The man without qualities: why Keir Starmer can’t afford not to have a political vision
The Labour leader’s neutral, depoliticised approach risks faltering against a less scandal-prone Conservative leader.
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Rory Scothorne
Rory Scothorne is a New Statesman columnist and is the co-author of Roch Winds: A Treacherous Guide to the State of Scotland.
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Cop26 was a failure but the shows of solidarity around Glasgow are cause for hope
The future of humanity depends on forging forms of solidarity that override geopolitical allegiance and national self-interest.
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Why climate activists should support the bin strikes marring Cop26’s elite spectacle
The walk-out of refuse collectors in Glasgow is an opportunity for a formidable show of solidarity with workers.
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Will Scotland’s dizzying quest for a global role ever end?
Nationalists have modelled an independent Scotland on countries from every corner of the planet, often with little serious justification.
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Labour needs to end its addiction to Britishness
If it could only remove its British blinkers, the party would find plenty of other, more useful territorial identities.
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Why Gordon Brown’s “New Britain” doesn’t feel like a home for Scotland
If the English are so tolerant and egalitarian, how did Boris Johnson end up in Downing Street?
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Scottish independence would force Britain to confront its post-imperial decline
Those who want the best for Britain should see Scotland’s anti-nuclear stance not as a moral failing, but as…
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Can the Scottish Greens avoid being “Lib-Demmed” by the SNP?
A small, hungry party has been invited to pluck morsels from an alligator’s teeth.
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Scotland’s political rat race: Why the SNP’s centrism is failing
Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon’s approach to green and local issues is unconvincing – and starting to…
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