Hannah Barnes
@hannahsbee.bsky.social
Associate Editor & Writer @NewStatesman; Author, Baillie Gifford & Orwell shortlisted “Time to Think” http://bit.ly/TimetoThinkBook; Formerly @bbcnewsnight
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Hannah Barnes: We need a culture change in maternity services
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding. @hannahsbee.bsky.social
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding. @hannahsbee.bsky.social
We need a culture change in maternity services
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding.
www.newstatesman.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Hannah Barnes: We need a culture change in maternity services
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding. @hannahsbee.bsky.social
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding. @hannahsbee.bsky.social
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The Health Secretary has vowed to overhaul the NHS’s most scandalous service.
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social: Wes Streeting’s maternity revolution
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social: Wes Streeting’s maternity revolution
Wes Streeting’s maternity revolution
The Health Secretary has vowed to overhaul the NHS’s most scandalous service.
www.newstatesman.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Health Secretary has vowed to overhaul the NHS’s most scandalous service.
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social: Wes Streeting’s maternity revolution
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social: Wes Streeting’s maternity revolution
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The cover: Why George Osborne still runs Britain
By @willdunn.bsky.social ydunn
Also inside:
🔴 Kate Mossman meets Gordon Brown
🔴 @hannahsbee.bsky.social on birth trauma
🔴 @georgeeaton.bsky.social: How Labour learned to love immigration control
🔴 Tom Cruise's ego trip
🔴 The end of privacy
By @willdunn.bsky.social ydunn
Also inside:
🔴 Kate Mossman meets Gordon Brown
🔴 @hannahsbee.bsky.social on birth trauma
🔴 @georgeeaton.bsky.social: How Labour learned to love immigration control
🔴 Tom Cruise's ego trip
🔴 The end of privacy
May 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The cover: Why George Osborne still runs Britain
By @willdunn.bsky.social ydunn
Also inside:
🔴 Kate Mossman meets Gordon Brown
🔴 @hannahsbee.bsky.social on birth trauma
🔴 @georgeeaton.bsky.social: How Labour learned to love immigration control
🔴 Tom Cruise's ego trip
🔴 The end of privacy
By @willdunn.bsky.social ydunn
Also inside:
🔴 Kate Mossman meets Gordon Brown
🔴 @hannahsbee.bsky.social on birth trauma
🔴 @georgeeaton.bsky.social: How Labour learned to love immigration control
🔴 Tom Cruise's ego trip
🔴 The end of privacy
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Hannah Barnes: The assisted dying impact assessment resolves nothing
The government’s review promises to address concerns about the bill – but only raises new ones.
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The government’s review promises to address concerns about the bill – but only raises new ones.
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The assisted dying impact assessment resolves nothing
The government’s review promises to address concerns about the bill – but only raises new ones.
www.newstatesman.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hannah Barnes: The assisted dying impact assessment resolves nothing
The government’s review promises to address concerns about the bill – but only raises new ones.
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social
The government’s review promises to address concerns about the bill – but only raises new ones.
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social
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"Giving birth in England is not safe. Half of all maternity units are rated either inadequate or requiring improvement."
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social: The birth trauma taboo
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social: The birth trauma taboo
The birth trauma taboo
Theo Clarke’s book paints a damning picture of Britain’s failing maternity services. Change cannot come soon enough.
www.newstatesman.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Giving birth in England is not safe. Half of all maternity units are rated either inadequate or requiring improvement."
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social: The birth trauma taboo
🖊️ @hannahsbee.bsky.social: The birth trauma taboo
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Labour’s cynical shift on biological sex
The party is attempting to rewrite history.
www.newstatesman.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
NEW: Labour MP Naz Shah tells me: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose”. Having been through the legislation line-by-line, Shah says it contains many ‘loopholes’, harms women, fails to provide a safety net & is weaker now than at Second Reading
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Naz Shah: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose”
The Labour MP and scrutiny committee member on why she fears the consequences if end-of-life proposals become law.
www.newstatesman.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
NEW: Labour MP Naz Shah tells me: “The assisted dying bill is not fit for purpose”. Having been through the legislation line-by-line, Shah says it contains many ‘loopholes’, harms women, fails to provide a safety net & is weaker now than at Second Reading
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So the Telegraph has a feature on the Exclusive Brethren which seems to borrow rather a lot from this (outstanding, in my view) New Statesman cover story by my amazing colleague Pippa Bailey.
If you fancy reading the original (and much better) source material...
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...
If you fancy reading the original (and much better) source material...
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...
Escaping Eden
For those who leave the Exclusive Brethren sect, separation comes at great personal cost.
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March 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So the Telegraph has a feature on the Exclusive Brethren which seems to borrow rather a lot from this (outstanding, in my view) New Statesman cover story by my amazing colleague Pippa Bailey.
