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Christmas lockdown questions grow as Omicron variant triggers restrictions

Boris Johnson announces temporary and "targeted" steps to contain new Covid strain but can't promise Christmas will be normal.

By Tim Ross

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Every person trying to cross the Channel is somebody’s lover, or child, or friend

International Politics

Every person trying to cross the Channel is somebody’s lover, or child, or friend

Jonn Elledge

Chart of the Day

Concerns mount over rapidly spreading B.1.1.529 variant

Katharine Swindells

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People + machines is the formula for success

Adrian Joseph

The UK and France must mend ties – lives depend on it

Peter Ricketts

“The parish system is a kind of spiritual NHS”: Anglican priest Alison Milbank on saving our churches

“The parish system is a kind of spiritual NHS”: Anglican priest Alison Milbank on saving our churches

Freddie Hayward

How the Beano broke the rules

Andrew Harrison

Refugee crisis

Priti Patel’s French snub suits everyone – except the people caught in the middle

Stephen Bush

The catch-22 for migrants crossing the Channel

Dispatch: migrants in Calais are still determined to cross the Channel

International Politics

Dispatch: migrants in Calais are still determined to cross the Channel

Ido Vock

International Politics

Frosty French and British relations are at best childish, at worst deadly

Megan Gibson

“You don’t see them until the last minute”: how a small Kent town became part of a refugee crisis

Emma Haslett

Why the language we use to talk about the refugee crisis matters

Why the language we use to talk about the refugee crisis matters

Pippa Bailey

From Our Writers

David Gauke

The Brexit project is betraying everything Margaret Thatcher stood for

Helen Thompson

The EU wants to be a global superpower – but it has Russia to contend with

Chris Deerin

What does life after Nicola Sturgeon have in store for the SNP?

Megan Nolan

Our society is hysterical about sex work – but we have a duty to protect those who do it

Politics

Exclusive: Tory MPs would be over £1m worse off in six months with Boris Johnson’s second job ban

Original New Statesman analysis finds Conservative MPs in political consultancy or similar advisory roles over the past six months earned £1,088,036 between them.

By Nicu Calcea and Anoosh Chakelian

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Boris Johnson’s shambolic speeches hide a bigger problem: the Tories are getting tired

Boris Johnson’s shambolic speeches hide a bigger problem: the Tories are getting tired

Stephen Bush

The Politics Interview

“The idea that Brexit has liberalised trade is just nonsense” – Treasury grandee Nick Macpherson

Harry Lambert

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

The Tory MP Nick Fletcher blames a woman playing Doctor Who for the rise in young men committing crime

The Chatterer

Could Boris Johnson survive another Christmas lockdown?

Could Boris Johnson survive another Christmas lockdown?

Ben Walker and Valeria Cardi

Whisper it, but it looks like the UK got it right on Covid unlocking after all

Mark Littlewood

World

Is Vladimir Putin preparing for war?

Haunted by the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian president is using the pandemic, the climate crisis, migration and looming conflict to turn chaos into power.

By Bruno Maçães

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A progressive new government takes shape in Germany

A progressive new government takes shape in Germany

Jeremy Cliffe

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

Megan Gibson

How a Hezbollah-backed game show host cost Lebanon its rich Gulf allies

Abbie Cheeseman

What is happening to the Turkish lira?

Michael Goodier

Why tennis star Peng Shuai’s #MeToo allegation is such a threat to China’s leaders

Why tennis star Peng Shuai’s #MeToo allegation is such a threat to China’s leaders

Jessie Lau

Why Venezuela’s “ecocide” must not be ignored

Patrick Mulholland

Books and Culture

Zadie Smith’s stage debut is a filthy, feminist reworking of Chaucer

In The Wife of Willesden, the acclaimed novelist of voices has at last let her characters speak aloud.

By Katherine Cowles

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How Nella Larsen’s Passing deconstructed the question of race

How Nella Larsen’s Passing deconstructed the question of race

Gary Younge

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

Books of the year

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Goldsmiths Prize

Why Isabel Waidner won the 2021 Goldsmiths Prize

Johanna Thomas-Corr

How Britain was built on coal

How Britain was built on coal

Robert Colls

The triumphs and travails of Andrew Mitchell

Simon Heffer

Podcasts

Kyle Rittenhouse, Europe’s anti-lockdown protests and the disappearance of Peng Shuai

Kyle Rittenhouse, Europe’s anti-lockdown protests and the disappearance of Peng Shuai

Does Labour have a future in Scotland?

The New Statesman podcast

Does Labour have a future in Scotland?

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

The New Statesman podcast

The New Statesman Podcast: Subscribers’ edition

Europe needs to be tougher on Belarus

Europe needs to be tougher on Belarus

Business and Economics

Business and Finance

Who made more this year: you or your house?

Ben Walker and Josh Rayman

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

Katharine Swindells

How the semiconductor crisis signals the end of neoliberalism

How the semiconductor crisis signals the end of neoliberalism

How to crash the housing market

Will Dunn

The rise of the landlord influencer

Sarah Manavis

“A pink tin in every kitchen”: How Grind became millennials' favourite coffee

The Business Interview

“A pink tin in every kitchen”: How Grind became millennials’ favourite coffee

Emma Haslett

The Long Read

As countries transition to green energy, a deadly race for global power begins

As countries transition to green energy, a deadly race for global power begins

There will be winners and losers. But if states are driven by competition, we might start to see dramatic progress.

By Bruno Maçães

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Is Vladimir Putin preparing for war?

By Bruno Maçães

How a fourth Covid wave is crashing over Europe

By Jeremy Cliffe

How the weather shapes history

By Jerome Roos

Spotlight

When it comes to climate change, the public is way ahead of the government

Energy and Climate Change

When it comes to climate change, the public is way ahead of the government

Caroline Lucas

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 to power the electric vehicle revolution

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