New Statesman

What was easyJet thinking?

George Eaton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:08:52 GMT

A case of remarkable wickedness or remarkable stupidity

Exclusive: easyJet grounds in-flight magazine after Holocaust gaffe

Stephen Morris — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:47:45 GMT

Airline U-turn follows Holocaust Memorial fashion shoot

In praise of the Tories

James Macintyre — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:42:13 GMT

They are right on police

Tories would create 'Berlusconi's Britain'

George Eaton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:17:18 GMT

"Big Bang" media revolution would be dangerous warns NUJ head

A rouger shade of Palin

Tom Calvocoressi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:35:27 GMT

Those who seek to satirise Sarah, we salute you!

Harman on the ropes

George Eaton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:35:52 GMT

Will she be forced to resign?

Harman to be prosecuted over car accident

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:10:14 GMT

Deputy Labour leader charged over crash in which she allegedly used her mobile phone

Police head warns officers would resign over Tory plans

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:37:03 GMT

Sir Hugh Orde says directly-elected commissioners would undermine police independence

Sleaze watchdog chairman resigns over expenses claims

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:15:21 GMT

Tory MP David Curry stands down after claiming �30,000 for a second home he rarely uses

Belgian prime minister and British peer given top EU jobs

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:48:06 GMT

Presidency is won by Belgian leader Herman Van Rompuy as Baroness Ashton becomes foreign minister

Expenses: the story that never ends

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:31:53 GMT

Tory MP David Curry stands down from committee

Eurosceptics won't like this...

George Eaton — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:06:33 GMT

EU seeks "special status" at the United Nations

Green heroes and villains

James Macintyre — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:13:53 GMT

Our cover story on a hot topic

Blair to win EU presidency

James Macintyre — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:18 GMT

An unlikely punt

Load of old balls? No, football's crown jewels

Hunter Davies — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:24:23 GMT

Clinton's crush on Miliband

George Eaton — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:28:06 GMT

Clinton tells Vogue: "he is so vibrant, vital, attractive, smart."

Brown criticised over expenses reform

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:05:25 GMT

Sir Christopher Kelly says he was "disappointed" the Queen's Speech excluded expenses legislation

Bin Laden and me

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:52:21 GMT

My interview with his son in this week's NS

Karzai sworn in as Afghan president

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:31:55 GMT

President sworn in for second five-year term amid intense concern over corruption

EU leaders meet to select president

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:04:46 GMT

France and Germany unite behind Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy

Six MPs and peers face criminal charges over expenses

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:39:01 GMT

Detectives expected to pass files on to the Crown Prosecution Service within weeks

Leader: World leaders need to become green heroes too

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Without the requisite political will, the prospects for our planet remain bleak

Nurses, cricket and anti-Semitism

Peter Wilby — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

We should value nurses' distinctive qualities, not force them to take degrees

Bite-sized briefing: world

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

And the winner is . . . nobody

Katrina Manson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Bite-sized briefing: UK

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Education, education

Sonia Poulton — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

You can ring my Belle

Becky Hogge — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Dames are forever

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Class Monitor No. 9: Big kids

Michael Hodges — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

Dominic Sandbrook — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Labour supporters looked forward to a new era of reform and modernisation

Like it or not, Brown�s a war leader

James Macintyre — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Public patience with the Afghanistan war is running out. Brown may yet regret becoming a war leader

Oh, for a bonfire of banality!

Fran Reddington — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Wrong on the way down and up

David Blanchflower — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

The MPC has once again entered the world of wishful thinking, as it did at the beginning of the recession that it failed to spot

Uganda is sanctioning gay genocide

Sigrid Rausing — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Sexual violence is everywhere in Uganda. A new bill punishing homosexuals is part of that culture

We�re all with the brand

Will Self — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

What is it with brands - why do we invest these shopworn icons with such reverence?

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Mehdi Hasan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

�People are surprised when I say I�m the son of Osama Bin Laden�

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

On 7 December, world leaders and negotiators will meet in Copenhagen to discuss the future of our planet. As the debate intensifies, the New Statesman�s panel of environmental experts have chosen their heroes and villains � politicians, activists, companies and institutions.

