Tom McTague
@tommctague.bsky.social
Editor in Chief of the New Statesman
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I'm thrilled to announce I'm returning to the New Statesman as Political Editor in November. 🥳
An honour to step into @andrewmarr.bsky.social's legendary shoes as he becomes editor-at-large. Can't wait to get started with @tommctague.bsky.social and the whole team!
An honour to step into @andrewmarr.bsky.social's legendary shoes as he becomes editor-at-large. Can't wait to get started with @tommctague.bsky.social and the whole team!
September 29, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I'm thrilled to announce I'm returning to the New Statesman as Political Editor in November. 🥳
An honour to step into @andrewmarr.bsky.social's legendary shoes as he becomes editor-at-large. Can't wait to get started with @tommctague.bsky.social and the whole team!
An honour to step into @andrewmarr.bsky.social's legendary shoes as he becomes editor-at-large. Can't wait to get started with @tommctague.bsky.social and the whole team!
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I’m only 2 chapters in but no hesitation in saying this is a must read for anyone invested one way or the other with UKs tortured relationship with Europe since the end of WWII and its ongoing cherry picking.
Terrifically detailed stuff
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social
@markpurch.bsky.social
Terrifically detailed stuff
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social
@markpurch.bsky.social
Exciting times for me as my book arrives!
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
September 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I’m only 2 chapters in but no hesitation in saying this is a must read for anyone invested one way or the other with UKs tortured relationship with Europe since the end of WWII and its ongoing cherry picking.
Terrifically detailed stuff
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social
@markpurch.bsky.social
Terrifically detailed stuff
@nialloconghaile.bsky.social
@markpurch.bsky.social
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Huge congrats to @tommctague.bsky.social whose brilliant #BetweentheWaves was launched last night, is published today & longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. *proudretirededitorface*
September 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Huge congrats to @tommctague.bsky.social whose brilliant #BetweentheWaves was launched last night, is published today & longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. *proudretirededitorface*
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Happy publication day @tommctague.bsky.social!
With a raft of rave reviews, BETWEEN THE WAVES has just been Baillie Gifford Prize-longlisted:
‘Even the most passionate Remainer — or Leaver — should enjoy it enormously... lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative’
Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
With a raft of rave reviews, BETWEEN THE WAVES has just been Baillie Gifford Prize-longlisted:
‘Even the most passionate Remainer — or Leaver — should enjoy it enormously... lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative’
Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
September 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Happy publication day @tommctague.bsky.social!
With a raft of rave reviews, BETWEEN THE WAVES has just been Baillie Gifford Prize-longlisted:
‘Even the most passionate Remainer — or Leaver — should enjoy it enormously... lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative’
Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
With a raft of rave reviews, BETWEEN THE WAVES has just been Baillie Gifford Prize-longlisted:
‘Even the most passionate Remainer — or Leaver — should enjoy it enormously... lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative’
Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
Tanjil’s essay is now live. If you’re worried about the direction our politics now seems to be headed, please read and share this piece: newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Tanjil’s essay is now live. If you’re worried about the direction our politics now seems to be headed, please read and share this piece: newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
I’m v proud to have published this beautiful, but mournful essay by the inestimable Tanjil Rashid. The age of migration is coming to an end. The age of deportation is upon us — threatening the essence of what it means to be British. You won’t read anything better this week👇
September 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I’m v proud to have published this beautiful, but mournful essay by the inestimable Tanjil Rashid. The age of migration is coming to an end. The age of deportation is upon us — threatening the essence of what it means to be British. You won’t read anything better this week👇
“Lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative… [McTague] tells his story with such dry and fair-minded intelligence that even the most passionate Remainer or Leaver should enjoy it enormously.”
Delighted with @dcsandbrook’s review of my book, Between the Waves
www.thetimes.com/article/fa75...
Delighted with @dcsandbrook’s review of my book, Between the Waves
www.thetimes.com/article/fa75...
