Anoosh Chakelian
@anooshc.bsky.social
Britain editor, New Statesman. Lead host, New Statesman Podcast (Publisher Podcast Award winner '21-24) & co-host Westminster Reimagined with Armando Iannucci.
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Great piece. This is the developers’ sorry attempt at a new play park near my parents’ house in Lancashire today. (Cc @mayaellismp.bsky.social)
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Great piece. This is the developers’ sorry attempt at a new play park near my parents’ house in Lancashire today. (Cc @mayaellismp.bsky.social)
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If kids are over-exposed online then they are under-served by our rubbish play culture.
My column on the other side to the under-16s social media ban now concerning parents and politicians:
My column on the other side to the under-16s social media ban now concerning parents and politicians:
The hidden cost of "deplaytion"
Ban social media for kids all you like – but don't ignore their crap playgrounds
www.newstatesman.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
If kids are over-exposed online then they are under-served by our rubbish play culture.
My column on the other side to the under-16s social media ban now concerning parents and politicians:
My column on the other side to the under-16s social media ban now concerning parents and politicians:
If kids are over-exposed online then they are under-served by our rubbish play culture.
My column on the other side to the under-16s social media ban now concerning parents and politicians:
My column on the other side to the under-16s social media ban now concerning parents and politicians:
The hidden cost of "deplaytion"
Ban social media for kids all you like – but don't ignore their crap playgrounds
www.newstatesman.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
If kids are over-exposed online then they are under-served by our rubbish play culture.
My column on the other side to the under-16s social media ban now concerning parents and politicians:
My column on the other side to the under-16s social media ban now concerning parents and politicians:
This is excellent by @robfordmancs.bsky.social - read this before you look at any polling or briefings re this by-election!
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New Swingometer post now out - my look at the Gorton and Denton by-election, taking place down the road from me swingometer.substack.com/p/the-gorton...
The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
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January 29, 2026 at 9:44 AM
This is excellent by @robfordmancs.bsky.social - read this before you look at any polling or briefings re this by-election!
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Will leasehold reform go far enough? @willdunn.bsky.social and I discuss the policy, social and political implications of the government's plans on the latest Daily Politics podcast from the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social:
Do leasehold reforms go far enough? | Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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January 29, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Will leasehold reform go far enough? @willdunn.bsky.social and I discuss the policy, social and political implications of the government's plans on the latest Daily Politics podcast from the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social:
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IMO both traditional main parties have struggled because they haven't been seen to focus on what voters elect them for - for Tories top is economic stability, for Labour it's looking after working class and public services.
January 28, 2026 at 3:24 PM
IMO both traditional main parties have struggled because they haven't been seen to focus on what voters elect them for - for Tories top is economic stability, for Labour it's looking after working class and public services.
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Normally with PMQs, I try to review not just the drama and spectacle but what we actually learnt in terms of government policy.
Today, alas, I can only give you one takeaway: what a mess
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Today, alas, I can only give you one takeaway: what a mess
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
What we learnt from PMQs: David Lammy is saved by Andrew Griffith
“He’s not going to get this gig again, let’s face it,” Lammy jeered
www.newstatesman.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Normally with PMQs, I try to review not just the drama and spectacle but what we actually learnt in terms of government policy.
Today, alas, I can only give you one takeaway: what a mess
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Today, alas, I can only give you one takeaway: what a mess
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Excellent behind-the-scenes report by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social which also reveals the strange bathos of being PM - a Teams meeting with Labour apparatchiks sandwiched between a call with Zelensky and trip to China.
Must-read!
Must-read!
How a single call sealed Andy Burnham’s fate
Keir Starmer applied a personal touch when he blocked his rival’s return to parliament
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January 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Excellent behind-the-scenes report by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social which also reveals the strange bathos of being PM - a Teams meeting with Labour apparatchiks sandwiched between a call with Zelensky and trip to China.
Must-read!
Must-read!
"Your Positive Story (Optional)"
Inside Reform's vetting process in Gorton and Denton
The Pygge has seen the questionnaire used to select the party's by-election candidate
www.newstatesman.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:51 AM
"Your Positive Story (Optional)"
Great piece by a security guard giving the inside view on shoplifting:
Can Shabana stop shoplifting?
I've been on the frontlines of the shoplifting epidemic. There are no easy solutions
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January 27, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Great piece by a security guard giving the inside view on shoplifting:
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Everything I've learned from life on the frontline of Britain's housebuilding slump - my latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social column:
Britain’s housebuilding crisis on my block
Building work on the estate I live in was supposed to take two years – it’s now in its fifth
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January 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Everything I've learned from life on the frontline of Britain's housebuilding slump - my latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social column:
What a great interview by @georgemonaghan.bsky.social on the joys and agonies of being the internet's biggest book critic:
Meet Jack Edwards, the world's most powerful literary critic
Jack Edwards shapes the online world’s reading habits from BookTok. But can he handle his success?
