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Graffiti on a derelict cottage in Bannockburn. Photograph: Getty Images
By New Statesman - 27 June

In much of Westminster, Alex Salmond’s campaign for Scottish independence is already regarded as a doomed cause.

With no end to austerity in sight.
By Rafael Behr - 19 June

When an election looks hard to win, MPs sometimes seek solace in the myth that it might not, after all, be so bad to lose.

Peter Mandelson. Photograph: Getty Images
By Peter Wilby - 13 June

As I write, the Bilderberg Group is holding its annual conference in Watford, which must be a shock after St Moritz, Switzerland, in 2011.

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By New Statesman - 13 June

The need for global leadership has never been greater but ever fewer are prepared or in a position to provide it.

The PM doesn’t want to talk about the ills of lobbying.
By Rafael Behr - 05 June

At the last election, fixing politics seemed as urgent a task as fixing the economy.

A soldier stands guard outside Woolwich Barracks. Photograph: Getty Images
By Mehdi Hasan - 30 May

Did you know that the alleged ringleader in the 11 September 2001 attacks had originally planned to land one of the hijacked US airliners and give a speech to the assembled press corps?

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By New Statesman - 30 May

After his election as Conservative Party leader in 2005, David Cameron promised to create a party at ease with the forces shaping modern Britain.

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By Will Self - 30 May

“Yesterday’s anti-colonialists are trying to humanise the generalised colonialism of power.

By Stephen Brasher - 30 May

Rhys Hopkin Morris was the Liberal MP for Cardiganshire (1923-32) and Carmarthen (1945-56), one of just two gains from Labour at the 1945 general election, defeating Moelwyn Hughes, who went on to

Emily Wilding Davison.
By Laurie Penny - 28 May

It took Emily Davison four days to die.

By Peter Wilby - 16 May

In the wake of Ukip’s success in the county council elections, I dug out an article I published in early 2005 in my final months as New Statesman editor.

The Tories are putting party before country.
By Edward Davey MP - 15 May

The Conservative Party hasn’t won a general election for over two decades and its latest infighting on Europe suggests that this trick may get repeated.

The stubborn survival of Clegg may prove to be more significant.
By Rafael Behr - 09 May

There is a stark choice facing British politics, expressed in the rivalry between two leaders. They have very different styles and incompatible creeds.

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