New Statesman Leader

New year, new problems, but nobody will gain from the malaise

• 17 January 2008

The truth must be exposed

• 10 January 2008
• 10 comments

The NS calls on David Miliband or Gordon Brown to launch an inquiry into the failed prosecution of a Foreign Office official, Derek Pasquill, to establish if politicians or officials played a role in perverting the course of justice

As long as Musharraf is in power, Pakistan will not be stable

• 03 January 2008
• 7 comments

The west has often regarded the civilian dimension of Pakistani politics as a hindrance to its security priorities

After a traumatic start, is Brown daring to show greater courage?

• 13 December 2007
• 1 comment

Wanted: an anti-Establishment insurgent for the third party

• 06 December 2007
• 4 comments

The chances of peace may be tiny, but that's no reason not to try

• 29 November 2007
• 2 comments

If Brown does show courage, will anyone notice any more?

• 22 November 2007

Old friendships, new alliances: Brown's foreign policy emerges

• 15 November 2007
• 2 comments

Trains and chains and Victorian values in a modern setting

• 08 November 2007

Brown now has two years in which he should forget about polls and the press and lay some foundations for a fairer society

Change the law to make early abortion easier

• 01 November 2007
• 5 comments

Women should be given the flexibility to make the best decisions they can in often impossibly difficult circumstances