Ben Davies
Ben Davies trained as a journalist after taking most of the 1990s off. Prior to joining the New Statesman he spent five years working as a politics reporter for the BBC News website. He lives in North London.
Articles by ben davies
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UK Politics
Labour's worst results in 40 years
- 02 May 2008
- 6 comments
Labour is badly hit in local elections in England and Wales pushed into third place by Tories and Lib Dems
UK Politics
Lembit - more interesting than PR
- 22 April 2008
The Lib Dem MP is to marry his Cheeky Girl - as announced in Hello
UK Politics
Fantasy mayor
- 14 April 2008
- 5 comments
The launch of newstatesman.com's Fantasy Mayor game. Find out which candidate most closely matches your views
Life & Society
A decade of the NMA
- 08 April 2008
We celebrate 10 years of holding the New Media Awards - a decade of huge technological advances
Politics
A lifeline needs saving
- 19 March 2008
When women have been sexually abused, many turn to Rape Crisis centres for support and help. But these essential services are themselves under threat through lack of money
UK Politics
Pasquill Official Secrets case dismissed
- 09 January 2008
- 3 comments
Derek Pasquill, a Foreign Office official charged under the Official Secrets act in connection with stories that appeared in the New Statesman, has had his case dismissed
World Affairs
Decolonialising Bolivia
- 07 December 2007
- 2 comments
César Navarro, political ally of Bolivian President Evo Morales, on the struggle to drive through change in the South American country
Global Issues
If I were Tory leader and other matters
- 01 December 2007
- 2 comments
Goldsmith, the Greens, Miss World, Water Wars plus if one was given the opportunity to rule...
Life & Society
Bad language
- 25 November 2007
- 2 comments
The strange thing about language, the anniversary of the death of Litvinenko, elections in Australia and Nick Clegg's aunt and the rest
Politics
Paddick: Orde should replace Blair
- 21 November 2007
- 4 comments
Former top cop turned Lib Dem London mayoral candidate Brian Paddick explains why Ian Blair cannot reform the Met
