Reposted by Tom McTagueTom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Gotta hand it to @tommctague.bsky.social for this doubly timely cover 6419
Reposted by Tom McTagueAnoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod! @tommctague.bsky.social and I chat about the Home Office, asylum accommodation, and how the state has outsourced our most toxic political issues to private firms:shows.acast.comThe private companies running Britain | The Politics Show 1113
Reposted by Tom McTagueAnoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026New @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod! @tommctague.bsky.social, @pronouncedalva.bsky.social and I talk Starmer, Streeting, Burnham versus Reform and cost-of-living - it's a biggun!shows.acast.comStarmer attempts business as usual | The Politics Show 021
Reposted by Tom McTagueJames Heale @jaheale.bsky.social · 11/05/2026As Keir Starmer now prepares to say that “incremental change won’t cut it”, a reminder of what he said to @tommctague.bsky.social last summer: 395
Reposted by Tom McTagueAnoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 24/04/2026New! @newstatesman1913.bsky.social pod - @tommctague.bsky.social and I talk over the Mandelson vetting scandal and what it reveals about the PM's leadership:shows.acast.comKeir Starmer is all alone | Politics from the New Statesman 021
Reposted by Tom McTagueAnoosh Chakelian @anooshc.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Pod episode with @tommctague.bsky.social and @pronouncedalva.bsky.social - on the attack in Golders Green, antisemitism among candidates ahead of the local elex, and why Keir Starmer will cling on and fight after the results:shows.acast.comAttacks on Jews are an indictment of Keir Starmer's Britain | Politics from the New Statesman 001
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 22/04/2026This week’s cover of the New Statesman. Out now. 6244
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Quick, 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 www.waterstones.com/book/between...waterstones.comBetween the Waves by Tom McTague | WaterstonesBuy Between the Waves by Tom McTague from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. 031
Reposted by Tom McTagueJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 07/02/2026of all the interviews I’ve done this week, this podcast with @tommctague.bsky.social was probably the most reflective m.youtube.com/watch?v=NiCH...m.youtube.comWhat did Starmer already know about Mandelson and Epstein? | UK Politics | The New StatesmanYouTube video by The New Statesman 1012025
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Fantastic 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. 0114
Reposted by Tom McTagueAilbhe Rea @pronouncedalva.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I'm thrilled to announce I'm returning to the New Statesman as Political Editor in November. 🥳 An honour to step into @andrewmarr.bsky.social's legendary shoes as he becomes editor-at-large. Can't wait to get started with @tommctague.bsky.social and the whole team! 2736325
Reposted by Tom McTagueAladdinNoons @aladdinnoons.bsky.social · 06/09/2025I’m only 2 chapters in but no hesitation in saying this is a must read for anyone invested one way or the other with UKs tortured relationship with Europe since the end of WWII and its ongoing cherry picking. Terrifically detailed stuff @nialloconghaile.bsky.social @markpurch.bsky.social 374
Reposted by Tom McTagueGeorge Morley @georgeisediting.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Huge congrats to @tommctague.bsky.social whose brilliant #BetweentheWaves was launched last night, is published today & longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. *proudretirededitorface* 171
Reposted by Tom McTagueMaria Garbutt-Lucero @mariagluc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Happy publication day @tommctague.bsky.social! With a raft of rave reviews, BETWEEN THE WAVES has just been Baillie Gifford Prize-longlisted: ‘Even the most passionate Remainer — or Leaver — should enjoy it enormously... lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 131
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Tanjil’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…newstatesman.com 153
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 03/09/2025I’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👇 0105
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 31/08/2025“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 www.thetimes.com/article/fa75...thetimes.comDominic Sandbrook: Remainers and Leavers will enjoy this Brexit historyIn his richly provocative account, Between the Waves, Tom McTague shows that Britain’s relationship with Europe has been a ‘long, inglorious fudge’ 1123
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Exciting 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 Kynaston 3222
Reposted by Tom McTagueRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 27/08/2025I'm now looking forward to @tommctague.bsky.social's book on the history of euroscepticism in Britain.... www.economist.com/britain/2025...economist.comThe polycrisis theory of BrexitAn unfashionable view of why the divorce happened 2273
Reposted by Tom McTagueChris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 02/07/2025UK government needs to get a grip of the public finances. It's all looking a bit Truss-like (magnitudes smaller, but these are UK-specific moves) 93212
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Read 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…newstatesman.com 222
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 01/07/2025New Statesman cover this week. Online tomorrow. On newsstands Thursday. 10336108
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 25/06/2025🚨 🚨 🚨 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🚨 🚨 🚨 142
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 17/06/2025@robertsaunders.bsky.social hi Robert. Do you have a second to chat? 020
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 12/06/2025www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 💥 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👇newstatesman.comWhat Keir Starmer can’t sayThe Prime Minister believes he will heal Britain – but can he find the words? 3110727