If you fancy reading the original (and much better) source material...
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...
If you fancy reading the original (and much better) source material...
www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2...
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Me and the ever perspicacious Andrew Marr and @hannahsbee.bsky.social on the @newstatesman.com Politics podcast, discussing the resignation of NHS England CEO Amanda Pritchard, and what it tells us about the way out of the NHS crisis. From 16.00mins
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Andrew Marr: "National service, watch this space"
The New Statesman | UK politics and culture · Episode
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February 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Me and the ever perspicacious Andrew Marr and @hannahsbee.bsky.social on the @newstatesman.com Politics podcast, discussing the resignation of NHS England CEO Amanda Pritchard, and what it tells us about the way out of the NHS crisis. From 16.00mins
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Our overdiagnosis epidemic
“The line between mental disorder and normal diversity has become increasingly blurred.”
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“The line between mental disorder and normal diversity has become increasingly blurred.”
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Our overdiagnosis epidemic
How a marked rise in the treatment of certain conditions – physical and mental – is harming, not protecting, public health.
www.newstatesman.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Our overdiagnosis epidemic
“The line between mental disorder and normal diversity has become increasingly blurred.”
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“The line between mental disorder and normal diversity has become increasingly blurred.”
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Lovely piece by @hannahsbee.bsky.social on the value of female friends - that’s you @katrinamurraymp.bsky.social @anicerioja.bsky.social ❤️
February 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Lovely piece by @hannahsbee.bsky.social on the value of female friends - that’s you @katrinamurraymp.bsky.social @anicerioja.bsky.social ❤️
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An ode to female friendships, by @hannahsbee.bsky.social
An ode to female friendships
From Elena Ferrante to Amandaland, the power of brilliant friends is rightly celebrated.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
An ode to female friendships, by @hannahsbee.bsky.social
“Any remaining doubts of the barbarity that underpins Hamas were dispelled by the events of 20 February.” Me on the horror of Hamas’s parade of hostage coffins for @newstatesman.com
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The horror of Hamas’s parade of hostage coffins
The bodies of hostages taken on 7 October were returned to Israel in a disturbing spectacle.
www.newstatesman.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“Any remaining doubts of the barbarity that underpins Hamas were dispelled by the events of 20 February.” Me on the horror of Hamas’s parade of hostage coffins for @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
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The Do No Harm dilemma
What happens when a drug that can save lives could also ruin them?
By @hannahsbee.bsky.social
What happens when a drug that can save lives could also ruin them?
By @hannahsbee.bsky.social
The Do No Harm dilemma
What happens when a drug that can save lives could also ruin them?
www.newstatesman.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The Do No Harm dilemma
What happens when a drug that can save lives could also ruin them?
By @hannahsbee.bsky.social
What happens when a drug that can save lives could also ruin them?
By @hannahsbee.bsky.social
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This week's cover: The new Gods of AI
China, the US and the battle to control the future. 🖊️ @brunomacaes.bsky.social
Inside:
🪖 Andrew Marr on defenceless Britain
🩺 @hannahsbee.bsky.social on healthcare’s risk problem
🍿 Tanya Gold on Bridget Jones’s empty feminism
China, the US and the battle to control the future. 🖊️ @brunomacaes.bsky.social
Inside:
🪖 Andrew Marr on defenceless Britain
🩺 @hannahsbee.bsky.social on healthcare’s risk problem
🍿 Tanya Gold on Bridget Jones’s empty feminism
February 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This week's cover: The new Gods of AI
China, the US and the battle to control the future. 🖊️ @brunomacaes.bsky.social
Inside:
🪖 Andrew Marr on defenceless Britain
🩺 @hannahsbee.bsky.social on healthcare’s risk problem
🍿 Tanya Gold on Bridget Jones’s empty feminism
China, the US and the battle to control the future. 🖊️ @brunomacaes.bsky.social
Inside:
🪖 Andrew Marr on defenceless Britain
🩺 @hannahsbee.bsky.social on healthcare’s risk problem
🍿 Tanya Gold on Bridget Jones’s empty feminism
Honoured to be among the great and good of political podcasting. Thanks so much!
Newscast (BBC)
- Hannah Barnes
The New Statesman
- Jack Blanchard and Sam Coates
Politics at Jack and Sam's (Sky News and Politico)
- Hannah Barnes
The New Statesman
- Jack Blanchard and Sam Coates
Politics at Jack and Sam's (Sky News and Politico)
December 9, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Honoured to be among the great and good of political podcasting. Thanks so much!
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"Each of the four main factions—Turkish-backed Sunni rebels in the north-west, Kurds in the north and east, Jordanian-backed rebels in the south, and the remaining loyalists from Mr Assad’s Alawite sect in the west—has its own army." www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Who will rule Syria now the Assad regime has been toppled?
