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The independent commentary on British political affairs.
May 2008
Vol. 11, No. 11
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Brenda Boardman - 9th May 2008
The shadow over Brown’s plans to change the way we are governed
Dr Andrew Blick - 9th May 2008
It went down well in Boston but will it wash in Washington?
Paul Taylor - 9th May 2008
Why is life not getting better in Afghanistan?
Sultan Barakat - 9th May 2008
The five keys Gordon needs to open the door in Darfur
Alex de Waal - 9th May 2008
The entente fraternelle that London dares not enter
Christian Lequesne - 9th May 2008
Urgent: what to do with 100 tonnes of plutonium
Geoffrey Boulton - 9th May 2008
The global route to a nuclear future
Malcolm Grimston - 9th May 2008
The last of the Empire that sometimes sees red when they talk to London
Roderick Crawford - 9th May 2008
So far, so good, but best not to get too misty-eyed about it yet
John Penrose MP - 9th May 2008
So what price for two more years of failure?
Oliver Heald MP - 9th May 2008
Going out a lot better than it came in
Baroness Molly Meacher - 9th May 2008
Anyone for stopping the growth in air travel?
Ken Woolmer - 9th May 2008
Enter Sir Bob, a man ahead of his time
Nick Raynsford MP - 9th May 2008
Expect the lights to burn late in the Lords
Stephen Ladyman MP - 9th May 2008
Why this horse-trade in Europe means that gas costs more than it should
Mark Carne - 9th May 2008
David Carslaw - 9th May 2008
Britain and Iran? We know far more than we think
Ali Ansari - 9th May 2008
What theTreaty of Lisbon means to Britain, in 300 pages that just give the facts
Lord Grenfell - 9th May 2008
It's about time these eurosceptics stopped Laeken about
Julian Priestley - 9th May 2008
'Must read' — a debt we all owe to the poor
Donald Hirsch - 9th May 2008
Paying over the odds for peace in Northern Ireland
Martyn Frampton - 9th May 2008
As beleagured North Korea steps back from the bomb, what lesson in this for Iran?
Stephen Pullinger - 9th March 2007
Taking the laboratory to the bedside
Cambridge University Hospitals - 9th March 2007
Just how many genes does it take to be human?
Dr Lee Rayfield - 9th March 2007
Putting research at the heart of the future
Jeremy Pearson - 9th March 2007
As famine looms, a chance for the NHS to sharpen its act
Alan Maynard - 9th March 2007
Saving lives while also saving money
Ewan Philips - 9th March 2007
The nice way to let people know what is good for them
Roderick Crawford - 9th March 2007
The perils when the State decides what the Church believes
Michael Scott-Joynt - 9th March 2007
Tony Blair: The dream, the reality
Ross McKibbin - 9th March 2007
Email petitions? The next step should be a right to send in a Bill
Matt Qvortrup - 9th March 2007
Gillian Jones - 9th March 2007
The reason why I told John Reid I had to quit
Rod Morgan - 9th March 2007
Jon Davis - 9th March 2007
Sue Palmer - 8th October 2006
The letter that should set alarm bells ringing in Whitehall
Richard House - 8th October 2006
Hilary Armstrong - 8th October 2006
We know who they are, but do we really hear what they have to say?
Fran Bennett - 8th October 2006
The child experts we cannot afford to lose, but do not seem to value
Charles Ward - 8th October 2006
A man in a hurry; a man in no hurry
Paul Bew - 8th October 2006
Ros Altmann - 8th October 2006
Al-Qaeda Five Years On: The Threat and the Challenges.
