Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan is the New Statesman’s Senior Editor (politics).
Articles by Mehdi Hasan
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Politics
Sorry, Melanie, your pants are on fire
- 27 January 2012
- 78 comments
The Daily Mail columnist talked nonsense about Iran and the IAEA on last night's Question Time.
Politics
Islamophobia and the Leveson Inquiry
- 24 January 2012
- 107 comments
A letter in today's Guardian makes important points - and an important request.
Middle East
The NS Interview: Wael Ghonim, Egyptian democracy activist
- 23 January 2012
“The fate of nations should be decided by their own people”
Politics
A big boost for Labour in London
- 19 January 2012
- 21 comments
Ken v Boris just got very interesting. The former mayor has much more than a fighting chance come May.
UK Politics
Miliband and Balls have fallen into a Tory trap
- 19 January 2012
- 42 comments
Without a focused and consistent message, any political party is stuck. Yet Ed Balls, Ed Miliband and their shadow cabinet colleagues seem fixated by an agenda of “cuts and credibility” set by Cameron, Osborne and the Conservative Party.
Newspapers
Black and white opinions
- 16 January 2012
- 6 comments
Newspaper comment pages don’t reflect the diversity of 21st-century readers.
North America
Who's left? The top 20 US progressives
- 11 January 2012
- 42 comments
The New Statesman profiles the leading American progressives who are keeping the cause alive.











