megan kenyon
@meganekenyon.bsky.social
political correspondent @ new statesman 🦦🌿
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Great interview with Jeremy Corbyn by the brilliant @meganekenyon.bsky.social - who knows all there is to know about the alternative left in Britain:
Jeremy Corbyn: my apology to Your Party members
Labour's former leader has turned his back on his old party – and is ready to lead a new movement
www.newstatesman.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Great interview with Jeremy Corbyn by the brilliant @meganekenyon.bsky.social - who knows all there is to know about the alternative left in Britain:
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If you want the inside track on what’s been going on with Your Party, there is no one better than @meganekenyon.bsky.social
And as their inaugural conference looms this weekend, here she is getting to the bottom of what Jeremy Corbyn thinks about it all
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
And as their inaugural conference looms this weekend, here she is getting to the bottom of what Jeremy Corbyn thinks about it all
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you want the inside track on what’s been going on with Your Party, there is no one better than @meganekenyon.bsky.social
And as their inaugural conference looms this weekend, here she is getting to the bottom of what Jeremy Corbyn thinks about it all
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
And as their inaugural conference looms this weekend, here she is getting to the bottom of what Jeremy Corbyn thinks about it all
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
EXC🚨: Jeremy Corbyn apologises to those who are disappointed with the launch of Your Party.
In an interview with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, Corbyn said: "I’m sorry if you are at all disappointed.. any misdemeanours on my part, of course, I apologise. But I want to make things work.”
In an interview with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, Corbyn said: "I’m sorry if you are at all disappointed.. any misdemeanours on my part, of course, I apologise. But I want to make things work.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
EXC🚨: Jeremy Corbyn apologises to those who are disappointed with the launch of Your Party.
In an interview with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, Corbyn said: "I’m sorry if you are at all disappointed.. any misdemeanours on my part, of course, I apologise. But I want to make things work.”
In an interview with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, Corbyn said: "I’m sorry if you are at all disappointed.. any misdemeanours on my part, of course, I apologise. But I want to make things work.”
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Exclusive: Ex Labour MP to defect to the Green Party
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
@meganekenyon.bsky.social
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
@meganekenyon.bsky.social
Exclusive: Ex Labour MP to defect to the Green Party
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
www.newstatesman.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Exclusive: Ex Labour MP to defect to the Green Party
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
@meganekenyon.bsky.social
Lloyd Russell-Moyle will announce his defection tomorrow
@meganekenyon.bsky.social
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Starmer doesn't understand Green voters. A wealth tax would be a better way to woo Green voters than a trip to Cop30.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Starmer doesn't understand Green voters
A wealth tax would be a better way to woo Green voters than a trip to Cop30
www.newstatesman.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Starmer doesn't understand Green voters. A wealth tax would be a better way to woo Green voters than a trip to Cop30.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
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Ed Miliband: “pessimism never won a single fucking victory”
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Ed Miliband: “pessimism never won a single fucking victory”
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
www.newstatesman.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ed Miliband: “pessimism never won a single fucking victory”
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
The Energy Secretary used Labour conference to argue for net zero’s future – and his own
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
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Is the government about to lift the two-child benefit cap?
Pre-conference pressure means the policy could be abolished next week. But why has it taken so long?
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Pre-conference pressure means the policy could be abolished next week. But why has it taken so long?
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Is the government about to lift the two-child benefit cap?
Pre-conference pressure means the policy could be abolished next week. But why has it taken so long?
www.newstatesman.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Is the government about to lift the two-child benefit cap?
Pre-conference pressure means the policy could be abolished next week. But why has it taken so long?
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Pre-conference pressure means the policy could be abolished next week. But why has it taken so long?
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
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Labour votes to recognise the war in Gaza as a genocide
At Labour Party conference, members voted to accept the findings of a recent UN report
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
At Labour Party conference, members voted to accept the findings of a recent UN report
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Labour votes to recognise the war in Gaza as a genocide
At Labour Party conference, members voted to accept the findings of a recent UN report
www.newstatesman.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Labour votes to recognise the war in Gaza as a genocide
At Labour Party conference, members voted to accept the findings of a recent UN report
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
At Labour Party conference, members voted to accept the findings of a recent UN report
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
My feature in this week's agenda-setting
New Statesman about the growing threat to Labour from the left. Pick up a copy at Labour Conference this weekend!
New Statesman about the growing threat to Labour from the left. Pick up a copy at Labour Conference this weekend!
September 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My feature in this week's agenda-setting
New Statesman about the growing threat to Labour from the left. Pick up a copy at Labour Conference this weekend!