Reposted by Tom McTagueLady Jek @ladyjek.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I know I'm repeating myself nearly every week, but can I just say once again that this show - These Times with @tommctague.bsky.social and Helen Thompson - has become completely necessary to understand and gain perspective on what is going on at the moment. podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThese TimesPolitics Podcast · 129 Episodes · Every two weeks 4101
Reposted by Tom McTagueMick Fealty @mickfealty.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Ever heard of the #MaraLagoAccord? When you stop hyperventilating, here’s a great conversation between Prof Helen Thompson and @TomMcTague.bsky.social… on Trump’s plan to bring trade and security into a single foreign policy space in order to restructure US debt. open.spotify.com/episode/3R14...open.spotify.comTrump’s Economic RevolutionThese Times · Episode 021
Reposted by Tom McTagueSoumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 08/03/2025EU members are squabbling over whose defence industry should benefit from new funds on.ft.com/43xIlHl 2144
Reposted by Tom McTagueSoumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 08/03/2025Me: trade policy is nuanced and we shouldn’t rely on national stereotypes to predict wha- The French: BONJOUR 64611
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Trying to stay sane amid the madness. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comCrisis: Trump, Zelensky and a moment of truth for StarmerPodcast Episode · These Times · 04/03/2025 · 1h 13m 290
Reposted by Tom McTaguebryn stole @brynstole.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Strategic sovereignty for Europe (as France has long demanded, and Germany suddenly seems to want) makes plenty of sense ... until you ask the questions: Who's the sovereign? What is "Europe"? And what are their interests? Good piece from @tommctague.bsky.social: unherd.com/2025/02/are-...unherd.comAre we all Gaullists now? 101
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 24/02/2025🚨 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/1685475850pod.linkThese TimesUnHerd political editor Tom McTague and Cambridge professor Helen Thompson team up to investigate the history of today’s politics — and what it means for our future. Each week they will explore the gr... 122
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 11/02/2025In this week’s episode of These Times, Helen Thompson and I look at the history of American protectionism to try to understand Trump’s tariff war podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comTrump's Tariff WarPodcast Episode · These Times · 11/02/2025 · 1h 5m 250
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 04/02/2025On Trump, tariffs and Europe’s extraordinary dependence podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comCan Europe Survive Trump?Podcast Episode · These Times · 04/02/2025 · 52m 031
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Thoroughly enjoyed this week’s episode looking at Trump shock now being felt by Europe👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comEurope’s Trump ShockPodcast Episode · These Times · 28/01/2025 · 1h 3m 160
Reposted by Tom McTagueWilliam Cullerne Bown @williamcb.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Listening to the latest These Times podcast from @tommctague.bsky.social and Helen Thompson. It lets you see Trump’s approach to Europe as a continuation of longstanding US ambitions interrupted by the Cold War. Equally, Europe’s ambitions for itself were interrupted in the same way. 1/n 111
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Who is Elon Musk — and what does he want? Myself and Helen Thompson dig into the man shaping the future of humanity👇 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comWho is Elon Musk?Podcast Episode · These Times · 07/01/2025 · 1h 8m 271
Reposted by Tom McTagueFrench Grid Bot @frenchgrid.bsky.social · 02/01/2025🇫🇷 France: 37g CO2/kWh 🟢 ⚛️ 71% Nuclear 🌊 10% Hydro 💨 9% Wind 🇬🇧 Britain: 160g CO2/kWh 🟡 💨 36% Wind 🔥 26% Gas ⚛️ 16% Nuclear Data: Electricity Maps (11:00 UTC) 042
Reposted by Tom McTagueWilly De Backer BE @art4theark.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Geopolitical chaos of 2024 - good episode @tommctague.bsky.social & Helen Thompson but I am missing the role of the natural resources and energy dimension in their thorough analysis of the geopolitical year open.spotify.com/episode/4xnX...open.spotify.comThe Year of War, Donald Trumpand an Ascendant TurkeyThese Times · Episode 011
Reposted by Tom McTagueJohn Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 07/12/2024The car industry by @tommctague.bsky.social & Helen Thompson via @ianleslie.bsky.social www.ian-leslie.com/p/maybe-your... 2106
Reposted by Tom McTagueJohn Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 05/12/2024This is vg by @tommctague.bsky.social on Starmer’s prosaic ambitions unherd.com/2024/12/keir... 3153
Reposted by Tom McTagueJames McRae @jockyblue82.bsky.social · 05/12/2024This was written by @tommctague.bsky.social before Starmer delivered his "Plan for Change" speech this morning but captures precisely how I felt whilst watching it... unherd.com/2024/12/keir...unherd.comKeir Starmer has no dream 351
Reposted by Tom McTagueMatt Thompson @mattthompson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Blair as the key mediator between Starmer and Trump... via Musk of course 043
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Very good. This chap hitting levels I didn’t think possible. vm.tiktok.com/ZGdjcnuRh/vm.tiktok.comTikTok - Make Your Day 060
Tom McTague @tommctague.bsky.social · 02/12/2024On Elon Musk, Tony Blair and the fragility of the British state unherd.com/newsroom/elo...unherd.comElon Musk exposes the fragility of the British stateThere’s the coming “Trump shock” to British politics, which is well documented (if not well understood). But then there’s the “Musk shock” which is more opaque, though potentially even more seismic in... 1154
Reposted by Tom McTagueido @ido.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Important to note that new elections cannot be held until July. So even if the no-confidence vote passes and the government falls, the current parliament stays. Perma-crisis for another eight months, at least 2177
Reposted by Tom McTaguePeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Exit poll drops in Ireland… and looks very very similar to last election 115216
Reposted by Tom McTagueGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history. 11039161128
