Latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod! @tommctague.bsky.social and I chat about the Home Office, asylum accommodation, and how the state has outsourced our most toxic political issues to private firms:
The private companies running Britain | The Politics Show
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New @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod! @tommctague.bsky.social, @pronouncedalva.bsky.social and I talk Starmer, Streeting, Burnham versus Reform and cost-of-living - it's a biggun!
Starmer attempts business as usual | The Politics Show
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As Keir Starmer now prepares to say that “incremental change won’t cut it”, a reminder of what he said to @tommctague.bsky.social last summer:
New! @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod - @tommctague.bsky.social and I talk over the Mandelson vetting scandal and what it reveals about the PM's leadership:
Keir Starmer is all alone | Politics from the New Statesman
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Latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Pod episode with @tommctague.bsky.social and @pronouncedalva.bsky.social - on the attack in Golders Green, antisemitism among candidates ahead of the local elex, and why Keir Starmer will cling on and fight after the results:
Attacks on Jews are an indictment of Keir Starmer's Britain | Politics from the New Statesman
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Quick, run! The paperback edition of my book — Between the Waves: The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution — is available to pre-order for 25% off at Waterstones, now! The offer runs until midnight on Friday so BUY NOW! Enter “FEB26” Link here www.waterstones.com/book/between...
Between the Waves by Tom McTague | Waterstones
Buy Between the Waves by Tom McTague from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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of all the interviews I’ve done this week, this podcast with @tommctague.bsky.social was probably the most reflective m.youtube.com/watch?v=NiCH...
What did Starmer already know about Mandelson and Epstein? | UK Politics | The New Statesman
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Fantastic new issue of the New Statesman out now! Great, penetrating essay on Britain’s way forward by Paul Ovenden. EXC interview with the Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez setting out an alternative socialist future. And Ailbhe Rea on the fallout from Starmer’s Burnham battle.
I'm thrilled to announce I'm returning to the New Statesman as Political Editor in November. 🥳 An honour to step into @andrewmarr.bsky.social's legendary shoes as he becomes editor-at-large. Can't wait to get started with @tommctague.bsky.social and the whole team!
I’m only 2 chapters in but no hesitation in saying this is a must read for anyone invested one way or the other with UKs tortured relationship with Europe since the end of WWII and its ongoing cherry picking. Terrifically detailed stuff @nialloconghaile.bsky.social @markpurch.bsky.social
Tom McTague@tommctague.bsky.social · 11mo agoExciting times for me as my book arrives! ‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’ —Anthony Seldon ‘A tour de force’ —Matthew d’Ancona ‘Political history at its finest’ —Peter Foster ‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’ —David Kynaston
Huge congrats to @tommctague.bsky.social whose brilliant #BetweentheWaves was launched last night, is published today & longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. *proudretirededitorface*
Happy publication day @tommctague.bsky.social! With a raft of rave reviews, BETWEEN THE WAVES has just been Baillie Gifford Prize-longlisted: ‘Even the most passionate Remainer — or Leaver — should enjoy it enormously... lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
Tanjil’s essay is now live. If you’re worried about the direction our politics now seems to be headed, please read and share this piece: newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
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Tom McTague@tommctague.bsky.social · 11mo agoI’m v proud to have published this beautiful, but mournful essay by the inestimable Tanjil Rashid. The age of migration is coming to an end. The age of deportation is upon us — threatening the essence of what it means to be British. You won’t read anything better this week👇
I’m v proud to have published this beautiful, but mournful essay by the inestimable Tanjil Rashid. The age of migration is coming to an end. The age of deportation is upon us — threatening the essence of what it means to be British. You won’t read anything better this week👇
“Lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative… [McTague] tells his story with such dry and fair-minded intelligence that even the most passionate Remainer or Leaver should enjoy it enormously.” Delighted with @dcsandbrook’s review of my book, Between the Waves www.thetimes.com/article/fa75...
Dominic Sandbrook: Remainers and Leavers will enjoy this Brexit history
In his richly provocative account, Between the Waves, Tom McTague shows that Britain’s relationship with Europe has been a ‘long, inglorious fudge’
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Exciting times for me as my book arrives! ‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’ —Anthony Seldon ‘A tour de force’ —Matthew d’Ancona ‘Political history at its finest’ —Peter Foster ‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’ —David Kynaston
I'm now looking forward to @tommctague.bsky.social's book on the history of euroscepticism in Britain.... www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The polycrisis theory of Brexit
An unfashionable view of why the divorce happened
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UK government needs to get a grip of the public finances. It's all looking a bit Truss-like (magnitudes smaller, but these are UK-specific moves)
Read our cover story today, from the great @willdunn.bsky.social. Reeves is painfully aware that reforming the tax system will require a major political battle. But she’s already being battered by endless squabbles as it is. This is the fight she needs to have. newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
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New Statesman cover this week. Online tomorrow. On newsstands Thursday.
🚨 🚨 🚨 This week’s @NewStatesman online now! @AndrewMarr9 on a set of crises this government — and perhaps British social democracy itself — can no longer afford. The sirens are beginning to sound🚨 🚨 🚨
@robertsaunders.bsky.social hi Robert. Do you have a second to chat?
Tom McTague@tommctague.bsky.social · last yr.www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 💥 EXC: For my first edition of the New Statesman as editor, I went on the road with Keir Starmer, discovering a man far more emotional than I expected, struggling to articulate his deepest feelings — and those of the country he leads👇
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 💥 EXC: For my first edition of the New Statesman as editor, I went on the road with Keir Starmer, discovering a man far more emotional than I expected, struggling to articulate his deepest feelings — and those of the country he leads👇
What Keir Starmer can’t say
The Prime Minister believes he will heal Britain – but can he find the words?
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I know I'm repeating myself nearly every week, but can I just say once again that this show - These Times with @tommctague.bsky.social and Helen Thompson - has become completely necessary to understand and gain perspective on what is going on at the moment. podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...
These Times
Politics Podcast · 129 Episodes · Every two weeks
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Ever heard of the #MaraLagoAccord? When you stop hyperventilating, here’s a great conversation between Prof Helen Thompson and @TomMcTague.bsky.social… on Trump’s plan to bring trade and security into a single foreign policy space in order to restructure US debt. open.spotify.com/episode/3R14...
Trump’s Economic Revolution
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EU members are squabbling over whose defence industry should benefit from new funds on.ft.com/43xIlHl
