Inside the police vs the NatCons newstatesman.com/world/europe/2…

Afraid Liz Truss has got it wrong about quite a basic fact concerning the mini-budget in her book.

She says the Treasury costed her tax policies at £45 billion over five years. Actually it was £146 billion.

£45 billion was just the final year's costing for 2026/27. 🧐

“Nigel Farage has never looked more satisfied.”

Freddie Hayward reports from Brussels on the police vs the NatCons. newstatesman.com/world/europe/2…

'There’s an old adage in behavioural economics that if someone who is otherwise rational appears to be acting in a way that makes no sense, you’re measuring the wrong thing.'

In which I argue that maybe Liz Truss has some self-awareness after all...

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Why Truss is such a gift for Labour – just 8% of voters have a favourable opinion of her.

“Anyone in Labour who is worrying about the honeymoon ending after an election needs to have their head checked. It could easily end before' - Lab source.

I wrote on how quickly the public would turn on a Labour govt and what Starmer can do about it 👇
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'Biden fears a new war in the Middle East like nothing else: energy prices would skyrocket and no one believes the American public has much patience'.

Astute point by Bruno Maçães in his excellent NS piece. newstatesman.com/world/middle-e…

'I've been accused of being a misogynist Tory shill and a Labour puppet.'

Great piece by tax expert Dan Neidle showing his workings on the Angela Rayner council house capital gains tax story:

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“The question now is whether Rayner’s own gamble pays off. She seems confident that it will.”

Analysis:
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David Cameron beguiled some last week with a mildly competent social media post. But he has had a bad week in Washington DC. Part of the problem is the Conservatives are too Trumpian for the Dems but not Trumpian enough for the Republicans.

Analysis:
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Revealing tale on Sunak’s excessive fixation with detail from David Gauke. newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

England’s water industry is a case study in the dangers of dogmatic privatisation.

This week’s NS leader on why the country needs a new ownership model. newstatesman.com/new-statesman-…

Why Rishi Sunak is struggling as Prime Minister. My piece for @newstatesman on why a combination of a bad inheritance and a lack of experience is causing him so many difficulties. newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

Rishi Sunak's problem isn't just a bad inheritance – it's his lack of experience.

Astute from David Gauke on why Sunak is struggling as PM. newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

This week's cover story for the The New Statesman is probably the most difficult thing I've ever had to write, and certainly the most personal.
Birth trauma: the hidden childbirth crisis that is devastating lives and costing the NHS billions. newstatesman.com/politics/healt…

The New Statesman is hiring an editor to run The Staggers – our online home for reactive comment, debate and analysis each day.

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How Keir Starmer and David Lammy plan to reshape Britain’s role in an age of global upheaval.

🖊️ Andrew Marr
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“A midwife appeared with some information they’d printed off. As I read it, I sobbed. I was 35 years old and thought my life was over.”

A personal, powerful, essential long read by Hannah Barnes on birth trauma – often dismissed, almost always devastating

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