Jason Cowley
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United Kingdom
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Past articles by Jason:
Why the fall of Nicola Sturgeon offers little reason for unionist triumphalism
The enduring strength of the SNP is not just a morbid symptom of British decline: it is a rebuke to the complacency and failures of Westminster politicians. → Read More
What Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are getting wrong about Brexit
Editor's Note: In their race to the right, the Conservative leadership candidates are misreading the times. → Read More
Jason Cowley: Boris Johnson had everything he wanted. But the gods were waiting for him
The Prime Minister has left Britain unserious, divided and in need of complete transformation. → Read More
The New Statesman: A New Direction
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Editor’s note: The cost of war in Afghanistan, remembering the New Cross fire, and Orwell visits Essex
In April Joe Biden announced in a televised national address that it was time to end America’s “forever war”. The US “mission” in Afghanistan was never intended to be a “multi-generational undertaking” and he was satisfied that it was complete. But his sombre tone betrayed the reality on the ground: the Taliban has 60,000 full-time fighters, and hundreds of Afghan security → Read More
In Gareth Southgate’s England, you don’t have to choose between diversity and tradition
On the morning of the match I was in my garden when, from behind some rowan trees, evergreen oaks and high bushes, I heard the sound of young girls’ voices softly sing-chanting “It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming home…” The voices came from a neighbouring garden and the girls did not complete the chorus but instead kept repeating the same lines, over and again, like a mantra: “It’s… → Read More
Gareth Southgate has shown political leadership once again
During England’s exciting run to the World Cup semi-finals in Russia in 2018, Gareth Southgate emerged as one of most thoughtful and articulate analysts of what it means to be English in an age of fragmentation and polarisation. Who are the English and what do they want? Southgate thought he knew. Instead of avoiding questions about the St George’s flag, national identity, → Read More
Editor’s note: Football’s forgotten fans, hybrid Tories, and why Labour keeps missing the bigger picture
In squaring up to the European Super League, Boris Johnson confirmed the Conservatives’ communitarian turn. Is Labour paying attention? → Read More
Editor's Note: A new politics of the common good and Jonathan Van-Tam’s mixed metaphors
The public have been reassured by the deputy chief medical officer's folksy analogies and "Mum test". → Read More
From a young age Boris Johnson longed to be World King – but the gods are mocking him
The Prime Minister blusters, equivocates and flounders. At a time of crisis, he has failed to learn what it means to lead. → Read More
Editor’s Note: The great university funding crisis, sub-prime degrees and Boris Johnson’s “new normal”
A former government target to send 50 per cent of the population to university has led to “elite overproduction”, with graduates educated to expect jobs that simply don’t exist. → Read More
Boris Johnson stokes the flames of the culture wars because he knows he is trapped
The crisis has revealed the Prime Minister's painful limitations as a national leader, with his incompetence alarming even his allies. → Read More
The tragedy of Tye Green Lodge care home is a parable of government neglect
Over a four-week period, 17 residents of the Essex home and one member of staff died. → Read More
Editor’s Note: Boris Johnson’s (Eng)land of confusion, and how Labour is unifying behind Keir Starmer
The new Labour leader has patience, he is collegiate, and though he lacks charisma does not lack authority. → Read More
Editor's Note: An English summer without cricket, the search for a national story and empathy walls
The crisis will force us to change. The question is whether we can find a new national story to tell us who we are and to maintain our renewed sense of solidarity. → Read More
Editor’s Note: Bryan Magee and the candle of mortality, and what the BBC News at Ten is getting wrong
The philosopher was a self-described agnostic and remained open to the possibility that death was not the absolute end. → Read More
Editor’s Note: Boris Johnson’s near-death experience and the astonishing effort to build Covid testing labs
That the Cheltenham Festival went ahead now looks like a monumental mistake and an expression of the government’s confusion. → Read More
Jim McMahon: The politics of place and belonging
Why Jim McMahon is one of the rising stars of Labour. → Read More
Jason Cowley introduces the New Statesman's new Covid-19 live blog
We'll be publishing live updates throughout the day. → Read More
Boris Johnson struggles to find an authentic voice to speak to and for the nation
Early on the morning of Saturday 21 March, I visited Saffron Walden to buy some bread from a small artisan bakery and some flowers for Mother’s Day from the local market. The queue from the bakery stretched far up the hill, ending just opposite St Mary’s Church (though, this being Saffron Walden, perhaps the most elegant and refined town in Essex, people were politely keeping their distance from… → Read More