The Reform leader didn’t turn up to his own by-election By Anoosh Chakelian Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election, in a contest boycotted by every other major party. But in the end, even he ...

The Reform leader now looks like the one who can’t take a joke By Jonn Elledge The traditional choice after winning an overwhelming victory in a by-election you triggered yourself would be to do some ...

The university’s place in the public imagination is as illusory as Jason Arday’s academic credentials By David Runciman Oceans of virtual ink have been spilled about the case of Jason Arday because it ...

I’m willing to ignore that Burnham was born in Liverpool No one could sing away the politics at the first Fleadh to be held in Belfast Politics has become showbusiness because showbusiness has gone ...

Nigel Farage is a canny political operator. There was a strategy behind his decision to resign the Clacton constituency and force a by-election. Reform’s vote share is on a downward trend in the ...

All the locals we met were frustrated with politics and years of neglect By Anoosh Chakelian Clacton is a conundrum. A day out there can lead you from day-trippers enjoying the beautiful sandy ...

It will take more than a pact to win back the radical right By Ben Walker It is Friday 19 June and Nigel Farage is in Lancashire, standing in front of a camera, the rolling countryside behind him. He ...

The Labour Party’s annual conference in September 1952 was uniquely brutal. Delegates arrived in Morecambe to lashings of rain: the Cumbrian peaks across the bay were barely visible. After a sobering ...

Our Cold War nightmares have returned as a global arms race By Katie Stallard In the autumn of 2022, the United States picked up intelligence that Vladimir Putin was considering a nuclear strike in ...

The New Statesman can exclusively reveal the Chancellor’s finalised top political team By Ailbhe Rea The new Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey has finalised the appointments to his top political ...

Jim Davidson and Nigel Farage represent an England that will not go quietly By Nicholas Harris I went because he dared me. “What the f*ck do you want to come and see me fo? [sic] Just write I am ...

But did they ever go away? By Malachi O'Doherty On 24 July a car containing what police described as an “extremely significant” bomb was stopped by Irish police in County Monaghan. It was en route to ...