Whatever AOC now claims, the psychic distortions we call “woke” are the currency of American politics By Lee Siegel “Woke 1.0 was crazy.” So saideth Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and it’s a measure of the ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

We created the nuclear monster. We must warn against it now By Carlo Rovelli Quite regularly, humans massacre one other. We inflict vast destruction and suffering on ourselves. In the 20th century we ...

The introduction of new prime ministers is becoming a mass media ritual By Will Dunn It’s 8.42am on Monday 20 July. We’re on the scene in Downing Street with only two-and-a-half hours to wait before ...