“We’re touchy about the term ‘managed decline’”: Joanne Anderson on being mayor of Liverpool
As Labour Party Conference begins, Anderson discusses the city’s political crisis and the tragedy of the recent shootings.
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Jonny Ball is a special projects writer at the New Statesman.
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“In the end, if you want to democratise the economy, you will need the state”
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Joseph E Stiglitz: “Everything the neoliberals said was wrong”
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Can Whitehall’s Gramscian Leninist deliver on levelling up?
Michael Gove has earned a reputation for ruthless efficiency and intellectual curiosity. But those attributes won’t be enough to…
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How hacking became the new frontier of tensions between China and the West
The Microsoft Exchange attack is the latest addition to a long list of Western grievances held against the rising…
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