Rachel Cunliffe
@RMCunliffe
Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
I disagree - I think it made her look all over the place. She could have pressed him on the small business owner struggling with the NI hike. Instead she switched to the 4-day week, implying she's more interested in culture war fights than in engaging with voter concerns
I think Badenoch's strategy of keeping Starmer off balance by mixing up questions is working, as evidenced by the number of times he reverts to the boilerplate line about his Tory inheritance. But she needs to improve her delivery. Too many stumbles.
💥 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 emotions — and those of the country he leads👇 newstatesman.com/politics/2025/…
"I’d always seen the darkness in his work, but taken it for granted that whatever had been blended up to produce tales interwoven with sexual violence came from a place of compassion. That you could trust him." On Neil Gaiman, the idol of my adolescence. newstatesman.com/culture/books/…
“There is widespread support for net zero, and for all of Westminster’s obsession with woke the public generally doesn’t really know what the word means.” 📫 Today’s Morning Call, with @RMCunliffe newstatesman.com/politics/conse…
What's on Wednesday's front pages? @annabotting takes a first look with Associate Political Editor at the New Statesman @RMCunliffe and the Deputy Editor of Conservative Home @HCH_Hill. trib.al/JXnMUDb 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
Hello @ClassicFM! My husband claims he is on your 1998 Christmas Carols recording as the soloist in "In The Bleak Midwinter". It doesn't seem available to stream anywhere online. Any chance you could provide a recording and help solve the mystery of if he's making it all up...?
I started pottery. I knew I'd be rubbish. But that was the whole point. 🤦 @RMCunliffe in Deleted Scenes newstatesman.com/culture/life/2…
The government is vulnerable but Angela Rayner’s sharp, confrontational style held Tory attacks off. 🖊️ @RMCunliffe watches PMQs newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
The criminal barrister, who after degree, training, pupillage has to house share with 3 others age 30 for whom having a pet, let alone a child is out of reach & just lost this months savings to replace a snatched phone thinks the British dream is broken as much as other groups.
The Oxford professor on the tales hidden in numbers. 🖊️ @RMCunliffe newstatesman.com/science-tech/2…
On the High Performance podcast the mayor of London trades in chirpy platitudes. 🖊️ @RMCunliffe reviews Sadiq Khan on the High Performance podcast newstatesman.com/culture/radio-…
Enjoyed inviting @NewStatesman into the rehearsal room for The Axiom of Choice last week. Great article exploring the themes of the play and the importance of supporting mathematics.
“Why aren’t we being told that sines and cosines are a telescope to understand the night sky?” I took a break from politics to speak to @MarcusduSautoy about his new play, translating maths into art, and why Radiohead owe their success to prime numbers newstatesman.com/science-tech/2…
“Why aren’t we being told that sines and cosines are a telescope to understand the night sky?” I took a break from politics to speak to @MarcusduSautoy about his new play, translating maths into art, and why Radiohead owe their success to prime numbers newstatesman.com/science-tech/2…
“If Badenoch wants to land blows on Starmer, she might want to rewatch this session and identify how her provocations fell short.” 🖊️ @RMCunliffe newstatesman.com/politics/the-s…
PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch could learn a lot from Ed Davey the Lib Dems newstatesman.com/politics/the-s…
“What a beautiful home. Have the current owners been here lon-……” rightmove.co.uk/properties/153…