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In this week’s magazine | The Syrian Tragedy
A first look at this week’s issue.The Syrian tragedy and the crumbling of world order11-16 September 2015FeaturingGeorge Osborne on Labour in crisis, the Corbyn danger, UK intervention in Syria, David...
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PMQs review: Harriet Harman presses David Cameron on refugees as she departs...
Labour's acting leader refused to be flattered by the PM's tribute to her. Harriet Harman grimaced her way through David Cameron's tribute to her at her final PMQs as Labour's acting leader. Cameron...
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How should Labour's next leader talk about immigration?
Blairites and Corbynistas agree over immigration. The problem for both is that very few outside of Labour do. Labour’s long hot summer of conflict reaches the end of the beginning, at least, this...
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Leader: Mr Cameron and the refugees
By refusing to join the EU resettlement programme, the Prime Minister has also undermined attempts to achieve a balanced, continent-wide approach. Since his premiership began, David Cameron has often...
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The art of cruelty: why the Conservative attack on disabled people harms us all
No sick person responds to their diagnosis by thinking, “I can scam taxpayers for £73 a week!” I really shouldn’t be writing a column this week. I’ve come down with a one-two punch of stomach flu and...
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Rating algorithms, horse falls and cartoon penises: the BBFC in 2015
Over a century on from its birth, the British Board of Film Classification is struggling to make its way in the digital world. "The penis cartoons weren't the problem," the British Board of Film...
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Education should not be a competition in which children are pitted against...
A false choice between having your child be the oldest in their year or the youngest is no kind of choice at all. Last week my third son made his entrance into the world. Knowing he could arrive any...
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George Osborne: read the full Q&A
Osborne on foreign intervention, his favourite MPs and the minimum wage.Jason Cowley Do you have a historical figure you admire or identify with?George Osborne In terms of politicians, I’d say Abraham...
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When the Queen began her reign, Britain was more welcoming to immigrants
The reception of migrants and refugees in Britain around the time the Queen came to the throne was not universally positive. But it was overwhelmingly so. When Elizabeth II ascended to the throne on 6...
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How often do you feel in awe? Your answer could reveal your role in society
The fundamental human emotion of being awe-struck could be the answer to many of society's problems. Do you know how awesome it is to be… in awe? Not just for your general state of happiness, but also...
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The Returning Officer: Tories II
The return of the Tories. In 1750, a pamphlet entitled A Letter to the Oxford Tories puzzled over “the difference between a Church of England academick Tory and a Church of England academick Whig”. In...
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The bachelor, like the prisoner, starts to fear the very change in life he...
Thoughts on the Bachelor Condition: #2 in an occasional series. (Or number 300-odd, if we assume this whole column is an ongoing meditation.) Thoughts on the Bachelor Condition: #2 in an occasional...
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Managers will tell you “there’s no ‘I’ in team” – but any great team needs...
In both sport and business, players with independent temperaments are often dragged into the middle ground, undermining their value. A heresy will not leave me alone. It cuts against almost everything...
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On the shores of the Aegean, where pirates are attacking boatloads of refugees
Last month three Greek men posing as coastguards were arrested for preying on migrants. With so many people on the move, it’s becoming a big business.“It was the middle of the night when the commandos...
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Stephen Hawking's black hole poser
A black hole is the ultimate physics laboratory. It’s been a good week for weird ideas. First, Stephen Hawking announces he has solved a long-standing puzzle about the nature of black holes. A few...
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The best GP surgeries are facing the biggest cuts – and the NHS knows it
Up and down the country, GP surgeries have been yelping in pain. How much is a GP service worth? The question has been on my mind over the past few weeks as my senior partner and I have been preparing...
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David Lammy: "one in five" Labour members will not receive their ballots
Labour's leadership election enters its final day with the process mired in acrimony from all sides."One in five" Labour members in London have not recieved their ballot papers, David Lammy, a...
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As Iran begins to open up to the West, its neighbours wonder if a once-great...
If the British and others are right, then much of what has looked immovable in the Middle East is going to be very different. It may come as a surprise to you, but Tehran can feel relaxed. I am not...
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Refugees and Britain’s failure of compassion, my vote for Labour leader and...
This week's First Thoughts from the New Statesman's former editor. When the Tory Douglas Hurd was foreign secretary in the early 1990s, he despaired at how a few TV images – of Bosnian refugees from...
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Hillary's e-mails and the way we do politics
On a personal account, emails can be deleted permanently, but most government services will store even deleted emails in back-up form. Over 7,000 pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails, sent and received...
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