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Cloud control

Bjorn Lomborg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Drastic and immediate cuts in carbon emissions, as advocated by most of the green lobby, are an expensive way of doing very little good. They would reduce growth and especially hurt the world�s poor. But there is another, better way

Cuts won't cost the earth

Oliver Tickell — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Night at the Museum

Vaughan Allen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

As the guardians of the souls of our communities, local cultural institutions must fight and adapt in the face of budget cuts.

Should Britney sync or sing?

Mark Watson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Bad idea: Political police

Alyssa McDonald — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Terrorists don�t install disabled toilets

Bibi van der Zee — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Dawn of the dead

David Herman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

The dark shadow of history has always loomed over Stephen Poliakoff�s dramas. But Glorious 39, set on the eve of war, is bleaker than ever

A Serious Man (15)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Bodily revulsion is at the heart of the Coens' work

Chick Corea/B�la Fleck

Sholto Byrnes — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Sholto Byrnes applauds a jazz performance that is full of fireworks

Armatrading for Mayor

Antonia Quirke — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Antonia Quirke salutes whoever persuaded Joan to do radio

Cold war modern

William Cook — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Remnants of the wall are luring tourists to Berlin

The Condition of England

David Selbourne — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Charles Masterman�s devastating anatomy of Edwardian Britain, reissued on its 100th anniversary, foreshadows our own times

The Books Interview: Chantal Mouffe

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Utopia or Auschwitz: Germany�s 1968 Generation and the Holocaust

Lesley Chamberlain — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Policing Controversy

David Davis — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Cheever: a Life

Leo Robson — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Umbrellas are like love affairs

Nicholas Lezard — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT

Green heroes and villians...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:05 GMT

...here's two that didn't quite make the cut

Chamber of secrets...

James Macintyre — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:26:43 GMT

...an update from the House of Commons

Vote Blue, Go Green?

Mehdi Hasan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:11:38 GMT

Not quite ...

The responsibilities of the intellectual

Anna Maria Di Brina — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:39:41 GMT

Roberto Saviano�s letter to Berlusconi

Is Archie Norman's appointment bad news for the Tories?

George Eaton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:15:43 GMT

Could the new ITV chairman clash with his old party?

Queen's Speech draws election battle lines

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:51 GMT

Final legislative package before election focuses on economic recovery, pensioners and education

20 green heroes and villains: Have your say

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:24 GMT

Who did we miss out from our top 10 heroes and top 10 villains? Let us know here by having your say

Native spirit

Owen Van Spall — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:30:34 GMT

A season of films celebrates the struggles of indigenous peoples across the globe

Twitter and libertarianism

George Eaton — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:14:28 GMT

Prospect poll on Twitter users highlights the growth of libertarianism

Former Tory MP Archie Norman to be new ITV chairman

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:05:33 GMT

Prolonged search for a replacement for Michael Grade comes to an end

Education guarantees condemned as a "whingers' charter"

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:32:51 GMT

New guarantees for pupils and parents could open the door to litigation, warns teachers' leader

Universities forced to 'bail out' students

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:03:35 GMT

Three-quarters of universities provide emergency funding after delays to loans and grants

Queen's Speech to target excessive City bonuses

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:40:45 GMT

Bill will allow the FSA to ban bonuses for "reckless" bankers

Labour cuts Tory lead by four points

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:37:45 GMT

Party boosted by public sympathy for Brown over Sun attacks

Who are you calling anti-Semitic?

Sholto Byrnes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:43:12 GMT

The charge is grave. It must not be misused.

The man who knew too much

Jonathan Derbyshire — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:51:59 GMT

Diaries of the man who reported on Stalin's "terror famine" made public

The PCC is not fit to regulate blogs

George Eaton — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:33:32 GMT

This discredited body would not act as an impartial regulator

Jailhouse rock

Patrick Sawer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:28 GMT

Billy Bragg's charity takes an unusual approach to prisoner rehabilitation

BBC in awe of Sun

James Macintyre — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:15:46 GMT

More on Murdoch's needlessly-given influence

Why die for Karzai?

