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It’s not all over for Badenoch - New Statesman
21 hours ago · Leading the Conservative Party after their recent electoral calamity was always going to be one of the toughest gigs in politics. A return to high office within five years should be impossible: too many safe seats, for instance, became marginal. But the obscene unpopularity of the Labour administration makes me pause: could a Conservative comeback be on the cards?
This is Donald Trump’s ceasefire - New Statesman
1 day ago · After nearly 500 days of brutal war, a ceasefire in Gaza has been signed. Seemingly endless negotiations between Israel and Hamas – brokered by Qatar, the US and Egypt – ended in a deal on 15 January, with a multi-phase plan due to begin on 19 January.
America’s new plutocracy - New Statesman
3 days ago · The Belgian-Dutch philosopher Ingrid Robeyns describes this as “plutocracy on steroids”. In her recent book, Limitarianism, Robeyns charts the concentration of extreme wealth over the past four decades.The super-rich, she told me, “have benefited tremendously from the economic choices” made in Western countries since economic policy changed in the late 1970s – “financialisation ...
Nicola Sturgeon still thinks she was right - New Statesman
1 day ago · For these reasons, the past few years cannot have been easy. Many had thought that the post-Bute House Sturgeon would sail into an international job, perhaps working with the UN on climate change or one of the other causes that she cares about, but the funding scandal has put paid to that, for now at least.. Denied that second act, Sturgeon has tried to enjoy herself and, in her own words ...
Rachel Reeves will soon need to pick a side - New Statesman
3 days ago · It’s been a better week for Rachel Reeves. On Tuesday, the Chancellor comfortably dismissed the shadow chancellor Mel Stride’s cod-Shakespearean performance in the House of Commons. (“You can see what happens when the leader of the opposition tells the shadow cabinet that they shouldn’t have any policies,” Reeves quipped.)
Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Gaza’s uneasy peace - New Statesman
3 days ago · The ceasefire agreement, which Israel’s cabinet must approve, will enrage the country’s religious far-right and could even precipitate the implosion of Netanyahu’s governing coalition if Ben Gvir resigns, as he has threatened to, and persuades Smotrich to join him. Nachala and other groups from Israel’s religious far-right, supported by some ministers (including Ben-Gvir) and Knesset ...
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Cover Story - New Statesman
Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis. How a demagogue remade the Republican Party and transformed US politics. For Democrats, the summer’s “politics of joy” has turned into an …