EDL Articles

In April, the New Statesman published a special supplement marking its centenary. It included reprints of classic articles by some of its most celebrated writers – including TS Elliott, George Orwell, and Virginia Woolf – and contributions by AS Byatt, Melvyn Bragg...

The far-right has splintered but do not ignore the potential for a resurgence, warns Rob Ford Across Europe, conditions for the far-right appear better than ever. An ongoing financial crisis, lingering public concern over immigration, low levels of public trust in...

The anti-racist politics of the 1970s gained a wider audience than a conventional political campaign, recalls Peter Hain Were it not for the launch of the Anti-Nazi League in 1977, the disturbing rise in the National Front may well have continued. In the mid-1970s...

I have always liked Tip O’Neill’s judgement that all politics is local. It rings true, and it comforts the weary councillor after another round of emails chasing a missed bin collection. It is why our local representatives hold more power over Labour’s national...