The EU questions Salmond must answer
The SNP leader should come clean on the euro before lecturing others.
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The old pre-election refrain gets an airing.
View ArticleFrozen Planet "faked" polar bear birth? Oh, come off it
Natural history programmes have reconstructed things for years.
View ArticleLabour will make a big, open offer to the Lib Dems on Europe
The Lib Dems should work with us to try to get a better outcome for Britain.
View ArticleReviews round-up
The critics' verdicts on Madeline Miller, David Lammy and Lévy and Houellebecq.
View ArticleWeb Only: the best of the blogs
The five must-read blogs from today, including how a general election could happen.
View ArticleCameron's EU veto: "conspiracy or cock up?"
The PM is confident because his stance is popular. But some MPs are querying whether the whole thing was stage-managed.
View ArticleWanted: a vision to trump Camerons offer of bleak isolation in Europe
The problem is that if the euro sinks, the UK will be dragged down with it.
View ArticleIs Clegg out of touch with his own voters on Europe?
Polls show that even Lib Dem voters are eurosceptic.
View ArticleDid Romney throw his presidential bid away for $10,000?
The Republican frontrunner tried to make a bet with a rival candidate during a televised debate, shedding light on his huge personal wealth.
View ArticleThe real cost of energy
To meet our climate change commitments, secure our energy supply and keep energy affordable, we cannot drop one production objective.
View ArticleThe power of a dangerous idea
Secular commentators dismiss religion as a malign force in the world. But from Burmas Aung San Suu Kyi to the Arab spring, faith is inspiring the new peaceful protest.
View ArticleOn the streets with Bloomberg's "private army"
"Whose tweets? Our tweets!" Sometimes, only puns will do.
View ArticleIn this week's New Statesman: Christmas issue, guest-edited by Richard Dawkins
In conversation with Christopher Hitchens | Carol Ann Duffy interview | Bill Gates | Philip Pullman | Kate Atkinson
View ArticleQ&A with Jeremy Rifkin
The New Statesman talks to Jeremy Rifkin, economist, writer, political adviser and activist, about renewable energy and his new book, The Third Industrial Revolution.
View ArticleAnswering the curmudgeons, faultfinders and armchair engineers
The Head of Communications at RenewableUK, the trade association representing the wind, wave and tidal industry, examines why the debate about wind energy has become so polarised.
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