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    Jul 1
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA by John Gray As America reaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776, a project that was born in rationalist optimism and an inherited religious faith is foundering in delirium and absurdity.
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    Will Nigel Farage be forced to fight a by-election? It's not completely implausible, reports @EthanCroft98
    Will Nigel Farage be forced to fight a by-election?
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    Sanders and AOC have been two of the least effective legislators in Congress. They posture a lot, and their posturing gets acclaimed by their supporters for “putting important issues on the radar screen”. There is something to be said for good old-fashioned consciousness-raising,
    The truth about America's new "socialists"
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    Elon Musk is the reason "right-wingers in America now think Britain is some dystopian hellscape" @mehdirhasan joins @OliDugmore on The Exchange.
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    Around the world in 18 summer reads... The New Statesman recommends our favourite beach reads
    Around the world in 18 summer reads
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    We have a Neet crisis triggered by an avoidable tragedy of wasted young lives. Yet it’s not surprising given the predilections of Whitehall. This is one of the easier of Andy Burnham’s inherited tragedies: in a decade, it can be fixed. We will need these three types of policy set
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    How to solve the Neet crisis
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    I've a review of a great new book, Depraved, by @daisyldixon in the latest issue of @NewStatesman
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    Jul 5
    Andy Burnham will struggle to achieve gender parity in his top team, says Ailbhe Rea. As Burnham prepares to become Prime Minister, his potential cabinet selections are coming under scrutiny. Listen in full: search "New Statesman" on your podcast app.
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    Growing up, Ashura was the only day I would be taken out of school for religious reasons, and we would drive down to the Shia mosque in Harrow to participate in the day-long event. In addition to the prayers, there would be the matam – tapping or beating your chest (depending on
    At Ashura, I contemplate grief, suffering and resistance
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    It is a tremendous banality to say the best fish restaurants are all in view of the sea, yet that won’t stop me. Fish, legless and parochial, don’t much like land travel. At Cavistons in Glasthule village they might have had to traverse about four metres. So good are Ireland’s
    South Dublin: where even the prawns have a superiority complex
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    Jul 5
    The Wags have migrated. They no longer inhabit the Daily Mail’s sidebar of shame. Not now that they own the means of production. On TikTok or Instagram, they share a sedate smorgasboard of M&S food shops, sunny holidays, children in miniature football shirts, beauty routines and
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    At 17, after reading The Merchant of Venice – its depiction of racism stirred something in me –  I scribbled down some thoughts and submitted them to an essay prize at Cambridge University. There were very few entries; I won the prize. At the ceremony, the fellows encouraged me
    At last, a literary prime minister?
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    Jul 4
    Is Nigel Farage losing his "common touch"? The Reform leader faced criticism from his own loyalists after defending misogynistic statements by the party's candidate in the Makerfield by-election. Watch: search YouTube for "New Statesman"
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