Ben Davies

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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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...

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

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

newstatesman.com commended at award ceremony

  • 16 November 2007

How newstatesman.com was runner up at a prestigious awards ceremony plus a far from quiet American in Italy...

Kirst when it comes to TV talent

  • 26 October 2007

A nomination, a load of new content and the perils of indulging in nepotism

Welcome to newstatesman.com's arts blog

  • 23 October 2007

A new departure for the New Statesman website...

Boris Johnson. We're delighted...

  • 27 September 2007
  • 5 comments

newstatesman.com's campaign to help the Conservative Party with its London mayoral primary sees Boris Johnson victorious ... for now

Take that Marks and Spencers...

  • 21 September 2007

A one-man consumer boycott, Tony Benn, Zac Goldsmith, the BBC cat and other issues...

Beside the seaside...

  • 14 September 2007

The conference season kicks off in Brighton, moves to Bournemouth and then ends up in Blackpool and the New Statesman will bring you news and views from every gathering

No one slept in 1990

  • 13 September 2007
  • 3 comments

Observations on Pavarotti

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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