Can Labour afford ambitious climate policy? - New Statesman
WEB23 hours ago · The UK’s financial resilience will be writ large once delegates assemble for Cop29 in November. As leaders descend on the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, perhaps then the fate of Lammy’s profound international climate ambitions will be clearer. David Lammy says climate is central to his foreign policy. But his plans will be expensive.
America's political violence is bipartisan - New Statesman
WEB2 days ago · By Sohrab Ahmari. For the second time in as many months, Donald Trump faced an assassination attempt that could have thrown the United States into chaos. Thankfully, a US Secret Service agent spotted the suspect, 58-year-old Ryan Routh, stalking the former president at his West Palm Beach, Florida, golf club on Sunday (15 …
Data and ideology don’t mix - New Statesman
WEB1 day ago · The Oxford sociologist Professor Michael Biggs highlighted idiosyncrasies. According to the census, the London boroughs of Brent and Newham had a higher proportion of transgender people than anywhere else – 1.5 and 1.3 per cent, respectively. Brighton and Hove, widely seen as Britain’s most LGBTQ-friendly city, ranked 20th with …
“Britishcore” is no substitute for national identity
WEB23 hours ago · Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. Taking the collective mood of Britain in 2024 is an exercise fraught with danger. There is little shared popular culture anymore, and national identity is something we feel anxious probing, let alone expressing. And so, in this vacuum, we are pitched a series of vague but unifying moments.
What’s the story? - New Statesman
WEB1 day ago · Observing Robin Cook’s wholly unsuccessful attempt to look pleased as he hailed Blair as “the most popular prime minister for a century” is still amusing. In the background, Clare Short already looks deeply sceptical, while Gordon Brown stares stonily into the middle distance.
A wealth tax wouldn’t save Labour - New Statesman
WEB2 days ago · The Greens favour it and say they can raise £15bn a year. Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, is campaigning for a wealth tax on the 50 richest families in the country that will raise £25bn as a one-off tax. We already have various taxes on wealth. It would be no great surprise if the Budget contained measures to raise more revenue ...
Ed Davey: “The Conservatives are in our sights” - New Statesman
WEB2 days ago · Finishing the job, for the party’s 58-year-old leader, means, “bashing down the rest of the Blue Wall… taking on the Conservatives”. As we talk, there is a marked difference in how he speaks about the Lib Dems’ rivals on the left and right. “Where the government does the right things, we’ll support them,” Davey says of Labour.
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