Maha Azzam - 8th November 2006
John Ludlow - 8th March 2007
The cold facts behind Mr Brown's warm words
Paul Taylor - 8th March 2007
Skill equals success? If only it were that simple
Parliamentary Brief opinion piece - 8th March 2007
Policing, and the day Sinn Fein thought would never come
Martyn Frampton - 8th March 2007
Steve Bee - 8th March 2007
The Lords: A new look that deserves to succeed
Donald Shell - 8th March 2007
A piece of Britain we don't want to see in America
Giles Waterfield - 8th March 2007
David Carslaw - 8th March 2007
Boosting regional development has been a success - so let us reinforce that, not throw it away
Chris Leslie - 8th March 2007
60 years on, and Herbert Morrison still runs the country
Phil Allemendinger - 8th March 2007
Getting even more homes for our money
Interview with Steve Douglas, Housing Corporation - 8th March 2007
Build Jerusalem here? Not with our laws, not with our prices
Paul Cheshire - 8th March 2007
Teaching young people how to talk their way into a job
Brenda Ainsley, Basic Skills Agency - 8th March 2007
Kevin Meagher - 8th March 2007
You want a more skilled workforce Mr Brown? Let's start with the people on your payroll
Roderick Crawford - 8th March 2007
Darfur: rebels under siege, aid teams under attack, and the man who brought hope under guard
Julie Flint - 8th March 2007
In Africa, business makes for a better society
Alexander Howard - 8th March 2007
Two years on and it is China setting the pace in Africa
Richard Dowden - 8th March 2007
Health research needs the public's voice as much as it needs their money
Simon Denegri - 8th March 2007
For the sake of our children we must not be shamed by being bottom of the class again
David Bull - 8th March 2007
At your peril: deterrence is still key
Jeremy Stocker - 8th January 2007
A mean and complex pensions system our grandchildren will not thank us for
Anthony Neuberger - 8th January 2007
The women who still walk the streets of Victorian Britain
Julia Laite - 8th January 2007
A grand illusion we just cannot afford
Michael MccGwire - 8th January 2007
Deterrence: no guarantee but essential
Colin S. Gray - 8th January 2007
Eric Grove - 8th February 2007
Paul Leonard - 8th February 2007
A step-change in health research?
Michael Hopkins - 8th February 2007
Further education: now the super-college
David Robertson - 8th February 2007
Sue Palmer - 8th February 2007
Jonathan Stern - 8th February 2007
Sally Cairns - 8th February 2007
Tim Gill - 8th February 2007
Chris Game - 8th February 2007
Taking Britain’s crime bosses to the cleaners
Michael Levi - 8th February 2007
After Iraq there is no case for striking Iran
Paul Wilkinson - 8th February 2007
The good news is that what is right for the world is also right for business
Roderick Crawford - 7th May 2008
May Day, a signal for all of us to come to the rescue
Lucy Varcoe - 7th May 2008
Fiona Harvey - 7th May 2008
Here's the good news: we can be green and still grow
Ben Verwaayen - 7th May 2008
Duncan Hadfield - 7th May 2008
Carbon disclosure: getting on target
Doug Johnston and James Close - 7th May 2008
Ecomagination: taking on big challenges
- 7th May 2008
This is not a task the world can just leave to business
Paul Dickinson - 7th May 2008
The business case for carbon offsets
Jonathan Shopley - 7th May 2008
So what’s the next chapter going to be, Mr Brown?
Peter Snowdon - 7th March 2008
Nicos A Rolandis - 7th June 2007
A green transport sector? More a black mark
Jillian Anable - 4th May 2007
No, Sir Humphrey, we can't fix things in Whitehall as you did in your day
Jon Davis - 4th May 2007
Has the West lots its way in fighting a media war?
David Lonsdale - 4th May 2007
A nation of children sold as slaves to the market
Sue Palmer - 4th May 2007
'One more heave' will not be enough
Guy Palmer - 4th May 2007
Where now on the long road to ending child poverty?
Donald Hirsch - 4th May 2007
When history balances the books, what price Brown?
William Keegan - 4th May 2007
Meg Russell - 4th May 2007
The dire warning in the empty ballot box
Colin Hay - 4th May 2007
We say again, Scotland is the model to follow
Andy Bell - 4th May 2007
Alice Bows and Kevin Anderson - 4th May 2007
Rosie Winterton MP; Tim Loughton MP; Ian Gibson MP; Sandra Gidley MP; Jon Newman - 4th May 2007
Opinion - 4th May 2007
Water war: scarce resources will lead to mass migration and conflict
Martin Beniston - 4th June 2007
A winner for Brown? Just boost the pension
Noel Whiteside - 4th February 2008
Fighting for a living wage in London
Catherine Howarth - 4th August 2006
The grown-up companies, telling it as it is
Peter Knight - 4th August 2006
The new deal that helps the disabled to get back to work
Anne McGuire - 4th August 2006
Norwich Union - 4th August 2006
The greatest handicap facing the disabled is the system
Susan Scott-Parker - 4th August 2006
Mervyn Davies - 4th August 2006
Tackling climate change is proving good business
Libby Sandbrook - 4th August 2006
Stepping on the gas as the lights turn green
Steve Howard - 4th August 2006
Now, as then, trusting the lady in the white coat
Anita Pati - 4th August 2006
Now it's shoppers who award points at the supermarket check-out counter
Roger Cowe - 4th August 2006
Why Camelot doesn't gamble with its players
Anita Pati - 4th August 2006
When one in three people think sprouts, be careful when trying to hand them carrots
Mallen Baker - 4th August 2006
Edward Bickham - 4th August 2006
Could Cameron really have a hit with 'The Chocolate Orange'?
