
Harry Lambert
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Harry Lambert is a staff writer and editor at the New Statesman. He also edits the Saturday Read newsletter. He has written cover features on universities, No 10, the BBC, Labour, and AI.

Ben Smith: “The New York Times hired a bunch of lunatics”
The former BuzzFeed News editor on covering Donald Trump, the lure of social media, and how to restore trust…
By Harry Lambert
Is Westminster broken?
From lobby journalism to civil service press teams, Problems in British politics seem hard to fix

Simon McDonald: “It’s the end of the game for Britain”
The former head of the Foreign Office on the UK’s decline, why we should not “make an enemy” of…
By Harry Lambert
Is Substack the future of media?
Elon Musk’s ruin of Twitter has been a boon for the newsletter platform, which is reshaping the market for…
By Harry Lambert
Westminster is broken
Ian Dunt’s new book reveals Britain as a country of inept civil servants, deluded ministers, blinkered journalists and unscrutinised…
By Harry Lambert
Mehdi Hasan on 110 years of the New Statesman: “David Cameron didn’t like me”
The MSNBC host recalls his time as the magazine’s senior editor (politics), 2009-2012.
By Harry Lambert
Rosie Duffield: “You never change sex”
The Labour MP's views on gender self-ID have been met with fierce opposition. Can her party find a compromise?
By Harry Lambert
Once upon a time in Wakefield
The truth about one white 14-year-old schoolboy and a Koran is less straightforward than the culture war narrative suggests.
By Harry Lambert