New Statesman about the growing threat to Labour from the left. Pick up a copy at Labour Conference this weekend!
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Labour vs the left
While Keir Starmer focuses on the threat of Reform and the populist right, is his real problem a resurgent progressive politics?
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
While Keir Starmer focuses on the threat of Reform and the populist right, is his real problem a resurgent progressive politics?
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Labour vs the left
While Keir Starmer focuses on the threat of Reform and the populist right, is his real problem a resurgent progressive politics?
www.newstatesman.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Labour vs the left
While Keir Starmer focuses on the threat of Reform and the populist right, is his real problem a resurgent progressive politics?
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
While Keir Starmer focuses on the threat of Reform and the populist right, is his real problem a resurgent progressive politics?
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Where is Zarah Sultana? The Your Party co-founder has been conspicuously absent from Jeremy Corbyn’s membership portal launch earlier today. What does this mean for the future of this nascent left-wing movement?
My analysis for the New Statesman.
My analysis for the New Statesman.
September 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Where is Zarah Sultana? The Your Party co-founder has been conspicuously absent from Jeremy Corbyn’s membership portal launch earlier today. What does this mean for the future of this nascent left-wing movement?
My analysis for the New Statesman.
My analysis for the New Statesman.
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Dale Vince: “I’m the original eco-populist”
🗣️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social speaks to Dale Vince about the need for climate change firebrands
🗣️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social speaks to Dale Vince about the need for climate change firebrands
Dale Vince: “I’m the original eco-populist”
The activist on the need for climate change firebrands.
www.newstatesman.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dale Vince: “I’m the original eco-populist”
🗣️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social speaks to Dale Vince about the need for climate change firebrands
🗣️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social speaks to Dale Vince about the need for climate change firebrands
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The UK recognises a Palestinian state
Keir Starmer’s announcement follows Israel’s failure to take “substantive steps” to end the war in Gaza. @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Keir Starmer’s announcement follows Israel’s failure to take “substantive steps” to end the war in Gaza. @meganekenyon.bsky.social
The UK recognises a Palestinian state
Keir Starmer’s announcement follows Israel’s failure to take “substantive steps” to end the war in Gaza
www.newstatesman.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The UK recognises a Palestinian state
Keir Starmer’s announcement follows Israel’s failure to take “substantive steps” to end the war in Gaza. @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Keir Starmer’s announcement follows Israel’s failure to take “substantive steps” to end the war in Gaza. @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Can Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn ever reconcile?
Despite “diplomatic efforts” to bring the two sides together, their split appears to have deepened. My analysis for @newstatesman.com
Despite “diplomatic efforts” to bring the two sides together, their split appears to have deepened. My analysis for @newstatesman.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Can Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn ever reconcile?
Despite “diplomatic efforts” to bring the two sides together, their split appears to have deepened. My analysis for @newstatesman.com
Despite “diplomatic efforts” to bring the two sides together, their split appears to have deepened. My analysis for @newstatesman.com
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Can Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn ever reconcile?
As one side instructs defamation lawyers, the other asserts that a new party is still on the cards.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
As one side instructs defamation lawyers, the other asserts that a new party is still on the cards.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
Can Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn ever reconcile?
As one side instructs defamation lawyers, the other asserts that a new party is still on the cards.
www.newstatesman.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Can Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn ever reconcile?
As one side instructs defamation lawyers, the other asserts that a new party is still on the cards.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
As one side instructs defamation lawyers, the other asserts that a new party is still on the cards.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
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What's going on with Your Party?
@meganekenyon.bsky.social joins me on today's @newstatesman.com podcast to explain, as does Ethan Croft, making his NS debut as we try to untangle the split between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTn4...
@meganekenyon.bsky.social joins me on today's @newstatesman.com podcast to explain, as does Ethan Croft, making his NS debut as we try to untangle the split between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTn4...
Has Your Party split before it started? | UK Politics | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What's going on with Your Party?
@meganekenyon.bsky.social joins me on today's @newstatesman.com podcast to explain, as does Ethan Croft, making his NS debut as we try to untangle the split between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTn4...
@meganekenyon.bsky.social joins me on today's @newstatesman.com podcast to explain, as does Ethan Croft, making his NS debut as we try to untangle the split between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTn4...
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Exclusive: What Roger Hallam learned in prison
The eco-radical speaks exclusively to the New Statesman.
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The eco-radical speaks exclusively to the New Statesman.
🗣️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
What Roger Hallam learned in prison
The eco-radical speaks exclusively to the New Statesman.
www.newstatesman.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Exclusive: What Roger Hallam learned in prison
The eco-radical speaks exclusively to the New Statesman.
