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Momentum has begun campaigning to unseat TIG MPs
newstatesman.com - By Eleni Courea
Activists were campaigning for a by-election in Streatham last weekend to unseat Chuka Umunna. Momentum activists were out in Streatham last weekend …
Opinion (UK)
Who gets to survive climate change?
newstatesman.com - By Eleanor Penny
As the waters rise, the rich are readying their arks to escape the oncoming environmental crisis. In November, as wildfires ripped through California, …
Opinion (UK)
For the love of god, JK Rowling, write that Dumbledore/Grindelwald slash fic you keep teasing
newstatesman.com - By Eleanor Margolis
Gay literary revisionism could be a whole new movement, just as long as its participants don’t claim to be woke. When JK Rowling revealed recently …
Opinion (UK)
Will the EU grant us an Article 50 extension?
newstatesman.com - By Eleni Courea
EU governments want the UK to have a clear plan for how it would use the delay, and it can’t be to resolve MPs’ concerns with the backstop. On …
Opinion (UK)
A sex scandal corrupts K-pop’s wholesome image
newstatesman.com - By Allyson Gross
The ramifications of a recent South Korean sex scandal go far beyond exposing the fissures in K-pop’s carefully constructed brand. How should you …
Opinion (UK)
C. S. Lewis’s story has already been told: why we don’t need a new Narnia book
newstatesman.com - By Lance Parkin
There are open fictional worlds, and there are closed ones. Narnia is the latter. This is a story about something that happened at the turn of the …
Opinion (UK)
Without a third meaningful vote, are we headed for a no-deal Brexit or no Brexit?
newstatesman.com - By Stephen Bush
All of the options look implausible Erskine May beats Theresa May: John Bercow has announced he will prevent the Prime Minister from holding a third …
Opinion (UK)
Brexiteers are stopping Brexit because they believe in the fantasy of “Global Britain”
newstatesman.com - By Simon Wren-Lewis
The delusion that the UK can strike valuable trade deals with the rest of the world has driven Leavers to repeatedly reject Theresa May's deal. It now …
Opinion (UK)
Our enduring obsession with Madeleine McCann shows how class shapes public attention
newstatesman.com - By Megan Nolan
I used to marvel at the scale of the case and wonder how it could be treated so differently to the thousands of incidents where children go …
Opinion (UK)
Has John Bercow really ruled out a Third Meaningful Vote?
newstatesman.com - By Patrick Maguire
The Speaker has warned that Theresa May will require substantive change to the withdrawal agreement – which the EU will not offer – before another …
Opinion (UK)
What is Erskine May?
newstatesman.com - By Eleni Courea
Why John Bercow quoted a section from Erskine May today when he ruled out a third vote on the government’s Brexit deal. Commons speaker John Bercow …
Opinion (UK)
If Theresa May has such a strong sense of duty, then why is Chris Grayling in the cabinet?
newstatesman.com - By Jonn Elledge
The Prime Minister, we’ve been told again and again, is motivated by duty. But it’s difficult to square this idea with her actions. Why is Chris …
Opinion (UK)
In liberal democracies, should minorities have a claim to different rights?
newstatesman.com - By Paul Patton
Indigenous peoples across the world suffer lower life expectancy and higher unemployment – to secure their rights, democracies need constitutional …
Opinion (UK)
I was wrong to think that Corbyn’s stance on anti-Semitism had nothing to do with me
newstatesman.com - By Nicky Woolf
For a long time I extended him the benefit of the doubt, but the “English irony” remark I could not rationalise away. I can tell you the exact moment …
Opinion (UK)
The SNP is struggling to manage Brexit but its independence drive could yet succeed
newstatesman.com - By Chris Deerin
Faced with political chaos at Westminster, Scottish voters may resolve to take back control. With Westminster consumed by the Battle for Brexit, it …
Opinion (UK)
Would Theresa May's Brexit deal pass in a third meaningful vote?
newstatesman.com - By Stephen Bush
Tory Brexiteers are reportedly fearing that the choice is now between a bad deal and no Brexit at all. Everything's coming up Theresa May? There are …
Opinion (UK)
Labour's democratic socialists have nothing to fear from debate with internal rivals
newstatesman.com - By Jon Trickett
The times we live in demand a pioneering, radical and transformative government, not technocratic social democracy. Labour’s deputy leader, Tom …
Opinion (UK)
England can't get out of Ireland — but Ireland can't get out of England either
newstatesman.com - By Matthew O'Toole
To say otherwise denies not just history, but life as it is lived. If you need proof, have a St Patrick's Day pint. Can England get out of Ireland, or …
Opinion (UK)
The Christchurch killings are the latest manifestation of a tide of hate
newstatesman.com - By Andy Fearn
Hate-based attack is never spontaneous because hate is something constructed, learnt, and normalised. Today’s news from New Zealand is gut-wrenchingly …
Opinion (UK)
The terror in New Zealand is borne of the same far right ideology taking hold in Europe
newstatesman.com - By Nick Lowles
In this social media age, the far right is one small community, united in purpose and action but merely fighting on different battlefields. The news …
The Christchurch shooting shows how a far-right web culture is driving radicalisation
newstatesman.com - By Sarah Manavis
It's no longer a luxury to understand the niche language of online radicalisation, but a necessity if future attacks are ever going to be …
We need to look at where far-right terrorists are getting their ideological ammunition
newstatesman.com - By Paul Stocker
As the attack in Christchurch shows, the threat of far-right extremism is a very real one, which poses as big a challenge to civil society as …
Opinion (UK)
"I could end up living on a hellish planet”: the kids striking for action on climate change
newstatesman.com - By Indra Warnes
Today, in 1,659 towns and cities across more than 100 countries on every continent except Antarctica, children are protesting. On Wednesday, Scarlett …
Inside the acrimonious battle lines of the royal family fandom
newstatesman.com - By Eleanor Peake
The fandom conflict is wrapped up in identity politics, nostalgia, and the search for belonging in a fragile monarchy. A few months ago, 17-year-old …
Royal Family
Inside the acrimonious battle lines of the royal family fandom
newstatesman.com - By Eleanor Peake
Conflict between Kate and Meghan fans is wrapped up in identity politics, nostalgia, and the search for belonging in a fragile monarchy. A few months …
Framing
Richard Billingham’s Ray & Liz is a treacherous trip down memory lane
newstatesman.com - By Ryan Gilbey
The artist's extraordinary new film reveals his bruised and complex view of the past. Richard Billingham’s stark and anarchic photographs of his …
Opinion (UK)
We're repeatedly told MPs will eventually put a deal over their political interests. But when?
newstatesman.com - By Stephen Bush
First they said it'd happen by February. Then the end of February. Then the beginning of March. Then the middle. Everything's coming up Theresa May? …
Opinion (UK)
We’re hiring! The New Statesman is looking for a culture assistant
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Our new assistant will have a passion for the full spectrum of culture. The New Statesman is hiring a culture assistant. The person in this role will …
Opinion (UK)
We’re hiring! The New Statesman is looking for a culture assistant
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Our new culture assistant will have a passion for the full spectrum of culture. The New Statesman is hiring a culture assistant. The person in this …