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The global race to contain Omicron

As countries close their borders over fears of the new variant, we are reminded that the pandemic is far from over.

By Laura Spinney

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Exclusive: British citizenship of six million people could be jeopardised by Home Office plans

Exclusive: British citizenship of six million people could be jeopardised by Home Office plans

Ben van der Merwe

Why do students still want Jordan Peterson to tell them how to live?

Freddie Hayward

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People + machines is the formula for success

Adrian Joseph

LISTEN: Minister refuses six times to say if No 10 Downing Street had a Christmas party during December 2020 restrictions

The Chatterer

Dispatch: After the tragedy in the Channel, could France abandon the UK border deal?

French Election 2022

Dispatch: After the tragedy in the Channel, could France abandon the UK border deal?

Ido Vock

Internet & Social Media

The doxxing of JK Rowling harms everyone

Kat Rosenfield

From Our Writers

Anoosh Chakelian

My dad fled Lebanon for a new life. He found dry land, but others aren’t so lucky

David Gauke

How Keir Starmer’s new-look Labour Party can catch up with the Tories

Megan Nolan

We should all be worried about the blacklisting of literature

Sophie McBain

How the system failed both Anthony Broadwater and Alice Sebold

Politics

The Old Bexley and Sidcup result suggests rising opposition efficiency

The Conservatives retained the safe London seat, but there is growing informal cooperation between non-Tory voters.

By Stephen Bush

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The last thing the government wants is another lockdown. It may have a problem

The last thing the government wants is another lockdown. It may have a problem

Stephen Bush

The SNP is shutting its eyes to the crisis in Scottish schools

Chris Deerin

Ailbhe Rea’s Diary: Why I spoke out about Stanley Johnson

Brexiteer Tory MP self-publishes memoir on Amazon about the Brexit battle – to mixed reviews

The Chatterer

Andrew Marr joins the New Statesman as Chief Political Commentator

Andrew Marr joins the New Statesman as Chief Political Commentator

New Statesman

Why Boris Johnson may pay a political price for Downing Street’s lockdown Christmas revels

Stephen Bush

World

How a war fought half a century ago is taking on new relevance in US-India relations

India went to war with Pakistan in 1971. Today, it still finds itself caught between rivals, but its relationship with the US is very different.

By Emily Tamkin

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Abortion could be banned in 26 US states if Roe v Wade is weakened

Abortion could be banned in 26 US states if Roe v Wade is weakened

Aisha Majid

How chronic pain and support for Trump go together

Charlotte Kilpatrick

A progressive new government takes shape in Germany

Jeremy Cliffe

Sweden named its first woman prime minister. Seven hours later she resigned.

Megan Gibson

Wait, is Berlin actually trying to ban dancing?

Wait, is Berlin actually trying to ban dancing?

The Chatterer

Barnier is out as French Republicans split between moderate and hard right

Ido Vock

Books and Culture

Why the break-up of the Beatles still grips us

Even in 1969, Lennon and McCartney were still capable of making each other laugh and creatively turning each other on.

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George Saunders: “We’re in this intimate tennis game, the reader and the writer”

The Culture Interview

George Saunders: “We’re in this intimate tennis game, the reader and the writer”

Leo Robson

How the Beano broke the rules

The triumphs and travails of Andrew Mitchell

Simon Heffer

Mandy Patinkin on Stephen Sondheim: “I got to be in the room with Shakespeare. Who gets that?”

Leo Robson

Why I hate Spotify Wrapped

Why I hate Spotify Wrapped

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Amol Rajan’s The Princes and the Press reveals the parasitical sycophancy of royal correspondents

Rachel Cooke

Podcasts

Labour reshuffle: a leaner and meaner shadow cabinet?

Labour reshuffle: a leaner and meaner shadow cabinet?

Travel bans, the migrant crisis and the rise of Éric Zemmour

Travel bans, the migrant crisis and the rise of Éric Zemmour

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

The New Statesman podcast

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

Afghanistan under the Taliban, with John Simpson

Afghanistan under the Taliban, with John Simpson

Business and Economics

The Business Interview

“Covid has revealed a lot of nonsense about work”: the CEO who moved his bank to a four-day week

Will Dunn

What we’re getting wrong about the “Great Resignation”

Katharine Swindells

Who made more this year: you or your house?

Business and Finance

Who made more this year: you or your house?

How to crash the housing market

Will Dunn

The rise of the landlord influencer

Sarah Manavis

It is time to regulate Twitter and other social media platforms as publishers

Internet & Social Media

It is time to regulate Twitter and other social media platforms as publishers

Paul Mason

The Long Read

How a fourth Covid wave is crashing over Europe

How a fourth Covid wave is crashing over Europe

As infections rise and new restrictions are imposed, Europeans are divided between the resigned majority and the angry few.

By Jeremy Cliffe

Magazine

The virus strikes back

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The virus strikes back

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How the virus struck back

By Bruno Maçães

Humanity, not hostility, will solve the migrant crisis

By Philip Collins

How China is reclaiming history

By David Reynolds

Spotlight

How hacking became the new frontier of tensions between China and the West

How hacking became the new frontier of tensions between China and the West

Jonny Ball

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Money alone will not fix the NHS

Jeremy Hunt MP

Big Tech’s power must come with greater responsibility

Big Tech’s power must come with greater responsibility

Damian Collins MP

How smart energy can deliver for smaller businesses

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How smart energy can deliver for smaller businesses

Dr Jeffrey Hardy