David Grayson - 4th August 2006
Wanted: smart laws for smart businesses
Mark Goyder - 4th August 2006
Mr Power, the man who really presses the buttons
Bridget Woodman - 2nd May 2007
Kevin Smith - 2nd May 2007
Mark Carne - 2nd May 2007
Still no consistent energy policy? Well, nothing new there then
Adrian Ham - 2nd May 2007
Why Britain needs a new kind of industrial revolution
David Bailey - 2nd May 2007
Sir Albert Aynsley-Green - 2nd April 2007
To take more care with children, take more care with the facts
David Berridge - 2nd April 2007
Gillian Lusk - 2nd April 2007
Bio-terror is a real threat for the future — the good news is that we can beat it
Paul Nightingale and Caitriona McLeish - 2nd April 2007
A nicer country than Attlee's Britain, but not as nice as we could be
Pat Thane - 2nd April 2007
Edward McAllister - 2nd April 2007
Learning and training are two skills not one
David Ashton - 2nd April 2007
Vote for me and I'll keep him in order
Paul Bew - 2nd April 2007
Anthony Giddens - 2nd April 2007
Lords Reform: a constitutional Pandora's Box
Donald Shell - 2nd April 2007
A quick fix for Europe, then the long fix for France
Renaud Dehousse - 29th May 2007
Jon Unruh - 25th June 2007
Can the new Home Office beat al-Qaeda? Yes, but...
Jon Moran - 25th June 2007
Winning a war is not the same as winning a country
Chris Tuck - 25th June 2007
The hand of history but on whose shoulder?
Paul Bew - 25th June 2007
David Reynolds - 25th June 2007
Hate him or love him, a tough act to follow
Matt Beech - 25th June 2007
A pensions Bill that does not do what it says on the tin
Noel Whiteside - 25th June 2007
Ian Naismith - 25th June 2007
Patricia Morgan - 25th June 2007
CSA: Realism must take the place of idealism
Janet Allbeson - 25th June 2007
With the lights at green we must step on the gas now
Mike Parker - 25th June 2007
Rodney Austin - 25th June 2007
Peter Spencer - 25th June 2007
The man who needs to Scotch his own broth
Arthur Aughey - 25th June 2007
So what now has 'Big Bang' Brown in store for Britain?
