What I got right, and wrong, in 2019
Another year, another set of howlers.
ByYear: 2019
After 49 years in parliament, Ken Clarke reflects on the changing nature of government
Ken Clarke was, after Churchill and Heath, the longest-serving Conservative MP since the beginning of the 20th century. Clarke stepped…
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Z is for Gen Z: The kids putting the world to shame
In August 2018, a 15-year-old girl, her long hair in pigtails, sat on the cobbled street outside Sweden’s parliament. Fellow…
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Spotlight’s articles of the year
What is “new municipalism”? How is Big Tech shaping the debate on AI ethics? Our editor’s picks of 2019 from the New…
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Rebecca Long-Bailey breaks her silence with a pitch for union support
Rebecca Long-Bailey has finally spoken: the putative continuity candidate and joint favourite for the Labour leadership has set out her…
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X is for Extinction Rebellion: the insurgent climate movement that went mainstream
When Extinction Rebellion (XR) blockaded central London in April 2018, the movement seemed to have come from nowhere. Protesters assembled…
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W is for Wellness: how the wellness industry became a global phenomenon
There is no period so remote as the recent past, and so though it may seem impossible, it is true:…
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The best Spotlight Leaders of 2019
It has been a year of protest, elections and Brexit delays. Throughout, Spotlight, the New Statesman‘s policy supplement, has tackled…
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