The New Statesman

The New Statesman is a magazine based in London that focuses on politics and culture in the UK. It began as a weekly publication that reviewed political issues and literature on April 12, 1913. At its inception, it had ties to notable figures like Sidney and Beatrice Webb, who were prominent members of the socialist Fabian Society. Currently, the magazine identifies itself as having a left-of-centre political stance.

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Labour’s muddled message

1 day ago | newstatesman.com | George Eaton

Rachel Reeves is not where she wanted to be. When the Chancellor announced winter fuel payment cuts almost a year ago they were designed to advertise her strength. In order to restore economic stability, ran the narrative, Reeves would venture where previous governments feared to tread (David Cameron repeatedly rejected Tory demands to means-test pensioner benefits). Wonks applauded her taboo-busting.
The Premier League season is over. Who’s up, who’s down and who had the best haircut?

2 days ago | newstatesman.com | Hunter Davies

With no Premier League football cluttering up the back pages, the papers can now devote themselves entirely to tennis, cricket and, if necessary, backgammon. But the season isn’t truly over, of course, until we’ve looked back on its highlights, surprises and oddities…Well done to Chelsea for waking up at the end of the season and wining a Euro pot, or whatever it was. High fives to Spurs for finishing a magnificent 17th in the Prem, one place above the drop. And also winning a Euro pot.
The world is finally turning against the war on Gaza

2 days ago | newstatesman.com | Megan Gibson

It’s impossible to know what, precisely, sparked the change. For the past 20 months we have seen horrifying images and video clips depicting the death and suffering of innocent Palestinians in Gaza – and yet so many in the West defended Israel’s brutal assault. The bombing of hospitals, the targeted shooting of children, the slow starvation of an entire population was, until very recently, met with near silence from some corners or tepid calls for a ceasefire from others.
John Healey prepares for war

2 days ago | newstatesman.com | Jason Cowley

A few days before the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, at a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, John Healey, the Defence Secretary, urged colleagues to campaign in a constituency that was in danger of being captured by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. It was, he told them, “too close to call”.
Non-voters are Nigel Farage’s secret weapon

2 days ago | newstatesman.com | Ben Walker

On Saturday (31 May) Andy Burnham launched a broad critique of the government. “I believe you do have to take on the right,” the mayor of greater Manchester told a crowd in London, “but what’s the best way to do that?” Definitely not by aping their rhetoric” he added. “We see from Canada and Australia that a strong, confident left, which leans into what we believe, rather than tilting the other way, can win and can win well.”He is mostly (but not entirely) right.
Inside No 10’s new dysfunction

2 days ago | newstatesman.com | George Eaton

Keir Starmer’s Downing Street was dysfunctional from its earliest days. Labour, senior figures often say, had a plan to win but not a plan to govern. Blame for this was attributed to Sue Gray, who resigned as Starmer’s chief of staff after just four months in office and whose tenure still “casts a long shadow” in the words of one government source. No 10 has strived ever since to recover from this false start.
All eyes on Scotland - and Nigel Farage’s new insurgency

3 days ago | newstatesman.com | Rachel Cunliffe

Holyrood by-elections don’t usually make headline news in Westminster – but pay attention to what happens on Thursday.
The public doesn’t like Brexit. Has anyone told the media?

3 days ago | newstatesman.com | Jonn Elledge

Such were the headlines that you’d imagine the EU reset to be the Suez Crisis, Munich Conference and loss of the Thirteen Colonies all rolled into one. “STARMER’S SURRENDER” howled the Mail in all caps, like a furious text from your dad. “DONE UP LIKE A KIPPER”, agreed the Sun, which knows a good pun about fishing regulations when it sees it. The Telegraph instead used a picture of Starmer greeting Ursula von der Leyen to justify its more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger effort, “Kiss goodbye to Brexit”.
Andy Burnham has made his leadership pitch

4 days ago | newstatesman.com | George Eaton

Inside Labour there might not be a vacancy but there is always a contest. The government’s early unpopularity means this is even more true than usual. Over the last fortnight – via her leaked memo to Rachel Reeves – Angela Rayner’s alternative vision has become clearer. MPs believe both the Deputy PM and her more Blairite rival Wes Streeting are monitoring their support within the parliamentary party. But it is Andy Burnham who is most clearly positioning for a post-Starmer world.
Mountainhead review: A tech-bro horror show

1 week ago | newstatesman.com | Rachel Cooke

Here in my TV critic’s penthouse, with its giant bags of snacks, hand-knitted throws and wraparound 24/7 flatscreens, Jesse “Succession” Armstrong has at last chucked me some more red meat to chew on in the form of Mountainhead, a film he has both written and directed. Obviously, I couldn’t be more pleased. The stomach has been rumbling for a while now. I still miss his last lot of monsters; part of me will always mourn Tom Wambsgans.