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“Hoverboards” are a lie, and now they’re catching on fire
Amazon has advised customers to throw their boards away. “But they don't actually... hover?” This is the most common response to the hoverboard, this year's gimmicky transport option of choice. The...
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The dark truth behind the convictions for 'gender fraud'
It's not about justice, it's about witch hunts, argues Alex Sharpe. Today, a young transgender man, Kyran Lee, received a two year suspended sentence after being convicted in 2014 of one count of...
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New Statesman cover | Christmas and New Year special
A first look at a festive magazine.
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PMQs review: Jeremy Corbyn stays calm as David Cameron attacks
The Labour leader was unruffled by the PM's blunt insults. The final PMQs of the year was reminiscent of those of seasons past. Jeremy Corbyn interrogated David Cameron on the NHS (asking just one...
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Don't moan about the media - it makes you look like a loser
Whether you're John McDonnell or Jose Mourinho, it's not a good look, says Ian Leslie. John McDonnell recently granted an interview to Holyrood, a Scottish magazine (you can read it here). The...
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Cities, not nation-states, are the things that can save us from climate change
The Paris agreement will be for nothing if our cities don't have the right leaders. The nations have spoken. Now is the time for implementation. The Paris Agreement is historic. At last, the vast...
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Labour has already become two parties. Can anyone make it one again?
Jeremy Corbyn and his MPs are locked in a cold war - and a permanent arms race. One recent morning at Mount Pleasant, in London, the largest mail sorting office in Europe, workers gathered to listen...
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“There’s absolutely no rumbling” The Apprentice 2015 blog: series 11, episode 11
The candidates fight to survive a pointlessly aggressive interview process.WARNING: This blog is for people watching The Apprentice. Contains spoilers!Read up on episode 10 here. Wring the sweat from...
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Bernard Donoughue: “He also may have shot people. I always think that is very...
Stephen Bush talks to Bernard Donoughue about Labour's past, present and future.Bernard Donoughue has been a presence at Westminster for most of the last half-century; as a young activist supporting...
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Commons Confidential: In, out . . . and all about
Team In on the outs, Tory bullying allegations, and a shock in Oldham. The European referendum’s official In team, Britain Stronger in Europe, looks like a bunch of losers. James McGrory, Nick Clegg’s...
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A lonely old lady? This is just the kind of thing we should have at...
“What? No way! I’m not having dinner with a racist,” said one of my daughters. “But she’s lonely,” I said. ‘Tis the season when all the things you avoid all year round have to be not only encountered...
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Another reason for the West to get serious about climate change – foreign...
Few would claim that climate change is the only cause of conflicts in Syria or elsewhere, but it’s widely considered to be a "threat multiplier". The outcome of the climate summit in Paris is much...
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Five things we learned from the higher education entry figures
Bad news for the boys, good news for ethnic minority applicants. The latest higher education entry figures have arrived, showing a growing gender gap, the white ethnic group slipping further behind...
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There’s nothing funny about a Donald Trump rally
At a rally on board an aircraft carrier, Laurie Penny sees the true character of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign – fascism with a cartoon face. It’s a warm December night in South Carolina and...
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Jeremy Corbyn charms with joke-filled speech at press drinks
"Yours and my worst nightmare," joked the Labour leader as he welcomed hacks for the first time. There was plenty of Christmas cheer when Jeremy Corbyn held his first press drinks as Labour leader...
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The Strathclyde Review recommends curbing the power of the House of Lords
A review into the upper chamber’s power has been released, following the peers’ defeat of tax credit cuts. The government has published its review on the power of the House of Lords. The...
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Our local government finance system is broken – and the Tories know it
England’s local government finance system, already rife with inefficiency and inequality, is on the verge of collapse. The Treasury likes local government to be dependent on decisions made at the...
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Leader: Don’t be so sure
Scepticism will never be the most fashionable or glamorous cause. It has no party, it has no anthem, it has no flag. But it is the best response to a febrile and inconstant world. To have knowledge is...
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How to write a Christmas carol
What makes a piece of music a Christmas carol, anyway? Musically speaking, Christmas can be a very conservative time of year. For many people, it is the only occasion they go to a sung church service...
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After the Paris talks, devolution is the government’s key to a low carbon...
Now is the time for local government leaders to act on climate change. Paris changed everything last week. A genuinely positive outcome at the climate change talks, even if only the beginning, is a...
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