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What Tory leadership candidate would dare make David Cameron’s pitch today?

What Tory leadership candidate would dare make David Cameron’s pitch today?

Revisiting the former prime minister’s original message in 2005 shows how much the Tories have changed for the worse.

By David Gauke

Mick Lynch: “Starmer’s Labour could be another version of the Tories”

Freddie Hayward

Chart of the Day

Liz Truss’s National Insurance cut would do nothing for Britain’s poorest

Ben van der Merwe

A Tory party that’s out of ideas will soon find itself out of power

A Tory party that’s out of ideas will soon find itself out of power

As Gordon Brown intervenes, where is Keir Starmer?

Freddie Hayward

The war on drugs has failed – when will the Tories and Labour accept this?

Rachel Cunliffe

Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the “deep state”

Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the “deep state”

Hugh Smiley

New Statesman Podcast

As crisis looms, where are Britain’s leaders?

As crisis looms, where are Britain’s leaders?

Tory infighting dominates and Labour keeps quiet as Britain slides into recession.

Morning Call

Liz Truss says that an economic recession “is not inevitable”

Liz Truss says that an economic recession “is not inevitable”

Rachel Wearmouth

Liz Truss is weak on policy – but she's winning anyway

Liz Truss is weak on policy – but she’s winning anyway

Freddie Hayward

Liz Truss still appears unstoppable despite her embarrassing U-turn on pay

Liz Truss still appears unstoppable despite her embarrassing U-turn on pay

Rachel Wearmouth

Truss and Sunak’s lurch to the right jeopardises 2019 coalition

Truss and Sunak’s lurch to the right jeopardises 2019 coalition

Freddie Hayward