Human supremacism: why are animal rights activists still the “orphans of the left”?
Fighting dehumanisation is a central challenge for the left.
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Labour avoids civil war on second referendum
Labour’s manifesto for the European Parliament elections will include a commitment to a second EU referendum in the event that…
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Seventy-four years on, Hitler’s suicide is still shrouded in politics and propaganda
On the same day that Soviet soldiers announced to the world that they had found Hitler’s body, Stalin was spreading…
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Redistribution, productivity and a greener future: the case for better local public transport
Labour’s policy for buses is a key part of reversing the impact of neoliberalism on transport since the 1980s. It…
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While Brexit is ongoing, climate change will never get the attention that it desperately needs
A war footing for climate change? That’s the call being made by Ed Miliband this morning, as the IPPR launches its…
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Alistair Burt: We should fear, not celebrate, the decline of the two-party system
Don’t fall for Jenga politics – you don’t know which brick will bring it all down.
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Rod Rosenstein, deputy attorney general who oversaw the Mueller probe, has resigned. But why now?
Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who oversaw the Mueller investigation into Russian election interference – which finally wrapped up earlier…
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What would be a good night for the Liberal Democrats in the 2019 local elections?
2019 is the fourth in a sequence of very favourable local election maps for the Liberal Democrats: these are elections…
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Twitter has inadvertently admitted that some Republicans use it to push white supremacy
When it comes to things that Twitter has managed to do right, the list is short and pathetic. Making the…
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Pedro Sanchez’s balancing act: on the unexpected survival of Spain’s socialist government
Sunday’s election results show that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is the most underrated figure in Spanish politics
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Game of Thrones review: the Great War finally arrived. Now what?
Contains spoilers for season eight, episode three of Game of Thrones. After songs had been sung, weapons handed out, and…
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The Roger Scruton interview: the full transcript
On 10 April, the New Statesman published a 900-word Encounter between George Eaton and the philosopher Roger Scruton. The Encounter…
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Homecoming shows, more than ever, that none of us can be Beyoncé
Seeing her perform is like looking at the sun.
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Is there any hope for power-sharing in Northern Ireland?
The government is to convene a new round of talks to restore devolved government to Northern Ireland in the wake…
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Ahead of Sunday’s election, Spain is still haunted by recessions and resentment over Catalonia
For the parties on the right, the coming election represents a battle for the soul of the country and an…
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Ladies Huel Lunch: The rise of meal replacements as a feminist act
Once synonymous with tech bros looking to "bio-hack" their bodies, meal replacements like Huel and Soylent are increasingly popular amongst…
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Understanding cyber security’s bigger picture
Digital imaging is providing a new threat landscape that needs to be dealt with.
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What would be a good night for Labour in the 2019 local elections?
The local elections should be pretty straightforward for Labour: these seats were last up in 2015, when David Cameron beat…
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Liberal values are on life support. Only internationalism can revive them
Thirty years ago, on a momentous November day in 1989 the very first Berliners were able to cross the wall…
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The rise of the ironic teenage right
“Your average teenage art hoe is about as disposable as a journalist”, says YouTube star Sophia as she looks jovially…
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