Syrians are hoping for a peaceful transition of power. They may not get it
www.economist.com
December 8, 2024 at 7:55 PM
"Each of the four main factions—Turkish-backed Sunni rebels in the north-west, Kurds in the north and east, Jordanian-backed rebels in the south, and the remaining loyalists from Mr Assad’s Alawite sect in the west—has its own army." www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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The revenge of the middle-class, middle-aged women
The response to Gregg Wallace’s comments marks a turning point.
@hannahsbee.bsky.social on Gregg Wallace
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The response to Gregg Wallace’s comments marks a turning point.
@hannahsbee.bsky.social on Gregg Wallace
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
The revenge of the middle-class, middle-aged women
The response to Gregg Wallace’s comments marks a turning point.
www.newstatesman.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:06 PM
The revenge of the middle-class, middle-aged women
The response to Gregg Wallace’s comments marks a turning point.
@hannahsbee.bsky.social on Gregg Wallace
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
The response to Gregg Wallace’s comments marks a turning point.
@hannahsbee.bsky.social on Gregg Wallace
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
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Making sense of the missions with @hannahsbee.bsky.social and me on the @newstatesman.com podcast: former Blair advisor Peter Hyman, who helped Keir Starmer come up with them and had some fascinating things to say about how Whitehall is(n’t) working
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Keir Starmer is right: the "paranoid" civil service does need change
Keir Starmer's former advisor, Peter Hyman, calls for dramatic Whitehall reform.
www.newstatesman.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Making sense of the missions with @hannahsbee.bsky.social and me on the @newstatesman.com podcast: former Blair advisor Peter Hyman, who helped Keir Starmer come up with them and had some fascinating things to say about how Whitehall is(n’t) working
www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/pol...
www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/pol...
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Haven't seen very much discussion here on last week's Supreme Court case brought by For Women Scotland but @hannahsbee.bsky.social gives a useful commentary in @newstatesman.com on the core arguments from the applicants and the Scottish Govt: www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
The Scottish government is ignoring women’s rights
A hearing at the Supreme Court exposed just how flawed its position on gender recognition is.
www.newstatesman.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Haven't seen very much discussion here on last week's Supreme Court case brought by For Women Scotland but @hannahsbee.bsky.social gives a useful commentary in @newstatesman.com on the core arguments from the applicants and the Scottish Govt: www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
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Kingmakers of the album charts
How Banquet became the UK's most influential record store.
By @hannahsbee.bsky.social
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How Banquet became the UK's most influential record store.
By @hannahsbee.bsky.social
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Kingmakers of the album charts
How Banquet became the UK's most influential record store.
www.newstatesman.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Kingmakers of the album charts
How Banquet became the UK's most influential record store.
By @hannahsbee.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/musi...
How Banquet became the UK's most influential record store.
By @hannahsbee.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/musi...
Jason Cowley gave me my first role in print journalism in January. He’s afforded me enormous freedom and unstinting support, for which I’m forever grateful. Sixteen years ain’t a bad innings! pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
Jason Cowley bowing out after 16 years as New Statesman editor
Award-winning New Statesman editor-in-chief Jason Cowley has announced he will step down at the end of December after 16 years at the title.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Jason Cowley gave me my first role in print journalism in January. He’s afforded me enormous freedom and unstinting support, for which I’m forever grateful. Sixteen years ain’t a bad innings! pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
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This week's cover: Combat Zone
How the Trump-Putin relationship will decide the Ukraine war
Also, David Lammy: Why Putin must fail for the international order to survive
How the Trump-Putin relationship will decide the Ukraine war
Also, David Lammy: Why Putin must fail for the international order to survive
November 20, 2024 at 10:20 AM
This week's cover: Combat Zone
How the Trump-Putin relationship will decide the Ukraine war
Also, David Lammy: Why Putin must fail for the international order to survive
How the Trump-Putin relationship will decide the Ukraine war
Also, David Lammy: Why Putin must fail for the international order to survive
My latest: Assisted dying advocates have much to learn from the legalisation of abortion
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Assisted dying advocates have much to learn from the legalisation of abortion
The two proposals are taking a strikingly similar route through parliament.
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November 21, 2024 at 12:42 PM
My latest: Assisted dying advocates have much to learn from the legalisation of abortion
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...
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Results out of the Guardian & Observer NUJ’s postal ballot on strike action on the proposed sale of the Observer to Tortoise & its impact on staff. 75% turnout, 92.8% in favour of strike action.
November 19, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Results out of the Guardian & Observer NUJ’s postal ballot on strike action on the proposed sale of the Observer to Tortoise & its impact on staff. 75% turnout, 92.8% in favour of strike action.