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This week's cover story: Labour's Forward March by @georgeeaton Inside: ‣ @chrisdeerin & @AndrewMarr9 on the SNP ‣ @SEMcBain on the loneliest generation ‣ @gilliantett on digital choice and democracy
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“Israel should put aside Benjamin Netanyahu’s “cakeist” fantasy about a peace without the Palestinians.” 🖊️ @arash_tehran
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The Arab “democracy dilemma” is a fallacy

It’s simply not true that authoritarian rule in the Arab world is necessary to maintain peace with Israel.

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“I love CJ Sansom’s brilliant and clever Shardlake novels – Sansom, very sadly, died in April, at the age of 71 – and always slightly dreaded the prospect of their adaptation for television.” 📺 @MsRachelCooke reviews Disney’s Shardlake
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Disney’s Shardlake series is tediously anachronistic

Organic produce, everyday sexism, and cartoonish monks: I can’t take anything in this mist-shrouded adaptation seriously.

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“It didn’t matter much anyway. The song wasn’t about him, but his friend. And no, even after all this time I’m not telling you.” 🖊️ @tracey_thorn
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Joan Baez haunted by heartbreak

Poring over the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s new album, I’m reminded of another tortured muse.

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What’s your theme tune? The song that the band in the town square plays in Groundhog Day. I am generally humming this to myself. ❓ The NS Q&A, with @Miranda_July
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Miranda July Q&A: “You have to feel the body’s needs as if you were a plant”

The American film-maker and author on avoiding “scarcity mindset” and how to be efficient (but not annoying).

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“Max Mosley, senior economist at NIESR, told the New Statesman that 23 councils are now spending over 40 per cent of their annual budget on debt costs.” 🖊️ @willydunn
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Revealed: the £80bn hole in council finances

A new analysis suggests 23 local authorities are on the brink of insolvency.

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“Had Gadd foreseen this, would he have changed his script? But had he changed his script, would Baby Reindeer have resonated so strongly with victims of abuse?” 📺 @ameliargh
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The internet has ruined true stories

In the social media age, autobiographical works invariably end in harassment for the individuals depicted. Can real-life storytelling ever be ethical?

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🔴 This week’s New Statesman leader: Scotland declares independence from the SNP
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Scotland declares independence from the SNP

The party is now in serious trouble: divided, factionalised and beset by scandal.

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“It turns out that he knows me from my book reviews. Not from this column: he’d have known I was broke and would have bought me a drink.” 🖊️ @NickLezard
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The unbendable rules of where to sit on buses

A pleasant journey is rendered suboptimal by other passengers. It is a situation for which the British are ill-prepared.

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“If I were approached for another edition of the top 100 rock albums in 2024, I might even leave it at number one.” 🎸 @davidhepworth on Richard and Linda Thompson’s Bright Lights
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Revisiting Richard and Linda Thompson’s folk-rock masterpiece

Fifty years on, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight retains a spartan beauty – and a feeling of power in reserve.

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“All, however, used colour non-naturalistically, eschewed finicky detail and aimed for spontaneity – the lighter the throttling grip of the academy on their paintings, the better.” 🖼️ Michael Prodger
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The birth of the Blue Rider group

The first comprehensive exhibition of the group’s works in Britain since 1960 shows how Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Franz Marc, Paul Klee and others revolutionised painting.

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This Eighties-set film, in which Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian play star-crossed bodybuilders, is at its most original when it leans into wackiness. 🍿 @heavier_things reviews Love Lies Bleeding
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Love Lies Bleeding is a fun, surreal lesbian romance

This Eighties-set film, in which Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian play star-crossed bodybuilders, is at its most original when it leans into wackiness.

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“The Tories have lost Hartlepool council to Labour (which won nine of the 12 seats contested) and it is Starmer who can eye a decade in power.” 🖊️ @georgeeaton
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Labour’s gains spell apocalypse for the Tories

The local election results suggest the Tories are heading for one of their worst defeats in history.

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“Us ‘Sandgrown’uns’, we’re proud – we love our town,” says Chris Webb, using a name locals employ to refer to those born and bred in Blackpool. In light of this morning's results, revisit @HarryClrke 's trip to Blackpool South.
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Did Blackpool South's gamble on the Tories' Scott Benton pay off?

Voters in Scott Benton's constituency reflect on the "levelling up" agenda.

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The local election results suggest the Tories are heading for one of their worst defeats in history. 🖊️ @georgeeaton
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Labour’s gains spell apocalypse for the Tories

The local election results suggest the Tories are heading for one of their worst defeats in history.

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This week’s NS cover anticipated the big theme this morning.
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This is not "mid-term blues" – the general election is likely no more than six months away and the Tories have nothing resembling an escape plan.
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Labour’s gains spell apocalypse for the Tories

The local election results suggest the Tories are heading for one of their worst defeats in history.

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“Will John Swinney prove to be any different? Scotland – and who can blame it? – will reserve judgement.” 🖊️ @chrisdeerin
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Can John Swinney be more than a caretaker leader?

The SNP frontrunner will seek to unite his warring party by bringing Kate Forbes back into the fold.

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The local election results suggest the Tories are heading for one of their worst general election defeats in history, writes @georgeeaton .
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“No one is forcing them to believe crotch-grabbing is acceptable, or to be verbally abusive. They say Donald Trump is a man who respects women. That’s a troubling reflection of their own lives.” 🖊️ @JillFilipovic
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American men don’t know what “respecting women” means

If most male US voters believe that Donald Trump is respectful to women, how are they behaving in their own lives?

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Labour's gains spell apocalypse for the Tories – my take on the early results.
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