12 October 2009
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Cover story
Change we can’t believe in
Barack Obama promised a sharp break from the Bush era, yet he seems to have stepped into the shoes of his disgraced predecessor. As the anniversary of his election approaches, Mehdi Hasan investigates what went wrong
Features
A right pig’s ear
The government panicked over the threat of swine flu – and got its response completely wrong
Essay
The meaning of conservatism
Disraeli followed Burke’s “politics of imperfection”, while Thatcher favoured Hayek’s free-market ideas. To which line of political thought are today’s Tories the heirs?
Interview
Campaign spotlight: Campus crisis
Jane Holgate, University College Union (UCU) branch secretary at London Metropolitan University
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Leader: The Tories must walk progressive if they want to talk progressive
There is an alarming disconnect between the Conservatives' rhetoric and their policies
First Thoughts
Another Freud, Mrs Brown and cats
Perhaps David Freud could devote some of his time to getting bankers into useful work
The Politics Column
It’s business as usual for the Tories
The party may call themselves "progressive" but they remain unreconstructed on a host of issues
Down & Out in London
Self-portrait without cigarette
Who on earth wants to know what a columnist looks like?
Culture
The last writes
There is neither the money nor the space to sustain a career as a full-time book reviewer. D J Taylor mourns the slow death of the man of letters
Books
Classics of conservative thought
Including Thomas Hobbes, David Hume and Roger Scruton
