Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🚨EXCL - the Green Party is planning to adopt a radical new economic approach at its conference Motion C05, supported by the leadership and seen by the NS, commits the party to dropping interests rates as a main means of controlling inflation, among other eye catching proposals Read all about it:newstatesman.comExclusive: Greens' radical plan for the economy revealedThe party will vote on dropping the use of interest rates to control inflation 033
Reposted by Ethan CroftAnoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Curious, sensitive, funny - masterful profile writing here from @ethangcroft.bsky.social:newstatesman.comSteve Bray is ready to move onHe couldn’t stop Brexit and Brexit couldn’t stop him. Now he’s getting his life back 032
Reposted by Ethan CroftAnoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod! The ace @ethangcroft.bsky.social joins to discuss the Tories' ex-neo-Nazi candidate, early prisoner release, and the Reform-Restore saga. Listen here!shows.acast.comWhy did Kemi Badenoch allow an ex neo-Nazi to stand? | The Politics Show 011
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Keir Starmer’s letter of response to John Healey’s resignation has now been released by No 10 The PM regrets his departure but essentially rejects his argument, saying the DIP as it stands provides the “necessary investment” 000
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 09/05/2026My New Statesman interview with leadership challenger Catherine West, who said she hasn’t read the rules, doesn’t know who her supporters are and won’t step aside until other candidates publicly announce challenges to Keir Starmer - transcript available here: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...newstatesman.comCatherine West: I’ve been inundated with support from MPs and could go all the wayThe self-described "lone wolf" candidate no longer believes Keir Starmer can stop Nigel Farage 373
Reposted by Ethan CroftSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Catherine West MP tells New Statesman' Ethan Croft she is a "lone wolf" + "stalking horse" but that she did not first look up the leadership rules because she does not want to run in saying she will announce next week if others don't 156616
Reposted by Ethan CroftCompass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 07/05/2026🎙️ What to make of these chaotic local election results? Join us tomorrow LIVE at 6pm with political correspondent @ethangcroft.bsky.social & @moreincommonuk.bsky.social's Rhiannon McQuone www.compassonline.org.uk/podcast/upco... 011
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 25/01/2026🚨NEW Majority of Manchester voters polled say Labour "wrong" to block Burnham in exclusive polling @newstatesman1913.bsky.social 👇 54% say Labour "wrong" to block Burnham bid (8% say it's "right") 62% say Burnham should be "free to seek selection as an MP" www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...newstatesman.comExclusive poll: Let Burnham stand, voters sayOver half of voters in Manchester think Labour is wrong to block him 582
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 25/01/2026I want to start posting here more and what a day to start. I think Bluesky doesn't bury posts with external links so it should be good for sharing articles. New Statesman colleagues said this recent piece on the Europe debate in the PLP was well-received on here, so here's to more of that!magazine.newstatesman.comLabour’s EU ultras are organisingTom Watson has a new mission: putting Britain back at the heart of Europe 0101
Reposted by Ethan CroftHenry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 08/12/2025On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths. 26403119
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 03/10/2025On Thursday morning I heard the awful news and set out to Crumpsall, an hour’s drive from where I was. I have written a longer article about what I saw there, for the New Statesman: www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 020
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Time to slash odds of Lab to Reform defections if Labour MPs are nodding along to this essay. There is another political force that could neutralise the right and it’s… the governing party which you are in? And it could do that by… governing well and winning reelection? 010
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Why has Bridget Phillipson chosen this moment to make such damaging remarks about the PM’s team? www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...newstatesman.comBridget Phillipson calls out “sexist briefing”The Education Secretary vows not to be deterred by hostility from No 10 010
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Andy Burnham speaks out in the New Statesman’s Labour Conference special issue 010
Reposted by Ethan CroftMatthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Not so long ago the Conservative Party would have seized upon the notion of deporting Ukrainians and Hong Kongers and extracted a heavy political price for it. Instead the position yesterday from CCHQ was that Farage is "once again copying Conservative ideas." 213139
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Note that in the past 24 hrs Wes Streeting has put himself front and centre of the Palestine embassy opening and now defended Sadiq Khan against Trump's "Sharia" attacks. Do read this piece by @georgeeaton.bsky.social on how Streeting is "spreading his wings" www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...newstatesman.comWes Streeting is spreading his wingsWhat’s behind the Health Secretary’s recent interventions on racism and Palestine? 020
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Three years on from the Mini-Budget, @willdunn.bsky.social persuaded Liz Truss to talk to the New Statesman and it's worth reading. In which she: - Suggests Bank governor Andrew Bailey may have financially benefitted from her downfall - Restates her praise of Tommy Robinson 101
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 22/09/2025On the new divide in Labour - whether to fight reform on grounds of principle or practicality www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...newstatesman.comWhy Farage’s immigration plan is dividing LabourThe government will not condemn the plan on moral grounds 010
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Lucy Powell campaign warns of "fear and frustration" in the Labour party - my update on the deputy leadership contest 👇 www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...newstatesman.com“Fear and frustration” in Labour, warns Lucy Powell campaignPowell’s deputy leadership bid is betting on the underdog factor 010
Ethan Croft @ethangcroft.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Professional news: I have joined The New Statesman, Britain's best magazine, as Political Correspondent. Cracking first week. 030
