01 March 2010
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Cover story
In search of electoral El Dorado
David Marquand argues that the left dismisses David Cameron at its peril.
Features
The Iron Lady’s lethal legacy
Corby was once a thriving town, but then a Tory government set about “deindustrialising” the steel region, and killed its soul.
The gospel according to Dave
The party knows what it wants – grammar schools, immigration controls, spending cuts. But does the leader?
10 people Dave should fear: Kenneth Clarke
Shadow secretary of state for business, innovation and skills
Interview
Poor relations
The former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith talks about his “Damascene” conversion and how the “sharp bits of Thatcherism” hurt the nation.
Regulars
New Statesman Leader
Leader: Dave the mystery chap – but the substance isn't there
The electorate is not hurrying to embrace Mr Cameron's Tories, as they did Mr Blair in 1997 or Mrs Thatcher in 1979.
The Politics Column
Cameron’s conjuring trick is failing
The smooth Tory frontman is vulnerable in the country at large.
Culture
Notes on a scandal
Does arts criticism have a future? An exclusive essay to mark the launch of our search for young music critics.
The Baftas
Britain’s broadcasters are overwhelmed by luvvies.
Stuck record
A ragged retrospective of an underground hero.
Books
The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
As an undergraduate at Oxford, David Cameron avoided politics. Vernon Bogdanor, his tutor back then, reflects on if, and how, the Bullingdon Boy has changed.