🗣️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
The eco-radical speaks exclusively to the New Statesman.
🗣️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social
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Good piece by @meganekenyon.bsky.social. It's cool to say you're proud to be English - the Lionesses are reaching a different demographic to other sports/teams - and it's a counter to the right's ethnonationalism. www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...
The Lionesses make it cool to be English
Chloe Kelly's comments mark a turning point in conversations about national identity.
www.newstatesman.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Good piece by @meganekenyon.bsky.social. It's cool to say you're proud to be English - the Lionesses are reaching a different demographic to other sports/teams - and it's a counter to the right's ethnonationalism. www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...
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"This is the England Gareth Southgate wanted... That it has arrived via the success of a Dutch-led (the Lionesses’ head coach is former Netherland’s player Sarina Wiegman) women’s team is perhaps the way it had to happen."
Love this by @meganekenyon.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...
Love this by @meganekenyon.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...
The Lionesses make it cool to be English
Chloe Kelly's comments mark a turning point in conversations about national identity.
www.newstatesman.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"This is the England Gareth Southgate wanted... That it has arrived via the success of a Dutch-led (the Lionesses’ head coach is former Netherland’s player Sarina Wiegman) women’s team is perhaps the way it had to happen."
Love this by @meganekenyon.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...
Love this by @meganekenyon.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/culture/spor...
My piece @newstatesman.com on the British-left's attitudes to the Israel-Iran conflict following last night's events. The left certainly will not back the UK following Trump into this war, making any further alignment with the US politically dangerous for Starmer.
June 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My piece @newstatesman.com on the British-left's attitudes to the Israel-Iran conflict following last night's events. The left certainly will not back the UK following Trump into this war, making any further alignment with the US politically dangerous for Starmer.
I wrote about the two amendments being brought to the Crime and Policing bill which could decriminalise abortion and why - even though this *must* happen - it is better to handle this precious and sensitive issue with care. For @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Abortion is returning to British politics
Parliament will vote tomorrow on a bill that could break the consensus on feminism’s great achievement.
www.newstatesman.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I wrote about the two amendments being brought to the Crime and Policing bill which could decriminalise abortion and why - even though this *must* happen - it is better to handle this precious and sensitive issue with care. For @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Angela Rayner is the real winner of the spending review.
My piece for @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
My piece for @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Angela Rayner is the real winner of the spending review
Is the government scared of the housing secretary?
www.newstatesman.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Angela Rayner is the real winner of the spending review.
My piece for @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
My piece for @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
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“If voting took place today, Wales would probably have its first Plaid Cymru first minister. Where did it all go wrong for Labour?”
- @meganekenyon.bsky.social on #Senedd26 in #Cymru #Wales
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
- @meganekenyon.bsky.social on #Senedd26 in #Cymru #Wales
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Labour is losing Wales
The country that voted for Keir Hardie is turning against the party of Keir Starmer.
www.newstatesman.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“If voting took place today, Wales would probably have its first Plaid Cymru first minister. Where did it all go wrong for Labour?”
- @meganekenyon.bsky.social on #Senedd26 in #Cymru #Wales
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
- @meganekenyon.bsky.social on #Senedd26 in #Cymru #Wales
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
“We need to completely reset the idea that it’s OK to be dishonest in public life.”
For this week's edition of @newstatesman.com I interviewed @mikebernerslee.bsky.social about his fiery new book, A Climate of Truth.
For this week's edition of @newstatesman.com I interviewed @mikebernerslee.bsky.social about his fiery new book, A Climate of Truth.
June 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“We need to completely reset the idea that it’s OK to be dishonest in public life.”
For this week's edition of @newstatesman.com I interviewed @mikebernerslee.bsky.social about his fiery new book, A Climate of Truth.
For this week's edition of @newstatesman.com I interviewed @mikebernerslee.bsky.social about his fiery new book, A Climate of Truth.
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The Energy Secretary wants to future-proof Net Zero from the threat of Reform.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social: Ed Miliband's plan to marginalise Nigel Farage
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social: Ed Miliband's plan to marginalise Nigel Farage
Ed Miliband's plan to marginalise Nigel Farage
The Energy Secretary wants to future-proof Net Zero from the threat of Reform.
www.newstatesman.com
June 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Energy Secretary wants to future-proof Net Zero from the threat of Reform.
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social: Ed Miliband's plan to marginalise Nigel Farage
🖊️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social: Ed Miliband's plan to marginalise Nigel Farage