Will Lloyd
willoyd.bsky.social
Will Lloyd
@willoyd.bsky.social
Deputy Editor, The New Statesman
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This by @willoyd.bsky.social is the kind of writing we need at the moment. Democracy's enemies think seriously about the realities of power, and act accordingly. It's one reason they're winning. Democrats have to do the same.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Abolish the monarchy
It’s more than Prince Andrew – the whole House of Windsor is rotten to the core
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October 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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No More Kings, by @willoyd.bsky.social -- an essay very much worth your time. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Abolish the monarchy
It’s more than Prince Andrew – the whole House of Windsor is rotten to the core
www.newstatesman.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Brilliant cover story this week on the "senile belief system" of "Windsorism" by @willoyd.bsky.social:
Abolish the monarchy
It’s more than Prince Andrew – the whole House of Windsor is rotten to the core
www.newstatesman.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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On this day the infant that would become Mrs Thatcher emerged to make her first demands upon our world, six months later... www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-... (thanks @nickpaulharris.bsky.social & @willoyd.bsky.social )
What did Mrs Thatcher do to us?
Less a prime minister than a monarch, the Tory leader’s real legacy was stasis
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October 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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great report by Miles Ellingham and Jack Jeffery (neither it seems on here) www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The truth about the small-boats crisis
What Nigel Farage won’t tell you
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October 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Extraordinary good piece by @willoyd.bsky.social on Gore Vidal! www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
Gore Vidal: American prophet
The writer understood better than anyone how far the United States was going to fall
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October 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Don’t know why @willoyd.bsky.social doesn’t post much on here. His interview with baffled reactionary Kruger is telling. Including this quote

www.newstatesman.com/encounter/20...
September 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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It’s Sunday and the end of August 🙁 but cheer yourself up with this extraordinary book review by @willoyd.bsky.social - the online version longer and much better than the hard copy
www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025...
The wonderful world of Prince Andrew
Queen Elizabeth’s second son had everything he ever wanted. That was the problem.
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August 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Sparkling, hugely enjoyable profile based on months of reporting by the great @willoyd.bsky.social

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Kemi Badenoch isn’t working
The Tory leader was supposed to save her party. What went wrong?
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July 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Sunday Times reporter Will Lloyd @willoyd.bsky.social returns to @newstatesman.com as deputy editor in Tom McTague's @tommctague.bsky.social first hire as editor in chief pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/med...
Sunday Times reporter Will Lloyd returns to New Statesman as deputy editor
Will Lloyd has been appointed deputy editor of The New Statesman in Tom McTague's first appointment as editor in chief.
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May 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
August 24, 2024 at 4:39 PM