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If Keir Starmer backs a second vote in due course, nationalist voters might swing away from the SNP and back to the party.
By mid-November Covid cases were surging, but investment in early vaccines meant that pre-orders were high.
Grief sits along side shame as the UK death toll reaches 100,000; a figure unimaginable ten months ago.
A selection of the best letters received from our readers this week. Email letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
Why a book on the twilight of the Habsburg empire is being read again in a time of pandemic, closed borders and empty European cities.
How the UK government’s failure to learn the lessons of history pushed the country deeper into crisis.
Even after 100,000 UK deaths, the government still hasn’t learned from the disastrous failures of last year.
The former Labour Party speechwriter reflects on why “everyday life” needs to define politics.
Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the week in politics on the New Statesman podcast.
The UK’s tragic Covid-19 death toll of 100,000 reflects disastrous political failures.
There is reason to believe that a single dose of the vaccine provides high protection against coronavirus.