The plot to asset-strip American government - New Statesman
2 days ago · As Donald Trump enters his Mad King era and starts a trade war that seems primed to crater the global economy, he has handed the keys to the kingdom to the richest man on Earth: a man unelected, unconfirmed by Congress and unaccountable to the electorate.
Reform leads in opinion polls. How seriously should we take it?
3 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 unsure how they would vote now (so in this instance Reform’s lead is less about their own gains and more about other party’s losses).
Breaking the silence on Brexit - New Statesman
2 days ago · Keir Starmer is right to pursue a “reset” with the EU. But he risks pleasing no one. By New Statesman Five years after the UK left the European Union, Britain is confronting an inconvenient truth: Brexit is not done. In truth, it could never be done. Rather than settling the European question ...
Keir Starmer can’t escape the European question
4 days 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 form. So it is with Brexit. Rather than resolving the argument over Europe, the referendum eternalised it. Before the vote ...
“There is no such thing as Starmerism” - New Statesman
2 days ago · The main narrative here starts in April 2019, when McSweeney – referred to throughout as “the Irishman” in Brooklyn gangster-movie terms – goes in to confront Jeremy Corbyn and it ends, after a handshake between McSweeney and Starmer on the morning of the election victory, with a “wordless understanding” between the two.
The show must go on for the Oscars - New Statesman
2 days ago · Notable mentions. Cynthia Erivo’s rendition of “Fly Me to the Moon” was a Grammys highlight this week. Among the Grammy winners was another long-time-coming award: for the first time, Beyoncé won the Album of the Year category, for Cowboy Carter.
New York is an environmental Armageddon - New Statesman
2 days ago · New York, or Manhattan more specifically, is an environmental Armageddon. Central Park, sometimes referred to as the lungs of the city, is an iron lung at best, or a lung suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.