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Samira Shackle

Samira Shackle is a freelance journalist, who tweets @samirashackle. She was formerly a staff writer for the New Statesman.

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UK Politics
The MP Interview: Lisa Nandy
12 April 2012

On legal aid, getting out of the Westminster bubble, and karaoke classics.

UK Politics
The MP Interview: Zac Goldsmith
05 April 2012

On the dysfunction of parliament, political idols, and being pushed down the stairs.

Music and Performance
"We had to witness at first cultural genocide and then all out genocide"
05 April 2012

Rani Moorthy, Tamil Sri Lankan actress, discusses cultural dislocation, civil war, and her new one w

The Staggers
The big Budget losers? Working families
05 April 2012

IFS analysis finds that a million working families will lose £500 a year as new tax changes come in.

The Staggers
Clegg ups the volume on civil liberties
04 April 2012

Can the government's email surveillance woes be cured?

Sport
Felicity Aston: Ice queen
03 April 2012
Newspapers
The NS Interview: Alex Crawford, war reporter
03 April 2012

“You have to be scared, because otherwise you’re not careful”

The Staggers
Email surveillance: the political fallout begins
03 April 2012

Front pages condemn "snooper's charter", while both Tories and Lib Dems speak out against the bill.

The Staggers
The Falklands: a reader
02 April 2012

On the 30th anniversary of the conflict, here is the best of the NS coverage past and present.

The Staggers
Tory MPs turn on Cameron and Osborne
02 April 2012

"At the root of much of the catastrophe we have become is George Osborne," says Tory backbencher Nad

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