Dominic Sandbrook: Remainers and Leavers will enjoy this Brexit history
In his richly provocative account, Between the Waves, Tom McTague shows that Britain’s relationship with Europe has been a ‘long, inglorious fudge’
www.thetimes.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Lucid, thoughtful & richly provocative… [McTague] tells his story with such dry and fair-minded intelligence that even the most passionate Remainer or Leaver should enjoy it enormously.”
Delighted with @dcsandbrook’s review of my book, Between the Waves
www.thetimes.com/article/fa75...
Delighted with @dcsandbrook’s review of my book, Between the Waves
www.thetimes.com/article/fa75...
Exciting times for me as my book arrives!
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
August 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Exciting times for me as my book arrives!
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
‘Profound and intellectually scintillating’
—Anthony Seldon
‘A tour de force’
—Matthew d’Ancona
‘Political history at its finest’
—Peter Foster
‘Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’
—David Kynaston
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I'm now looking forward to @tommctague.bsky.social's book on the history of euroscepticism in Britain....
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The polycrisis theory of Brexit
An unfashionable view of why the divorce happened
www.economist.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm now looking forward to @tommctague.bsky.social's book on the history of euroscepticism in Britain....
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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UK government needs to get a grip of the public finances. It's all looking a bit Truss-like
(magnitudes smaller, but these are UK-specific moves)
(magnitudes smaller, but these are UK-specific moves)
July 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
UK government needs to get a grip of the public finances. It's all looking a bit Truss-like
(magnitudes smaller, but these are UK-specific moves)
(magnitudes smaller, but these are UK-specific moves)
Read our cover story today, from the great @willdunn.bsky.social.
Reeves is painfully aware that reforming the tax system will require a major political battle. But she’s already being battered by endless squabbles as it is. This is the fight she needs to have.
newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
Reeves is painfully aware that reforming the tax system will require a major political battle. But she’s already being battered by endless squabbles as it is. This is the fight she needs to have.
newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
https://newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
July 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Read our cover story today, from the great @willdunn.bsky.social.
Reeves is painfully aware that reforming the tax system will require a major political battle. But she’s already being battered by endless squabbles as it is. This is the fight she needs to have.
newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
Reeves is painfully aware that reforming the tax system will require a major political battle. But she’s already being battered by endless squabbles as it is. This is the fight she needs to have.
newstatesman.com/politics/econo…
New Statesman cover this week. Online tomorrow. On newsstands Thursday.
July 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
New Statesman cover this week. Online tomorrow. On newsstands Thursday.
🚨 🚨 🚨 This week’s @NewStatesman online now! @AndrewMarr9 on a set of crises this government — and perhaps British social democracy itself — can no longer afford. The sirens are beginning to sound🚨 🚨 🚨
June 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
🚨 🚨 🚨 This week’s @NewStatesman online now! @AndrewMarr9 on a set of crises this government — and perhaps British social democracy itself — can no longer afford. The sirens are beginning to sound🚨 🚨 🚨
@robertsaunders.bsky.social hi Robert. Do you have a second to chat?
June 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
@robertsaunders.bsky.social hi Robert. Do you have a second to chat?
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 💥 EXC: For my first edition of the New Statesman as editor, I went on the road with Keir Starmer, discovering a man far more emotional than I expected, struggling to articulate his deepest feelings — and those of the country he leads👇
What Keir Starmer can’t say
The Prime Minister believes he will heal Britain – but can he find the words?
www.newstatesman.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 💥 EXC: For my first edition of the New Statesman as editor, I went on the road with Keir Starmer, discovering a man far more emotional than I expected, struggling to articulate his deepest feelings — and those of the country he leads👇
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I know I'm repeating myself nearly every week, but can I just say once again that this show - These Times with @tommctague.bsky.social and Helen Thompson - has become completely necessary to understand and gain perspective on what is going on at the moment. podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...
