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The left wing case for leaving the EU

By John King
  • Tony Blair speaks at a Progress event in London on July 22, 2015.
    UK

    Tony Blair might be a toxic figure - but his influence endures

    By George Eaton
    21:44
  • Media

    Will anyone sing for the Brexiters?

    By Media Mole
    16:13
  • Business

    For 19 minutes, I thought I had won the lottery

    By Eleanor Margolis
    14:34
  • Music & Theatre

    Do the abusive messages sent to One Direction members reveal a darker side to fandom?

    By Anna Leszkiewicz
    13:59

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    By Caroline Moorehead
  • The Great Huckster: Boris Johnson’s reckless distortions of history

    By Brendan Simms
  • New Statesman Internet Histories Week 2016

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    By Jamie Reed
    25 May 16:52
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    25 May 13:20
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    By Alexandra Coghlan
    13:47
  • A march in Washington. Image: Warren K Leffler at Wikimedia Commons
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    10:05
  • A row of broken pencils.

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    21 May
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    By Caroline Crampton and Anna Leszkiewicz
    24 May
  • "Keep calm and stop fracking" reads a protest sign in Ryedale, North Yorkshire
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    By India Bourke
    24 May
  • Media

    Brexit campaign publishes private phone numbers of Eurosceptic rivals

    By Media Mole
    24 May
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    Nineties boyband 5ive pull out of pro-Brexit concert, after learning it was “political”

    By Anna Leszkiewicz
    24 May
  • An illustration showing a syringe and petri dish in bed together.

    Is this the end of sex?

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    By Philip Ball
    15 May
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    By Barbara Speed
    24 May
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    By Rebecca Reid
    24 May
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    By Anna Leszkiewicz
    24 May
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    By New Statesman
    24 May
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