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Burnham's Labour left allies call for a "progressive chancellor"
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (123+ words) Burnham’s Labour left allies call for a “progressive Chancellor” New Statesman Insiders at soft left campaign group Mainstream have told the NS they want Ed Miliband Long-term allies of Andy Burnham on the Labour left have urged him to appoint…...
Meet the Angry Young Women
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (593+ words) Across Britain a radical new feminism is rising Anna has a boyfriend, whom she described as “a fucking Labrador”. “He’s reading books about how climate change isn’t actually that big a deal, and it’s hard to separate that from the…...
Don't tell the internet you're polyamorous
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (247+ words) Lindy West’s new memoir, Adult Braces, unleashed a storm of speculation about her throuple. Was it worth it? Last week, after an interview with the New York Times’ Modern Love podcast, West floated into the path of what might be…...
The feminisation mystique: who ruined the West?
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (1510+ words) Which of the following represents the most consequential date in the history of the current century: 15 September 2008; 11 March 2020; 11 September 2001; 24 February 2022; or 14 January 2005? Stumped by the final option? It is, according to conservative commentator Helen Andrews, the day the world changed....
Rachel Cooke's feminism and friendship
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (372+ words) Remembering my friend, the New Statesman’s brilliant TV critic (From The Virago Book Of Friendship, edited by Rachel Cooke.) The girl with the clipboard was me. Rachel Cooke wrote these words. Rachel died last Friday, 14 November; she was just 56 years…...
How Xi Jinping punched back against Donald Trump
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (313+ words) China’s leader found Trump’s pain threshold Ahead of meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping in South Korea yesterday (30 October), Donald Trump was confidently predicting a major deal. “We’ll make a deal on, I think, everything,” Trump told reporters at the…...
Nigel Farage can be stopped
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (223+ words) Reform’s onward march is not inevitable. Across the world, progressives are actually winning Change has begun. Thanks to Rachel Reeves, we’ve seen five interest rate cuts, helping every mortgage payer. Wages have risen more in the past ten months than…...
The Bacchae is more cringe-inducing than clever
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (457+ words) Everyone knows that there’s nothing edgier than saying fuck on stage. Repeatedly. And shit. And bitches. Especially when reimagining boring old Greek tragedy as a rebellious rap battle all about girlb Everyone knows that there’s nothing edgier than saying fuck…...