Jason Cowley
Articles by Jason Cowley
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UK Politics
Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
- 02 February 2012
- 11 comments
The former chancellor on Osborne's failure, Scottish independence and why Labour needs David Miliband back in the shadow cabinet.
UK Politics
Mr Scotland, chauvinism and the SNP’s big-tent nationalism
- 26 January 2012
- 57 comments
In Edinburgh, Alex Salmond walks with the swagger of a man who feels that these could be the last days of the Union.
Health
NHS is heading for the "perfect storm"
- 19 January 2012
- 11 comments
Hamish Meldrum, head of the BMA, says Andrew Lansley is forcing unworkable, unprecedented “efficiency savings” on doctors — very much against their will.
Ideas
Never giving ground
- 02 January 2012
The editor of the New Statesman reflects on the life and legacy of Christopher Hitchens.
Christopher Hitchens, the enemy of the totalitarian
- 16 December 2011
- 43 comments
He had no equal in contemporary Anglo-American letters; there are followers and disciples but no heir apparent.
UK Politics
The second act in the political life of David Miliband
- 12 December 2011
Our political leaders are callow men, writes the NS editor, Jason Cowley, so no wonder they’re flying blind — unlike David Miliband. And on a shopping trip for shirts, he bumps into Bill Nighy.
UK Politics
20 under 40: Rachel Reeves
- 22 September 2011
- 5 comments
We tipped the new shadow chief secretary to the Treasury from the start.
Film
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: An elegy for England
- 22 September 2011
- 3 comments
John le Carré’s classic novel, now adapted for the big screen, is much more than a cold war whodunnit.
