2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (74+ words) Holborn and St Pancras is Labour’s to lose New Statesman The party’s candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali is viewed as being close to Starmer This by-election was triggered after Keir Starmer resigned the seat on 1 September, parliament’s first day back after the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (215+ words) New Statesman Nigel “has only got one ball”. John Sweeney is already singing by page three of this crude and disorganised biography, and he hopes we’re singing along with him, or at least whistling. He knows we know the song,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (244+ words) New Statesman Those planning the 2026 Reform conference said their aim was to “put on a show”. It worked. Before the diplomatic accord with the French hard right, a tax-cut pledge costing £20bn a year and viral videos of female hecklers getting beaten…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (62+ words) New Statesman The party thinks it has the most advanced “ground game” in British politics Ask the average person what was the main story of Reform UK’s annual conference, and they will have a very simple answer: the donations scandal…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (137+ words) What Farage’s oyster etiquette says about his politics New Statesman July, 2026: “Oysters please!” Nigel Farage chirped in the garden of a seafood restaurant somewhere near Clacton-on-Sea. One has to wonder how many times he’s said those exact words in his…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (138+ words) Portsmouth’s anti-migrant protestors have given up on democracy New Statesman A planned, coordinated and “exceptionally well-organised” protest sees the Port of Dover – the UK’s biggest and busiest ferry port – shut down for hours. Despite footage showing hundreds of demonstrators in…...

6+ day, 5+ min ago   (108+ words) New Statesman Zack Polanski is being challenged for selection as the Green Party candidate in Holborn and St Pancras. Hamza Chowdhury, a councillor for Holborn and Covent Garden, announced this morning that he will put himself forward for selection as…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (257+ words) New Statesman “I believe”, intones the speaker at the Christian Fellowship for Reform, “that Jesus Christ is the ultimate Reformer”. The Reform party conference delegates are still arriving. Long queues of them have formed in the mouth of the Birmingham…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (139+ words) New Statesman Four days after Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election, Keir Starmer resigned as prime minister. Four days after that, his office posted a job ad for a caseworker, with a closing date of 12 July. The successful candidate was…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (175+ words) Reform conference: scandal rains on Farage’s parade newstatesman.com Brown envelopes, clandestine operations and secret meetings at Claridge’s Hotel. While Reform has already had two cash scandals this year, the latest seemed to surpass the others in colour and gall,…...