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January 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
What a great interview by @georgemonaghan.bsky.social on the joys and agonies of being the internet's biggest book critic:
Everything I've learned from life on the frontline of Britain's housebuilding slump - my latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social column:
Britain’s housebuilding crisis on my block
Building work on the estate I live in was supposed to take two years – it’s now in its fifth
www.newstatesman.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Everything I've learned from life on the frontline of Britain's housebuilding slump - my latest @newstatesman1913.bsky.social column:
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Building work on the estate I live in was supposed to take two years – it’s now in its fifth
@anooshc.bsky.social: Britain’s housebuilding crisis on my block
@anooshc.bsky.social: Britain’s housebuilding crisis on my block
Britain’s housebuilding crisis on my block
Building work on the estate I live in was supposed to take two years – it’s now in its fifth
www.newstatesman.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Building work on the estate I live in was supposed to take two years – it’s now in its fifth
@anooshc.bsky.social: Britain’s housebuilding crisis on my block
@anooshc.bsky.social: Britain’s housebuilding crisis on my block
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Exclusive poll of councillors in England reveals:
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
Is being a councillor the worst job in England?
Public abuse, £12,500 pay and claims of tyranny are casting a shadow over the May local elections
www.newstatesman.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Exclusive poll of councillors in England reveals:
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
Exclusive poll of councillors in England reveals:
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
Is being a councillor the worst job in England?
Public abuse, £12,500 pay and claims of tyranny are casting a shadow over the May local elections
www.newstatesman.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Exclusive poll of councillors in England reveals:
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
- 86% struggle to recruit or retain enough individuals to stand for election
- Abuse (85% concern re online abuse, 78% in-person) is the biggest deterrent to standing
- 54% say they're not fairly paid (the average pay is £12,500)
+ more
“At the next election Labour will be more pro-European, whether Keir is part of that or not.”
Another cracking cover story by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social who has the inside track on Labour's new Brexit wars:
Another cracking cover story by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social who has the inside track on Labour's new Brexit wars:
Inside the Labour factions pressuring Starmer to rejoin Europe
Caught between Donald Trump and his own party, the Prime Minister faces a moment of truth
www.newstatesman.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:54 AM
“At the next election Labour will be more pro-European, whether Keir is part of that or not.”
Another cracking cover story by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social who has the inside track on Labour's new Brexit wars:
Another cracking cover story by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social who has the inside track on Labour's new Brexit wars:
Excellent reporting by @emilylawford.bsky.social on the movement changing the anti-immigration agenda from an argument about "state capacity and fairness to the threat of violence to women":
The march of the Pink Ladies
Groups of pink-clad women protesting outside asylum hotels say they are standing against sexual violence by asylum seekers
www.newstatesman.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Excellent reporting by @emilylawford.bsky.social on the movement changing the anti-immigration agenda from an argument about "state capacity and fairness to the threat of violence to women":
Worth rereading Harry Lambert's profile of Robert Jenrick from last year in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social:
Inside Robert Jenrick’s New Right revolution
The shadow justice secretary’s gonzo stunts are dragging British politics into uncharted territory
www.newstatesman.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Worth rereading Harry Lambert's profile of Robert Jenrick from last year in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social:
Revealing analysis by @willoyd.bsky.social of the thinking behind Jenrick's sacking:
Is there a strategy behind Kemi's Jenrick purge?
She cannot decide whether to rebuild or remake the Conservative Party
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January 15, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Revealing analysis by @willoyd.bsky.social of the thinking behind Jenrick's sacking:
First episode of our brand new culture podcast, The New Society, is out! The brilliant @tanjilrashid.bsky.social interviewing Salman Rushdie. Subscribe!
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Arts Podcast · Your weekly review of culture, life and society from the New Statesman, hosted by Tanjil Rashid.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:50 AM
First episode of our brand new culture podcast, The New Society, is out! The brilliant @tanjilrashid.bsky.social interviewing Salman Rushdie. Subscribe!
Scoop! Wes Streeting told Morgan McSweeney that while he wasn't "plotting", he was "planning" - excellent cover story by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social:
The battle for Labour's leadership has already started
Inside the ideological war to succeed Keir Starmer
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January 14, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Scoop! Wes Streeting told Morgan McSweeney that while he wasn't "plotting", he was "planning" - excellent cover story by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social:
Great by @freddiehayward.bsky.social on what could be a " a very modern, very bathetic" end to the special relationship:
Will Grok destroy the special relationship?
Keir Starmer's Trump strategy may collapse if Ofcom bans X
www.newstatesman.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Great by @freddiehayward.bsky.social on what could be a " a very modern, very bathetic" end to the special relationship:
"We have a duty to look further than Middle England"
Great interview with the new Lib Dem president - a position that can be a stepping stone to party leadership - by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social:
Great interview with the new Lib Dem president - a position that can be a stepping stone to party leadership - by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social:
Josh Babarinde: Lib Dems need to fight “for the soul of our country”
The MP for Eastbourne and new Liberal Democrat president on how his party is taking on Reform
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January 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"We have a duty to look further than Middle England"
Great interview with the new Lib Dem president - a position that can be a stepping stone to party leadership - by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social:
Great interview with the new Lib Dem president - a position that can be a stepping stone to party leadership - by @rmcunliffe.bsky.social:
Great to be on Politics Live just now - including having the chance to chat about my latest column on the London crime debate. Catch up here!
Politics Live - Corridor Care in the NHS
The government warns X over Grok AI deepfakes.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Great to be on Politics Live just now - including having the chance to chat about my latest column on the London crime debate. Catch up here!