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Podcast: A Mini Judge Bit on the Mini Budget
The New Statesman podcast with Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
Podcast: A Mini Judge Bit on the Mini Budget
The New Statesman podcast with Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
New Statesman
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How the Covid-19 crisis may accelerate the break-up of the UK
Rising support for Scottish and Welsh independence has been matched by a new awareness of “the English government”. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
How the Covid-19 crisis may accelerate the break-up of the UK
Rising support for Scottish and Welsh independence has been matched by a new awareness of “the English government”. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
New Statesman
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A People's History of Tennis reveals the sport's unlikely quest for equality
Perhaps precisely because of its elitist reputation, tennis has consistently attracted mavericks and radicals. "...
A People's History of Tennis reveals the sport's unlikely quest for equality
Perhaps precisely because of its elitist reputation, tennis has consistently attracted mavericks and radicals. "...
New Statesman
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Why Jewish Americans are shifting position on Israel
After Netanyahu’s embrace of Trump and annexation, the case for change is gaining ground among US Jews. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
Why Jewish Americans are shifting position on Israel
After Netanyahu’s embrace of Trump and annexation, the case for change is gaining ground among US Jews. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
New Statesman
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It will take more than hollow gestures to save social media
The emptiness of this month's gestures, in this political moment, signals a grim future for social media in the long run. "...
It will take more than hollow gestures to save social media
The emptiness of this month's gestures, in this political moment, signals a grim future for social media in the long run. "...
New Statesman
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The two reasons to be worried about the civil servants quitting Whitehall
The exodus may result in a government dominated by cronyism, or simply paralyse the government's effectiveness. "...
The two reasons to be worried about the civil servants quitting Whitehall
The exodus may result in a government dominated by cronyism, or simply paralyse the government's effectiveness. "...
New Statesman
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The pandemic letters
The novelist Sarah Perry and the oncologist Sam Guglani discuss the capacity of both medicine and art to respond to the coronavirus crisis. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
The pandemic letters
The novelist Sarah Perry and the oncologist Sam Guglani discuss the capacity of both medicine and art to respond to the coronavirus crisis. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
New Statesman
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How did Anneliese Dodds fare in her first big test as shadow chancellor?
Against a backdrop of very faint rumblings of briefings against her, the shadow chancellor used her response to Rishi Sunak's summer statement to...
How did Anneliese Dodds fare in her first big test as shadow chancellor?
Against a backdrop of very faint rumblings of briefings against her, the shadow chancellor used her response to Rishi Sunak's summer statement to...
New Statesman
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Agency England: How casual labour and lack of sick pay exposed care homes to coronavirus
Covid-19 infections were around 50 per cent higher in care homes that used more agency workers. "...
Agency England: How casual labour and lack of sick pay exposed care homes to coronavirus
Covid-19 infections were around 50 per cent higher in care homes that used more agency workers. "...
New Statesman
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Why my tortoise is better than Mourinho, and other lessons from the return of the Prem
Why on Earth did the Spurs board think Mourinho would do any better than Pochettino? " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
Why my tortoise is better than Mourinho, and other lessons from the return of the Prem
Why on Earth did the Spurs board think Mourinho would do any better than Pochettino? " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
New Statesman
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State of the nation
In an age of disorder, the fundamental challenge is how to retain a fragile peace in a culture of fragments. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img="">...
State of the nation
In an age of disorder, the fundamental challenge is how to retain a fragile peace in a culture of fragments. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img="">...
New Statesman
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Pandemics and the politics of space
The virus may ignore national borders, but governments are busy reinforcing them. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
Pandemics and the politics of space
The virus may ignore national borders, but governments are busy reinforcing them. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
New Statesman
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In the brief interludes when I am not asleep I have become acutely aware of my hair
It’s there, all over my head. I can feel it around and above my ears, like seaweed. It is both alien to me and intimate. At times I almost...
In the brief interludes when I am not asleep I have become acutely aware of my hair
It’s there, all over my head. I can feel it around and above my ears, like seaweed. It is both alien to me and intimate. At times I almost...
New Statesman
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Dear Postie
A new poem by Joe Carrick-Varty " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> If no answer please leave parcel behind...
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Rishi Sunak makes a big bet on the cause of the United Kingdom's economic woes
The Chancellor's measures are based on the idea that government policy can nudge British consumers back to spending. "...
Rishi Sunak makes a big bet on the cause of the United Kingdom's economic woes
The Chancellor's measures are based on the idea that government policy can nudge British consumers back to spending. "...
New Statesman
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Commons confidential: The chicken or the Tory?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
Commons confidential: The chicken or the Tory?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
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From the NS archive: Famine in Bengal
2 October 1943: The terrible reality of starvation and death witnessed first-hand in British India. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
From the NS archive: Famine in Bengal
2 October 1943: The terrible reality of starvation and death witnessed first-hand in British India. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
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Why cross-party progressives must unite to build back better
The complex challenges and opportunities we face cannot hope to be met by just one party or political tradition. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
Why cross-party progressives must unite to build back better
The complex challenges and opportunities we face cannot hope to be met by just one party or political tradition. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
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Coronavirus and the rise of rule-breakers
The pandemic has forced No 10 and its behavioural psychologists to confront the most basic questions: what are rules and what makes us follow them? "...
Coronavirus and the rise of rule-breakers
The pandemic has forced No 10 and its behavioural psychologists to confront the most basic questions: what are rules and what makes us follow them? "...
New Statesman
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From the NS archive: Nelson Mandela at large
19 January 1990: On the release of Nelson Mandela, awaited like a second coming. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> Thirty...
From the NS archive: Nelson Mandela at large
19 January 1990: On the release of Nelson Mandela, awaited like a second coming. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> Thirty...
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From the NS archive: JK Rowling in the US
1 November 1999: Theories and misconceptions were already beginning to surround the Harry Potter author. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
From the NS archive: JK Rowling in the US
1 November 1999: Theories and misconceptions were already beginning to surround the Harry Potter author. " data-adaptive-image-768-img=""...
New Statesman
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What we learned from this week's PMQs
Boris Johnson takes "full responsibility" for Covid deaths in care homes but won't apologise for his comments, as the battle to frame what went wrong in care homes begins...
What we learned from this week's PMQs
Boris Johnson takes "full responsibility" for Covid deaths in care homes but won't apologise for his comments, as the battle to frame what went wrong in care homes begins...
New Statesman
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Why a ban on Huawei carries its own security risks
The government is preparing to remove the company's telecoms equipment from our mobile networks, but it will take a decade – and some experts are concerned that it will...
Why a ban on Huawei carries its own security risks
The government is preparing to remove the company's telecoms equipment from our mobile networks, but it will take a decade – and some experts are concerned that it will...
New Statesman
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Matthew Stadlen Diary: My lonely late nights on radio, and going to prison for the planet
To choose a sustainable future we must make our voices heard, otherwise it will be too late. "...
Matthew Stadlen Diary: My lonely late nights on radio, and going to prison for the planet
To choose a sustainable future we must make our voices heard, otherwise it will be too late. "...
New Statesman