These Times
Politics Podcast · 129 Episodes · Every two weeks
podcasts.apple.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I know I'm repeating myself nearly every week, but can I just say once again that this show - These Times with @tommctague.bsky.social and Helen Thompson - has become completely necessary to understand and gain perspective on what is going on at the moment. podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/t...
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Ever heard of the #MaraLagoAccord? When you stop hyperventilating, here’s a great conversation between Prof Helen Thompson and @TomMcTague.bsky.social… on Trump’s plan to bring trade and security into a single foreign policy space in order to restructure US debt.
open.spotify.com/episode/3R14...
open.spotify.com/episode/3R14...
Trump’s Economic Revolution
These Times · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Ever heard of the #MaraLagoAccord? When you stop hyperventilating, here’s a great conversation between Prof Helen Thompson and @TomMcTague.bsky.social… on Trump’s plan to bring trade and security into a single foreign policy space in order to restructure US debt.
open.spotify.com/episode/3R14...
open.spotify.com/episode/3R14...
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EU members are squabbling over whose defence industry should benefit from new funds
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on.ft.com/43xIlHl
March 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
EU members are squabbling over whose defence industry should benefit from new funds
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on.ft.com/43xIlHl
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Me: trade policy is nuanced and we shouldn’t rely on national stereotypes to predict wha-
The French: BONJOUR
The French: BONJOUR
EU members are squabbling over whose defence industry should benefit from new funds
on.ft.com/43xIlHl
on.ft.com/43xIlHl
March 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Me: trade policy is nuanced and we shouldn’t rely on national stereotypes to predict wha-
The French: BONJOUR
The French: BONJOUR
Trying to stay sane amid the madness. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Crisis: Trump, Zelensky and a moment of truth for Starmer
Podcast Episode · These Times · 04/03/2025 · 1h 13m
podcasts.apple.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Trying to stay sane amid the madness. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Strategic sovereignty for Europe (as France has long demanded, and Germany suddenly seems to want) makes plenty of sense ... until you ask the questions: Who's the sovereign? What is "Europe"? And what are their interests? Good piece from @tommctague.bsky.social: unherd.com/2025/02/are-...
Are we all Gaullists now?
unherd.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Strategic sovereignty for Europe (as France has long demanded, and Germany suddenly seems to want) makes plenty of sense ... until you ask the questions: Who's the sovereign? What is "Europe"? And what are their interests? Good piece from @tommctague.bsky.social: unherd.com/2025/02/are-...
🚨 Early Ep Release! "The German Election: Friedrich Merz, “Independence” from America, and the Rise of the Far Right" 🇩🇪
Helen Thompson and I discuss the implications of Germany's seismic election.
Listen now! 🎧
pod.link/1685475850
Helen Thompson and I discuss the implications of Germany's seismic election.
Listen now! 🎧
pod.link/1685475850
These Times
UnHerd political editor Tom McTague and Cambridge professor Helen Thompson team up to investigate the history of today’s politics — and what it means for our future. Each week they will explore the gr...
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February 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🚨 Early Ep Release! "The German Election: Friedrich Merz, “Independence” from America, and the Rise of the Far Right" 🇩🇪
Helen Thompson and I discuss the implications of Germany's seismic election.
Listen now! 🎧
pod.link/1685475850
Helen Thompson and I discuss the implications of Germany's seismic election.
Listen now! 🎧
pod.link/1685475850
In this week’s episode of These Times, Helen Thompson and I look at the history of American protectionism to try to understand Trump’s tariff war
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Trump's Tariff War
Podcast Episode · These Times · 11/02/2025 · 1h 5m
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February 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In this week’s episode of These Times, Helen Thompson and I look at the history of American protectionism to try to understand Trump’s tariff war
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
On Trump, tariffs and Europe’s extraordinary dependence podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Can Europe Survive Trump?
Podcast Episode · These Times · 04/02/2025 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
On Trump, tariffs and Europe’s extraordinary dependence podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...