How a Hezbollah-backed game show host cost Lebanon its rich Gulf allies
George Kordahi’s remarks enraged the Saudis, and ordinary Lebanese are paying the price.
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Tories fear the corruption scandal has cut through to voters. It’s worse than they think
The absence of any great political project might prove to be a bigger problem at the next election for the…
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What Boris Johnson’s insistence that the UK is not a “corrupt country” reveals
The UK Prime Minister likely fears the fallout from the Owen Paterson fiasco could damage his reputation internationally.
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How much trouble will the revelations over Geoffrey Cox’s second job cause Boris Johnson?
A video has emerged in which the former attorney general appears to be using his parliamentary office to conduct his…
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Why the “Tory sleaze” scandal isn’t going away
Despite Boris Johnson’s best efforts to ignore the story, more and more Conservative MPs are coming under scrutiny for their…
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How the Owen Paterson scandal reduced the Conservatives’ poll lead
Ben Walker joins the New Statesman Podcast team for a monthly look at the polls.
Labour must forge a progressive alliance to defeat Boris Johnson’s rotten government
In Turkey, Hungary and Israel, opposition parties have united against governments that threaten democracy. Britain’s parties should do the same.
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Plans for a cross-party “anti-sleaze” candidate are dead on arrival
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have failed to agree to stand aside for an independent candidate in North Shropshire.
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