliamentary Labour party will become vital once again, explain Declan McHugh and Will Sherlock. “Decidedly downbeat” was Chris Mullin’s assessment of...
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Cameron rules out military action in Syria without Labour support
A downside of Corbyn for the Conservatives. Many have written that Jeremy Corbyn's likely election as Labour leader will give the Conservatives free rein to pursue their desired politics. But with a...
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0-0, yawn yawn - and Everton were just as poor as Spurs
Watching the game was grim. Hearing it, too, would only have made it worse. Have you ever had a hearing test? Nor me, till last week. I think I can hear OK, just that I’ve started asking my wife to...
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The New Statesman article that got Hillary Clinton up to speed on world affairs
It turns out the next Leader of the Free World (maybe) reads the New Statesman. Hillary Clinton's released emails have shaken the political world. And one in particular has had a big impact – on the...
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Is Yvette Cooper surging?
The bookmakers and Westminster are in a flurry. Is Yvette Cooper going to win after all? I'm not convinced. Is Yvette Cooper surging? The bookmakers have cut her odds, making her the second favourite...
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Skellig Michael is hardly an island - but it's the one I love most
On a rock in the Atlantic, I felt the magic of place. I am on the vaporetto from Marco Polo Airport to the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore, gulls and terns drifting back and forth over the...
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A dozen defeated parliamentary candidates back Caroline Flint for deputy
Supporters of all the leadership candidates have rallied around Caroline Flint's bid to be deputy leader. Twelve former parliamentary candidates have backed Caroline Flint's bid to become deputy...
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