An open letter to the government from leading authors, artists and public figures By New Statesman Sally Rooney is a writer, ...

New polling shows a majority of the public want to rejoin By Ethan Croft The fullest plan yet for the UK to rejoin the European Union has been published in the wake of the Prime Minister’s call for a ...

The Sally Rooney affair shows how laws meant to target terrorism now suppress the freedom to dissent By Tanjil Rashid If you ever sought out the novels of Sally Rooney in bookshops – when that was ...

The Green Party leader’s boast of replacing Labour has become a cautionary tale By Megan Kenyon On a drizzly morning last September, Zack Polanski delivered his first speech as leader of the Green ...

Our short-sighted pursuit of cheap goods over national security has left us dangerously exposed By Ed Conway In March 1931 John Maynard Keynes wrote an article in this magazine, then the New Statesman ...

Despite the fanfare about Burnham saving jury trials, the core of Starmer and Lammy’s proposals remain By Rachel Cunliffe Over the summer I spent a day at Highbury Magistrates’ Court, a looming ...

As prisoners in Louisiana, we watch on as executions return to death row By John Corley It was a mild spring evening in March 2025, just after 6pm, when Jessie Hoffman shuffled the few steps from his ...

The Prime Minister’s course correction finally frees his MPs to address the disasters of Brexit By Ethan Croft Andy Burnham and his chief of staff James Purnell share rare history at Westminster. Both ...

Sunshine and rain greeted Labour’s delegates in Liverpool for this year’s conference, literally and metaphorically. While the weather couldn’t make up its mind, the Labour Party finally did after a ...

Adrian Ramsay said the party motion describing Zionism as racism “doesn’t reflect long-standing Green principles” By Megan Kenyon The former leader of the Green Party, Adrian Ramsay, has said he is ...

The party is split after voting to define Zionism as racism By Megan Kenyon Green Party members backed a motion to describe Zionism as racism on Sunday (4 October), with 1022 votes for and 813 votes ...

It was this time last year at Labour Party conference when a stressed Labour MP, muttering grimly about his party’s future, told me something that stuck with me. “Trust me, our biggest threat is still ...