Mehdi Hasan — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:12:28 GMT

The question Brown and Miliband can't answer

Cameron hasn't "closed the deal"

George Eaton — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:02:20 GMT

Guardian front page ignores signs of Labour comeback

Palin goes on Oprah to hint at bid for presidency

James Macintyre — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:49:31 GMT

"Not on my radar - right now"

China and US pledge cooperation

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:49:33 GMT

Premiers stress collaboration, although differences remain

UN food chief not satisfied with summit

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:28:47 GMT

Jacques Diouf criticises lack of "concrete proposals" from UN food security summit

Conservative candidate avoids deselection

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:08:20 GMT

Elizabeth Truss survives vote, after details of her affair were revealed

Brown hopes for Afghanistan pull-out talks

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:51:11 GMT

Prime minister says he hopes talks in the new year will set a timetable for handover to local forces

The scandal of infant mortality

Kate Eardley — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:07:34 GMT

24,000 children under the age of five continue to die each day

Stephen Byers to quit parliament...

Mehdi Hasan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:02:44 GMT

... but who cares?

Britain's Israel lobby

Mehdi Hasan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:54:43 GMT

What is it, who's in it and how does it work?

Who rules Twitter?

George Eaton — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:50:56 GMT

Wired explores the clashes between Twitter users and staff

Theatre nights

Victoria Brignell — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:21:40 GMT

Theatre facilities for the disabled have significantly improved but challenges remain

Rowan Williams slams Blairite economics

James Macintyre — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:19:32 GMT

Archbishop says keep markets out of public sector

Would Socrates have got research funding?

Jonathan Derbyshire — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:46:21 GMT

The perils of "measurable output"

Reductio ad Stalinum

George Eaton — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:50:29 GMT

Boris compares the 50p tax with Stalin's campaign against the Kulaks

Exclusive: Labour to show 'Against the Odds' film in election broadcast

James Macintyre — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:55:26 GMT

Victory for blog campaign

The impact of "impact"

Jonathan Derbyshire — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:44:47 GMT

Stefan Collini on why academics shouldn't have to be salesmen

New powers for FSA to overturn bonus deals

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:08:45 GMT

Government promises reforms to stop the reward of excessive risk-taking

No time for Copenhagen deal, says Obama

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:50:44 GMT

Leaders plan "first-stage" series of commitments at summit next month

Brown to defend Afghanistan war

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:21:12 GMT

PM claims al-Qaeda are the "biggest source of threat to our national security"

Clegg calls for Queen's Speech to be cancelled

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:03:10 GMT

Liberal Democrat leader says speech will be "based on a complete fiction"

Happy Wagga Christmas

Sophie Elmhirst — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:58:18 GMT

It really is that time of year

Boris's expenses jibe at Cameron

George Eaton — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:24:52 GMT

London Mayor mocks Cameron's claim for wisteria trimming

PR referendum

James Macintyre — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:43:00 GMT

Much hanging on this last-ditch attempt

A good week for Gordon Brown

George Eaton — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:38:34 GMT

Three pieces of good news for Brown

Measuring Glasgow North East

James Macintyre — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:33:31 GMT

Triumph for Labour; disaster for SNP

Brown and Murdoch: the quotes

James Macintyre — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:18:59 GMT

Proving the point of my column

Ashes and football qualifiers set for return to free TV

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:22:09 GMT

Recommendations put government on course for another clash with Rupert Murdoch

UK support for "Taliban reintegration" revealed in leaked memo

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:48:45 GMT

Leaked memo calls for reconciliation between the Afghan government and some Taliban leaders

Blair to face Iraq inquiry early next year

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:34:18 GMT

Former prime minister will give public evidence just months ahead of the general election

Labour cruises to victory in Glasgow by-election

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:55:36 GMT

Brown boosted as party hails emphatic victory over the SNP in Glasgow North East

Dimbleby knocked out by a bullock

George Eaton — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:43:43 GMT

Presenter to miss Question Time for first time in 15 years after bullock incident

How powerful is Gordon Brown?

