Would Reform be mad to accept Liz Truss?
When I raise the prospect of Reform tempting Truss over, the response from multiple Conservatives is “Please, take her!”
ByNigel Farage
Can Reform grow up?
After scandals and infighting, Nigel Farage’s party faces its first big test on 1 May, at England’s local elections.
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Labour’s Farage problem
The Reform leader has showed how easily Labour’s majority could be demolished.
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Nigel Farage’s mayday alert
As the local elections approach, Reform is after Labour’s voters.
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Nigel Farage’s mutinous army
Reform’s local election rally in Birmingham was soured by pessimism – and rumblings of internal dissent.
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What went wrong for Kemi Badenoch?
Four months into her leadership, the Tories are growing impatient with their promised saviour.
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Last chance for the Chancellor
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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What is Kemi Badenoch’s Lib Dem strategy?
The Tory leader can’t afford to ignore a party with 72 MPs.
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Will the Farage-Lowe saga hurt Reform at the polls?
Reform needs to do some growing up if it aspires for government.
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Labour’s boulevard of broken promises
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Inside the Reform civil war
Supporters of Britain’s biggest populist party have been forced to choose between Rupert Lowe and Nigel Farage.
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A Reform Labour showdown looms in the Runcorn by-election
The polls are fractured, but Farage’s party fancies its chances.
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The Tories’ anti-Farage opportunity
Donald Trump has given the Conservatives a new dividing line with Reform.
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Britain Elects: Reform leads Labour
The country looks like a proportional democracy under a first past the post system.
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Reform is coming for Labour in its old heartlands
In the wake of Trump’s victory, Nigel Farage is upbeat and promising “the biggest political change this country has ever…
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The spectre of Boris Johnson loomed at Trump’s inauguration
His presence in Washington was a reminder to the Tories of past success.
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Why Farage is turning left
The Reform leader has spotted a gap in the political market.
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Is Farage winning the youth vote?
Beneath headline polls, the question is more complicated than it seems.
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Elon Musk shows the perils of populism
Politicians must set clear boundaries or they will be taken to a very dark place.
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The New Statesman’s A-Z of 2024
A rundown of the year, from Charli XCX and Jeremy Clarkson to the incumbency curse and floods in Valencia.
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