05 October 2009
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From the Editor…
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Cover story
The real hustle
The Tories have conjured a trick – appearing progressive and yet Thatcherite. What is the truth behind this illusion?
Features
The new ruling class
If the polls are to be believed, the Conservative Party is heading for government in 2010, ending 13 years in the political wilderness. So who are the men, and women (yes, there are one or two), jostling for power around Prime Minister Cameron?
“We’ll win when we become New Labour”
The reforming Tories around David Cameron and George Osborne are determined to pick up where Tony Blair left off.
High school delusional
Too many young people are encouraged to dream of fame when, in reality, their prospects are bleak.
Interview
The NS Interview: Robert Harris
“Like Rome, governments need that five-year sacrifice and sweeping away”
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Leader: Brown fights on to the last
At conference, Brown was like a great warrior-king who knew that the end was near
First Thoughts
Pangloss, pills and dinner ladies
Gordon Brown should delay the election until 3 June.
The Politics Column
Burned by the Sun
Courting Murdoch was always bound to backfire on Labour but the paper's influence is built on a myth
World Citizen
Iran’s nuclear threat is a lie
Obama's "showdown" with Iran has another agenda. The media have been tasked with preparing the public for endless war
Down & Out in London
We’ll almost have Paris
Everything is better in Paris: atmosphere, food, sex, light, walking down the street holding hands.
Culture
Traveller from an antique land
Anselm Kiefer’s bleakly despairing vision causes disquiet in an art world used to in-jokes and irony
The NS Recommends
Logicomix: an Epic Search for Truth Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou
Books
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
This year’s Reith lecturer, Michael Sandel, transforms moral philosophy by putting it at the heart of civic debate.
