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Harry Styles is a real man now Progressivism is on the defensive. Just look at our pop singers

Harry Styles is a real man now

Shabana Mahmood’s change of tone could fall on deaf ears Backbench discontent is growing over the Home Secretary’s asylum reforms

Shabana Mahmood’s change of tone could fall on deaf ears

Backbench discontent is growing over the Home Secretary’s asylum reforms

By Ethan Croft

Fiona Hill: We are heading into absolute chaos and brutal slaughter The former Donald Trump adviser on an escalating crisis and the prospect of world war

Fiona Hill: We are heading into absolute chaos and brutal slaughter

The former Donald Trump adviser on an escalating crisis and the prospect of world war

By @meganjgibson.bsky.social

What we learned PMQs: Keir Starmer is getting Brits out of the Middle East Kemi Badenoch displayed a total disregard for the evacuations – but the Starmer is haunted by the threat of soaring energy bills.

What we learned at PMQs: Keir Starmer is getting Brits out of the Middle East

Kemi Badenoch displayed a total disregard for the evacuations – but Starmer is haunted by the threat of soaring energy bills

By @RMCunliffe.bsky.social

At Sarah Everard’s five-year vigil, women see a “backlash” against them Mourners at the fifth anniversary vigil are worried progress is falling backwards

At Sarah Everard’s five-year vigil, women see a “backlash” against them

🖊️ @anooshc.bsky.social

Fiona Hill: We are heading into absolute chaos and brutal slaughter The former Donald Trump adviser on an escalating crisis and the prospect of world war

Fiona Hill: We are heading into absolute chaos and brutal slaughter

The former Donald Trump adviser on an escalating crisis and the prospect of world war

By @MeganJGibson.bsky.social

Rachel Reeves is pretending everything is absolutely fine This Spring Statement didn't take account of an inconvenient event: the outbreak of war

Rachel Reeves is pretending everything is absolutely fine

This Spring Statement didn’t take account of an inconvenient event: the outbreak of war

By @willdunn.bsky.social

Lebanon's displaced families brace for more needless war The country is shocked by Hezbollah's decision to enter the conflict

Lebanon’s displaced families brace for more needless war

The country is shocked by Hezbollah’s decision to enter the conflict

By Cian Ward

Who is Keir Starmer without Morgan McSweeney? On Iran and on Europe, he is beginning to show us

Who is Keir Starmer without Morgan McSweeney?

On Iran and on Europe, he is beginning to show us

By Ailbhe Rea

Paul Conroy knew the importance of bearing witness The war photographer has died aged 61

Paul Conroy knew the importance of bearing witness

The war photographer has died aged 61

By Gerry Brakus

Gisèle Pelicot is not your hero In her new memoir, Pelicot rejects the pedestal she has been put on

Gisèle Pelicot is not your hero

In her new memoir, Pelicot rejects the pedestal she has been put on

By Faye Curran

How Putin is backing Iran's war effort A prolonged conflict in the Middle East would serve Russia’s interests

How Putin is backing Iran’s war effort

A prolonged conflict in the Middle East would serve Russia’s interests

By Katie Stallard

The fall of Ayatollah Khameini He became the gravedigger of the revolution that he helped lead

The fall of Ayatollah Khameini, by Shiraz Maher

Freya India can't save our girls Gen Z women already know their issues. They want solutions

Freya India can't save our girls, by Zuzanna Lachendro

Reform UK are too weird to win From Matthew Goodwin to Restore Britain, the online right aren't radical – they're cringe

Reform UK are too weird to win

From Matthew Goodwin to Restore Britain, the online right aren’t radical – they’re cringe

By Gareth Watkins

The Iran war makes it official – America is breaking with Europe The Maga movement thinks Europeans are fundamentally unserious on foreign policy

The Iran war makes it official – America is breaking with Europe

The Maga movement thinks Europeans are fundamentally unserious on foreign policy

By Freddie Hayward

When Donald Trump bombs, Keir Starmer obeys America wants regime change in Iran. Why is Britain following them into disaster again?

When Donald Trump bombs, Keir Starmer obeys. 🖊️ James Schneider

What Labour MPs are saying about the Gorton and Denton by-election Will the party's defeat cost Starmer his supporters?

What Labour MPs are saying about the Gorton and Denton by-election

Ai Weiwei interview The Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s major works include Sunflower Seeds – which filled Tate Modern’s cavernous Turbine Hall with millions of

Ai Weiwei: “Maybe I’m still seeking trouble”

The artist on China, censorship and valuing ideas over physical work

By Michael Prodger

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What Labour MPs are saying about the Gorton and Denton by-election Will the party's defeat cost Starmer his supporters?

"Just be fucking progressive." What Labour MPs are saying about the Gorton and Denton by-election, by Ethan Croft

Inside the Greens "seismic" Gorton and Denton win It was the party's first ever by-election victory

Inside the Greens "seismic" Gorton and Denton win

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Labour’s existential crisis

The Greens’ by-election triumph is the worst of all worlds for Keir Starmer

Today's Morning Call with @georgeeaton.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politi...

How can Labour win again? Polling shows the party needs to learn to be populist

How can Labour win again? Polling shows the party needs to learn to be populist. By @bwalker.uk

Gisèle Pelicot shows no victim is safe from being shamed Her astonishing act of bravery has changed society

Gisèle Pelicot shows no victim is safe from being shamed

By @RMCunliffe.bsky.social

Green Party takes Gorton and Denton, pushing Labour to third Hannah Spencer won with 14,980 votes.

Green Party takes Gorton and Denton, pushing Labour to third

The Greens now have a very, very high ceiling Labour came a humiliating third in one of their safest seats

The Greens now have a very, very high ceiling

By @bwalker.uk

Andy Burnham could have won Gorton and Denton By blocking the Manchester Mayor, Labour has opened the floodgates to the Greens

Neal Lawson: Andy Burnham could have won Gorton and Denton

By blocking the Manchester Mayor, Labour has opened the floodgates to the Greens

On the genealogy of Peter Mandelson’s morality

The prince of darkness has fallen. But where did his appetite for risk come from?

By James Hanning www.newstatesman.com/politi...

How we became obsessed with the human face Fay Bound-Alberti's book argues faces have come to matter too much

How we became obsessed with the human face

Fay Bound-Alberti’s book argues faces have come to matter too much

By Zoë Huxford