George Eaton — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:17:56 GMT

Forbes ranks Brown at No 29 in its power list

The Sun, the Tories and Labour

James Macintyre — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:17:32 GMT

Murdoch's needless "influence"

Close to our hearts

Caroline Stagg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:46:45 GMT

More for less

Niall Dickson — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:45:55 GMT

Faced with a gap in funding at the same time as growing demand, can the NHS survive � let alone prosper? Niall Dickson looks at the challenges ahead

Health reform beyond the hype

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:44:42 GMT

How should services in the UK and US change, and what can they learn from each other?

Brown promises stricter limits on migrants

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:25:56 GMT

Prime minister will seek to address rising public concern

Ministers "ignored" concerns over Post Office closures

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:46:31 GMT

Public Accounts committee describes consultation on closures as "window-dressing"

Labour confident as polls open in Glasgow by-election

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:40:27 GMT

Party expected to defeat the SNP in Michael Martin's former constituency

US Afghan envoy opposed to troop increase

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:07:37 GMT

Karl Eikenberry warns against sending thousands more troops and criticises Karzai

Leader: The battle over poverty starts here

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

A reduction in poverty should be the centrepiece of any future Labour programme

Lisbon, chaos theory and poppies

Peter Wilby — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The Tories have deluded themselves that Britain can enjoy trading advantages without the drawbacks of reduced sovereignty

Bite-sized briefing: world

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Bored sick by the bill

Harry Shearer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Bite-sized briefing: UK

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Kissinger has come to town

Stephen Newton — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The crying policeman

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The vinyl countdown

Becky Hogge — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Class Monitor No. 8: Checkout women

Michael Hodges — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

What if... Britain had lost the Falklands war

Dominic Sandbrook — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The Sun sinks to a new low

James Macintyre — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The Sun has returned to doing what it does best: bashing Labour. And, it seems, at any price

Jeremy Clarkson isn�t Everyman, he�s Reptonman

Gideon Donald — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Clarkson has shown his lack of class again by attacking Mandelson

It�s good to go walkabout

David Blanchflower — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Central bankers need to be people with experience of the real world, rather than academic economists

Let the bird of paradise go free

John Pilger — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The theft of West Papua's mineral wealth must end. The province's courageous resistance movement deserves nothing less

Children need tough love

Jenni Russell — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

We must fill the social vacuum in poor areas with organisations that can positively shape behaviour

The NS Interview: Robert Skidelsky

Jonathan Derbyshire — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

�Osborne gets away with it � people haven�t really nailed him�

A state of collapse

Edward Platt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to strengthen �co-operation between peoples�, but his attempts to bring the Israelis and Palestinians together have failed

The lost country

Nicky Gardner — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Two decades after the fall of the wall in 1989, life in the German capital�s hinterland continues relatively unchanged

The war for the poor

Fran Abrams — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

In the run-up to next year�s general election, poverty is back at the heart of political debate. In the first of a series of investigations into the reality of deprivation in Britain today, Fran Abrams uncovers the deepening effects of joblessness in Lancashire

From boom to bleak: Labour�s record on poverty

Mike Brewer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Backtrack or derail

Neil Clark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

A pledge to renationalise the railways would be a clear vote-winner. So why do passengers� demands fall on deaf ears?

How to feel stressed in ten easy steps (plus a checklist)

Sophie Elmhirst — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

We need to go cold turkey to kick our addiction to oil

Mark Lynas — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

High oil prices could act as a global insurance policy against the collapse of climate talks

Good idea: Thinkers unite

Alyssa McDonald — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Waking the dead

Terry Eagleton — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

For Walter Benjamin, history was more than a series of dispassionate facts. He showed how the struggle for the past shapes our future

The White Ribbon (15)

Ryan Gilbey — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Ryan Gilbey detects a new tenderness in the darling of European cinema

Pains of Youth / Days of Significance

Andrew Billen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Blairite boozers reach the parts that 1920s medics can't

Collision

Rachel Cooke — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

This intricately plotted drama is far from car-crash TV

Composer of the Week

Antonia Quirke — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

When it comes to Erik Satie, Radio 3 is stumped

A double-shot of sanctimony

Will Self — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Starbucks coffee is so bad I'll happily walk several blocks just to avoid drinking the stuff

In Search of England

Peter Wilby — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Roy Hattersley�s political career was largely a failure, but he has enjoyed a late blossoming

The Books Interview: Irene Khan

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

What's Really Wrong With the Middle East

Sholto Byrnes — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The Wild Things

Alice O�Keeffe — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Family Britain 1951-57

Vernon Bogdanor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!

