Jonn Elledge
New Statesman
United Kingdom
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Just repeating “Reform!” won’t magically fix the broken NHS
The reforms a system like the health service needs most can’t happen without actually spending more money. → Read More
Nigel Farage and the hysterical right know they’ve lost
Reactionaries are facing irrelevance – on Brexit and multiculturalism – so they are left with only frothy-mouthed rage. → Read More
Boomers can’t believe their luck – so they claim it was all hard work
At the Tory conference an activist gave a perfect summation of the view that young people’s struggles reflect a character flaw, rather than decades of policy failures. → Read More
Suella Braverman dreams of a flight to Rwanda because it could never come true
The UN has suggested the government deportation plan is illegal – and it’s being challenged in the High Court. → Read More
The BBC has a problem – but not the one Emily Maitlis thinks
By kowtowing to its enemies the BBC is alienating its friends. → Read More
Liz Truss's leaked 'graft' audio reveals her weak grasp on basic economics
Low productivity is nothing to do with British workers being lazy. → Read More
Tory leadership race: Rishi Sunak’s mask has slipped
He wasn’t supposed to say what he really thought of “levelling up” out loud. → Read More
Rishi Sunak’s rightwards dash has destroyed what reputation he had left
The former chancellor could have fought an honourable campaign. Instead he’s led an illiberal arms race. → Read More
The best solution to the energy crisis is to literally hand out money
Why are we more scared of unfair gains than unfair losses? → Read More
Rishi Sunak v Liz Truss is the excruciating summer spectacle we’ve all been waiting for
Is there anything more humiliating than a Tory leadership contest? → Read More
I’ve been waiting 15 years for the downfall of Boris Johnson – let me enjoy it
Few Tories have left quite so many scars on the body politic in the service of no greater cause than their own desire for advancement. → Read More
The question is not why the birth rate is falling
Since 2007 the country has rolled from crisis to crisis. Anyone under 35 has never known the good times. → Read More
Platinum Jubilee is the last hurrah for Britain’s easy relationship with its monarchy
Hanging over the festivities is the weirdly under-discussed fact that the next time this country celebrates its queen, she will not be there to see it. → Read More
The resurrection of Right to Buy shows the Tories’ poverty of ideas
The latest version of an already failed housing crisis policy is a frantic attempt to get good press before the local elections. → Read More
Want to know who the real metropolitan elite are? Look at the Tory sleaze row
A certain type of right-winger is genuinely capable of believing that £82,000 isn’t enough to raise a family on, while also believing we should cut benefits for the poorest. → Read More
No one is waging war on motorists – but maybe we should be
Face it, a world with fewer cars would be healthier, cleaner and just plain nicer. → Read More
No matter who’s prime minister, the Treasury always wins
Boris Johnson’s “levelling-up” plans for the north are being stalled once again by a department determined not to spend money. → Read More
How Succession’s Roman Roy became the most compelling – and grotesque – character on TV
Roman is an adolescent pushing 40, who runs from responsibility and insults everyone around him. So watching him is strangely liberating. → Read More
We should pay MPs more – but only if they earn it
If we linked MPs’ pay to household incomes, they might think twice before voting to make the poorest households poorer. → Read More
Boris Johnson is asking for trouble by promising a high-wage economy
Universal Credit cuts, tax rises and inflation could thwart the rising living standards the Prime Minister has pledged. → Read More