Naomi Smith

Oct 11, 2024 | theneweuropean.co.uk | Naomi Smith

Between freebies, fascists and defenestrations, it’s been a torrid hundred days for the prime minister who, above all else, was elected on the promise of being a steady hand on the tiller. Teething problems perhaps, but Keir Starmer doesn’t have five years to change the narrative with local, Scottish and Welsh elections coming much sooner. Instead of joining the critical chorus reflecting on the last hundred days, we should ask what he can do in the next hundred to turn things around.

Jun 27, 2024 | theneweuropean.co.uk | Naomi Smith

It’s official, Britain is a nation of tactical voters. Best For Britain’s latest massive poll suggests that in a week’s time, four in ten of us will vote tactically to turf Rishi Sunak out of Downing Street. At least a third of all people say the same in all but 11 constituencies. This jumps to 40% in 234 seats, and in 31 seats more than half are ready to vote for someone other than their first preference to see the back of the Tories.

Apr 20, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Sumi Somaskanda |Naomi Smith

On a blustery morning last month, volunteer Adriana Jasso raised the flaps to a tent propped up against the massive steel bars of the fence that straddles this stretch of the US-Mexico border. On her side, plastic tables were piled with apples, packets of hot chocolate, mylar blankets and stacks of ponchos - supplies waiting for hungry and tired migrants who had travelled for weeks, or even months, to reach California.

Jan 22, 2024 | bestforbritain.org | Naomi Smith

- First published in the New European on 20th January 2024 - “It’s not easy bein’ green” - a 1970 hit for Kermit the Frog and a truism in British politics. Despite enjoying sustained and widespread support, the Green Party have been consistently and almost completely frustrated by our outdated electoral system. With more than 3 million votes at national elections over the last 20 years, the Greens have only ever had one MP.

Jan 19, 2024 | theneweuropean.co.uk | Naomi Smith

“It’s not easy bein’ green” – a 1970 hit for Kermit the Frog and a truism in British politics. Despite enjoying sustained and widespread support, the Green Party have been consistently and almost completely frustrated by our outdated electoral system. With more than 3 million votes at national elections over the last 20 years, the Greens have only ever had one MP. Compare that to the Tories, who got one MP for every 35,000 votes sent their way in 2019 alone.