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6 days ago · The Holocaust continues to haunt our politics. But slurring our opponents as Hitlers is not the way to defeat them.

4 days ago · One opinion poll has Nigel Farage’s Reform party in the lead, ahead of Labour and the Conservatives. This never happened with Ukip. It did happen for a few weeks with the Brexit Party, but those circumstances were unique. In the aftermath of a European election the central issue – the European question – was simply high in salience. This time it’s different. The lead for Reform comes ...

5 days ago · Why doubts are growing over Kemi Badenoch The Conservative leader too often displays confidence without homework.

2 days ago · By the time Brexit sort-of actually happened, five years ago today, most people were already sick of talking about it. Most people had been sick of talking about it in June 2016, when a body of voters equivalent to 27 per cent of the population rewrote our geopolitical and economic status. This, aside from the fact that most people didn’t want Jeremy Corbyn to …

Nov 5, 2024 · Will Kamala Harris defy the odds and win the White House after a whirlwind 100-day campaign? Or will Donald Trump’s divisive strategy prove successful? And how soon will we know either way? Welcome to the New Statesman ’s US election live blog where we’ll have analysis and commentary from Ben Walker, Freddie …

Nov 20, 2024 · The crucial question now is how Putin will respond. The Russian president has warned explicitly in recent months that if the US and its Nato allies allowed their missiles to be used to strike his territory, it would mean they were “at war with Russia”. On the eve of Keir Starmer’s meeting with Biden at the White House in September, when they were expected to discuss lifting the ...

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Nov 20, 2024 · The Biden administration has defended its approach, pointing to the risk of provoking outright war between the West and Russia – which retains the world’s largest confirmed inventory of nuclear warheads. But an international escalation has already taken place. A force of 12,000 North Korean troops recently arrived on the front lines to support Russia’s efforts to retake the parts of its ...