Editor in Chief of the New Statesmanhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3mk33nbmamc2eThis week’s cover of the New Statesman. Out now.22 Apr 2026 08:34 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk33nbmamc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3mf275pes522cQuick, 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 https://www.waterstones.com/book/between-the-waves/tom-mctague/978152908312517 Feb 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf275pes522chttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3mdhvdchxak2sFantastic 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.28 Jan 2026 08:49 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhvdchxak2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lxw727cxmc2hTanjil’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… [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2025 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxw727cxmc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lxw6yu5cps2hI’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👇03 Sep 2025 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxw6yu5cps2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lxp6o5ohos2r“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 https://www.thetimes.com/article/fa7520d6-1c6d-4fff-82d2-1a24a2b79e99?shareToken=c173d18774e40484b11e9c39d5a754ba31 Aug 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxp6o5ohos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lxn54yfwzc2wExciting 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 Kynaston30 Aug 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxn54yfwzc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lsxpqtlw222qRead 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… https://newstatesman.com/politics/econo…02 Jul 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsxpqtlw222qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lswje3qcy22aNew Statesman cover this week. Online tomorrow. On newsstands Thursday.01 Jul 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswje3qcy22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lsfzvw46mk2q🚨 🚨 🚨 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🚨 🚨 🚨25 Jun 2025 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsfzvw46mk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lrrvan37bs2j@robertsaunders.bsky.social hi Robert. Do you have a second to chat?17 Jun 2025 06:41 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrrvan37bs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lrfbnmezls2u [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2025 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfbnmezls2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3lrfbma6tos2uhttps://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2025/06/what-keir-starmer-cant-say 💥 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👇12 Jun 2025 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrfbma6tos2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3ljkaz453vs2bTrying to stay sane amid the madness. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/these-times/id1685475850?i=100069752018604 Mar 2025 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkaz453vs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tommctague.bsky.social/post/3liwyrciiqc2f🚨 Early Ep Release! "The German Election: Friedrich Merz, “Independence” from America, and the Rise of the Far Right" 🇩🇪 Helen Thompson and I discuss the implications of Germany's seismic election. Listen now! 🎧 pod.link/1685475850 https://pod.link/168547585024 Feb 2025 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:c422oqu5uvu4jsdo2phc6gfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwyrciiqc2f