“Pro-Palestine candidates, some endorsed by Galloway himself, almost swept the board in Blackburn proper – all while Labour was doing the same in the whiter wards of Darwen.”

🖊️ Ben Walker
sotn.newstatesman.com/2024/05/does-l…

The party’s links in Europe are not as well-advertised – but I hear Lammy is devoting significant time to building links with French lawmakers and Emmanuel Macron’s Élysée Palace.

📫 Today’s Morning Call with Freddie Hayward
newstatesman.com/politics/labou…

Labour is heading for government, so what defines Starmerism?

Enjoyed discussing with Freddie Hayward on the NS podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

John Swinney has ruled himself in, Kate Forbes has ruled herself out - but what does it all mean for the SNP and the future of Scottish independence?

Chris Deerin explains it all with Freddie Hayward and me on today’s The New Statesman podcast

shows.acast.com/newstatesman/e…

New Labour bruiser Alastair Campbell (ALASTAIR CAMPBELL) tells the Downing Street press lobby that 'a large proportion' of asylum seekers are 'bogus' and recognises that '70 to 80 percent' of claims are 'unfounded'.

Excl: Labour’s George Robertson, much ridiculed for saying devolution would “kill the SNP stone dead”, now says he “may well be proved right”.

“The SNP is in dire trouble at the moment… And in many ways, I thought that is exactly what would happen.”
newstatesman.com/encounter/2024…

Revealing interview by Freddie Hayward with George Robertson on why he may be 'proved right' on devolution killing the SNP 'stone dead', his conversations with Putin and how Russia views the EU. newstatesman.com/encounter/2024…

Excl: Labour’s George Robertson, much ridiculed for saying devolution would “kill the SNP stone dead”, now says he “may well be proved right”.

“The SNP is in dire trouble at the moment… And in many ways, I thought that is exactly what would happen.”
newstatesman.com/encounter/2024…

The meaning of Starmerism – my essay on the ideas shaping the next Labour government, featuring Michael Sandel, David Lammy, Claire Ainsley, Carys Roberts, Jon Cruddas and Dani Rodrik. newstatesman.com/cover-story/20…

“Labour should not welcome the departure of an electoral asset as profitable as Yousaf.”

🖊️ Freddie Hayward
newstatesman.com/politics/scotl…

I spoke to Tim Shipman about his new Brexit book. I found it fascinating as an insight into a subject I couldn’t always bear to pay close attention to at the time. morningcall.substack.com/p/mc-feature-t…

“Farage strutted around the stage like the halftime entertainment, regaling tales about Brussels cafés and pubs where he was barred when he worked as an MEP between 1999 and 2020. This is when the police arrived.”

🖊️ Freddie Hayward
newstatesman.com/world/europe/2…

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