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1 day ago · The political winds driving integration are growing stronger. By George Eaton Each generation declares that it has settled the European question; each time it returns in a new …

6 days ago · So Reform’s lead comes from two places. First, there is a huge level of apathy among the electorate. Almost one million of those who voted Conservative in July say they’re …

Jan 28, 2025 · We can learn a lot from Kemi Badenoch by watching her at inquiries. For one thing, she’s good at them. While other high-profile political figures have fallen apart under the …

Jan 27, 2025 · The Holocaust continues to haunt our politics. But slurring our opponents as Hitlers is not the way to defeat them. By Andrew Marr This starts with an excessively fair-minded, …

Nov 5, 2024 · Will Kamala Harris defy the odds and win the White House after a whirlwind 100-day campaign? Or will Donald Trump’s divisive strategy prove successful?

Nov 20, 2024 · The crucial question now is how Putin will respond. The Russian president has warned explicitly in recent months that if the US and its Nato allies allowed their missiles to be …

Nov 6, 2024 · Alongside Trump will be vice-president elect JD Vance, a true ideologue, and the intellectual leader of the so-called pro-worker, anti-liberal American New Right.

The New Statesman is the leading progressive political and cultural magazine in the United Kingdom. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, the New …