Stephen Morris — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Jealousy: the Other Life of Catherine M

Hannah Gregory — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Fado

Daniel Trilling — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

The Returning Officer

Stephen Brasher — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Grimsby

Lose your rage and lose the game

Hunter Davies — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

Pool cues at the ready

Nicholas Lezard — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:43:16 GMT

A giant leap forward for Muslim women

Sholto Byrnes — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:23:16 GMT

World's first female muftis to be appointed next year

PMQ's review

James Macintyre — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:31:13 GMT

Brown's best performance for months

Mandelson bites back at the Sun

George Eaton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:22:27 GMT

A virtuoso performance but Labour should end its neurotic focus on the tabloid

Penance for our sins

George Eaton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:49:46 GMT

In the days of the empire, Britain imposed its voting system on other countries. Many of those ex-colonies have moved on, but others are lagging behind

I am a convert to the cause

Michael Brown — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:45:47 GMT

Restoring voters� faith in the electoral system through reform should be the first duty of the next Conservative government, writes the former Tory MP Michael Brown

PR is so un-British

Brian Cathcart — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:40:49 GMT

Our media are wedded to first-past-the-post because it makes for a great front page and somehow captures our eccentricity

At last the tide is turning

Vernon Bogdanor — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:35:16 GMT

Until very recently, it was generally assumed that first-past-the-post was natural to Britain. Now, the country has no fewer than four other electoral systems in operation. PR is becoming difficult, if not impossible, to hold back

Tory HQ caught in fake web "comments"

James Macintyre — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:34:15 GMT

Yet more evidence of party's desperation over Kaminski

Electoral Reform: a bluffer's guide

George Eaton — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:29:09 GMT

Feel that casting your vote never seemed so complicated? We take you through the systems, formulas and voting types

A breed apart

Oona King — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:20:26 GMT

The Commons has a disproportionate number of privately educated white men � not exactly representative of wider society

Do the right thing

Peter Tatchell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:13:58 GMT

The Chartist goal of a representative parliament and majority government is still sadly unrealised

How to make your vote count

Peter Kellner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:07:56 GMT

Would it be too much to change the way we elect MPs? And would the outcome be more democratic, or more dangerous? Peter Kellner sets out the options and their possible effects

Clarke: Hung parliament would be worse than Labour victory

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:32:54 GMT

Shadow business secretary says hung parliament would be a "disaster"

Brown faces revolt over plan to axe childcare vouchers

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:02:47 GMT

Former ministers warn that move could cost Labour votes in marginal seats

DNA of innocent to be held for six years

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:17:19 GMT

Human rights groups angered as ministers insist profiles of innocent people must be retained

New Statesman editor wins at BSME awards

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:39:07 GMT

Jason Cowley named Editor of the Year in the special interest and current affairs category

Poll shows hung parliament remains possible

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:25:38 GMT

Conservatives lead Labour by 10 points but would win a majority of only two

The illusion of a world without borders

Simon Reid-Henry — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:57:52 GMT

20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the discourse of security has replaced the dreams of democracy

Brown calls Blair right wing

James Macintyre — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:34:07 GMT

Bit of light relief amid Letter-gate

The Sun's vulgar campaign against Brown

George Eaton — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:01 GMT

Murdoch should call off this shameful and tawdry campaign

Chinese whispers

Daniel Trilling — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:28:38 GMT

Xiaolu Guo on the voices of a changing country

Japan offers $5bn aid to Afghanistan

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:02:47 GMT

New aid package effectively replaces discontinued refueling mission

Brown seeks support for "Tobin tax"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:01:50 GMT

PM secretly tries to persuade bankers to support transaction tax, while EU ministers express interest

Male doctors earn �15,000 more than female

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:42 GMT

New study reveals "evidence of discrimination" in NHS gender pay gap

Miliband will not take EU foreign job

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:59:44 GMT

Top EU officials confirm that foreign secretary is not interested in EU job