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Expect Another Wave
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; New Politic The UK has been through two large waves of COVID-19 and is currently in the middle of a third. Yet despite cases being high, both scientists and politicians are cautiously optimistic that the worst of the pandemic is…
The Making of Michael Gove
The twenty-seven hours between 9 a.m. on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 and noon the following day have some claim to being the most dramatic in modern British political history. Britain had just voted to leave the European Union and David…
Why Boris Johnson Loves Chaos
Why is Boris Johnson the way that he is? What exactly makes him tick? What lies beneath his carefully curated image of a bumbling buffoon? These questions have been subject to dozens of articles, biographies and programmes. But few have…
Why the Nazis Studied American Race Laws For Inspiration
Top left: Nathan Bedford Forrest, first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan; Top right: Hitler announcing the declaration of war against the United States to the Reichstag on 11 December 1941; Bottom left: Members of the Ku Klux Klan…
The Enslaved Prince of Annamaboe
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; New Politic; National Portrait Gallery; Christies This article is part of Project Empire, an editorial series designed to explore the history of the British Empire. See the full collection here » The entrance door to the…
The Two Wings Over Scotland
Credits: First Minister of Scotland / Flickr The following is an extract from Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, a book which examines the consequences of Scottish independence. The book can be bought here. Leadership in politics is more important than…
Lets Nationalise Annabels Mayfair
Richard Caring is not far from the archetypal Tory donor. The seventy-three year old can be easily spotted in the exclusive neighbourhood of Mayfair, London. Known for his penchant for crisp, collared and immaculately-tailored white shirts and dazzling, velvet suit…
Remembering Hannah Arendt
There are a handful of political philosophers of the twentieth century who have provided a fresh framework to view politics. Hannah Arendt can confidently be described as one of them. Writing on topics such as violence, power, human rights, government and…
The Conservative Government is Failing Children
New Politic “We try not to eat a lot in one day, even though most of us are really hungry,” says Cameron, a young boy with blonde hair and a malnourished look. “We have to be careful with our food.”…
No, The Pandemic Isnt Over
New Politic They think it’s all over. This is the message coming loud and clear from Government ministers as they remove Plan B restrictions in England and call for Britons to return to their workplaces en masse. Boris Johnson went…