Show Notes
Keynes. Woolf. Hitchens.
The New Statesman has an illustrious history and editor Tom McTague is the latest custodian of that grand tradition.
But how does a centre-left magazine pitch itself in the ferocious world of social media and hot takes?
What's its relationship with the Labour Party?
How does it handle disagreements on the Left?
And, more importantly, what does Labour need to do to win next time?
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