George Eaton
@georgeeaton
Senior Editor (Politics), @NewStatesman. [email protected]
If the cure for populism is economic growth, what should the Government do? Signing off on my @NewStatesman column with a few suggestions to get the economy growing. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Tongue in cheek suggestion from @willydunn that pensioners should receive an summer cooling allowance. But having polled the idea over the weekend we found a majority would back it with just 1 in 5 opposed. Young people being the most supportive of a pensioner cooling allowance.
Pensioners need a Summer Cool Payment newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Will Labour’s water “revolution” work? Why the government is betting that delivery on sewage will trump Reform’s populism. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
"in an age of outrage, the risk for Labour is that no amount of delivery trumps Reform’s raw populism." @georgeeaton newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Why Labour believes action on sewage can unite its political coalition. newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
NEW: - UK-US tech deal being held up by disagreements on end-to-end encryption - Americans focusing on other countries, while Brits want to finalise areas eg steel - Admin want NHS to rise prices on providers, to make US firms more competitive newstatesman.com/world/americas…
“Sharon is not interested in personality cults”. Unite source on why they won't back a new Corbyn-led party if they disaffiliate from Labour. newstatesman.com/politics/labou…
Why Keir Starmer has purged Labour rebels again By removing the whip from four ringleaders, No 10 has sent a warning over looming future revolts. 🖊️ @georgeeaton newstatesman.com/politics/labou…
Why Starmer has suspended Labour rebels again – No 10 has sent a warning over looming revolts this autumn. newstatesman.com/politics/labou…
Labour MP notes that all three are from the 2024 intake. “Sending a message to other new MPs”.
Understand the three MPs are serial rebels Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Neil Duncan-Jordan.
Understand the three MPs are serial rebels Brian Leishman, Chris Hinchliff and Neil Duncan-Jordan.
Excl: Sir Keir Starmer is having a clear out of MPs he believes to have committed "persistent breaches of party discipline". Multiple sources tell me at least three MPs have so far lost the whip - with more to come this afternoon.
Are Unite and Labour really heading for divorce? My column from this week's NS. newstatesman.com/the-politics-c…
As Labour searches for a story, it's embracing the politics of class. My piece on a notable break with the Blair years. newstatesman.com/politics/labou…
Unite might divorce Labour but it won’t fund a new left party. My column reveals why. newstatesman.com/the-politics-c…
Are Unite and Labour heading for divorce? In the words of a Starmer ally, it would be “game-changing” for Unite to throw its financial and industrial muscle behind a new left party. 🖊️ @georgeeaton newstatesman.com/the-politics-c…
“I have no ideological position on this conflict. I approach it simply as a lawyer and a historian. But I sometimes wonder what Israel’s defenders would regard as unacceptable, if the current level of Israeli violence in Gaza is not enough. This is not self-defence. It is not…