Andrew Blick - 25th June 2007
Chris Huhne MP; Peter Ainsworth MP; Moira Fraser; Kate Green OBE; Beverly Hughes MP; Baroness Buscombe; Professor Mark Evans; Rosemary McLellan; Peter Luff MP - 25th June 2007
Ian Smillie - 24th October 2007
From fuelling war to fuelling development
Alyson Warhurst - 24th October 2007
The foundation stone of our prosperity
Ajay Garg - 24th October 2007
Leadership built from the bottom up
Clive Wright - 24th October 2007
Andrew Bone - 24th October 2007
Alyson King - 24th October 2007
Between a rock and a hard place
Charmian Gooch - 24th October 2007
The birth of a new world order
Christine Jojarth - 24th October 2007
Planning is about much more now than just saying Yes, or No
Mark Tewdwr-Jones - 23rd July 2007
Simon Lee - 23rd July 2007
Andrew Blick - 23rd July 2007
The man handed the heat but not yet the light
Gordon MacKerron - 23rd July 2007
With good sense, the North Sea is still a major asset for Britain
Malcolm Webb - 23rd July 2007
A computer battle that could change the world as you know it
Alexander Howard - 23rd July 2007
A bigger North, a bigger Britain
Roderick Crawford - 23rd July 2007
Martin Weale - 23rd July 2007
Helen Wallace - 23rd July 2007
Putting it in writing will not make peace with Sir Humphrey
Christopher Hood and Martin Lodge - 23rd July 2007
Jon Davis - 23rd July 2007
The new mental health law still does not do justice to the patient
Andy Bell - 23rd July 2007
Paul Cheshire - 23rd July 2007
Tim Leunig - 23rd July 2007
Being just Brown won't solve the housing headache
Alan Evans - 23rd July 2007
Roderick Crawford - 23rd July 2007
George Williams - 22nd April 2007
Pat Hanlon - 22nd April 2007
Malcolm Grimston - 1st July 2006
D-Day is dawning for Europe's electricity markets
Fabien Roques - 1st July 2006
Go to Brussels and you will go so far get only half an answer
Paul Ekins - 1st July 2006
Guy Doyle - 1st July 2006
Anthony White - 1st July 2006
Europe must have the courage to stay the course
Chris Anastasi - 1st July 2006
At last Europe puts its foot on the gas
Mark Carne - 1st July 2006
The British model is the way forward now for Brussels
Michael Pollitt - 1st July 2006
A cosy system that spells disaster for Europe's key industries
Philippe Varin - 1st July 2006
Ben Tait - 1st July 2006
Too few pipes to Europe, too little storage when it gets here
Robert Shetler-Jones - 1st July 2006
If there was ever a case for a united Europe then this is it
Opinion - 1st July 2006
Peter Rutland - 1st July 2006
Of course we need Russia, but never forget that Russia also needs us
Arild Moe - 1st July 2006
The man who wants absolute power
Gordon MacKerron - 1st July 2006
Sue Freeth, Jenny Green, Sir Michael Graydon, Duncan Hadfield, Professor Sir Richard Gardner, Keith Allott - 1st December 2007
Making good with £400m of nobody's money
Angela Knight - 1st December 2007
Getting rid of their debts before they do
Parliamentary Brief Research Department - 1st December 2007
And so a billion-plus drops quietly into the coffers
John Whiting - 1st December 2007
Brian Ardy - 1st December 2007
The British tortoise which proved no match for the French hare
Nicholas Faith - 1st December 2007
Irving Yass - 1st December 2007
David Fowler - 1st December 2007
Clamping down on rogue traders
Paul Ramsden - 1st December 2007
Cuckoos do not have a right to nest
Keith Norman - 1st December 2007
It's pay-back time for the rogue bosses who rip off their workers
Parliamentary Brief Research Department - 1st December 2007
Mike Emmott - 1st December 2007
Mark Tewdwr-Jones - 1st December 2007
Clearing the ground for the new Jerusalem
Christine Whitehead - 1st December 2007
The case for having two mothers
Ruth Hunt - 1st December 2007
Lauren Leigh Hinthorne - 1st December 2007
Wanted: a regulator who will cut red tape
Nigel Edwards - 1st December 2007
A tweak, Mr Hutton, to make good your intentions
Ian McFall - 1st December 2007
A false picture that does children no favours
Dr Steve Millett - 1st December 2007
From the people who got it wrong last time, another fine mess
Kim Fellowes - 1st December 2007
60,000 children who need us to care more and for longer
David Berridge - 1st December 2007
Will two more school years really give Britain the skills it needs?
Anna Vignoles - 1st December 2007
Brian Walker - 1st December 2007
A debate about the stable door, the horse having already bolted
Andrew Blick - 1st December 2007
Maya Sikand - 1st December 2007
If you cannot deport then don't think the answer is limbo
Frances Webber - 1st December 2007
The other Blair and the row we don't need
Paul Wilkinson - 1st December 2007
A sales pitch to part fools from their money
Steve Bee - 1st December 2007
Asking the low-paid to save? Are you mad?
Noel Whiteside - 1st December 2007
How best to be green but also how best to make Britain secure
Professor Gordon MacKerron - 1st December 2007
Wrong figures, so the wrong target
Roderick Crawford - 1st December 2007
Olga Oliker - 1st December 2006
Could these men bring peace to Iraq?
Zaki Chehab - 1st December 2006
Afghanistan: it's not all bad news
Mark Evans - 1st December 2006
The rebels price for a real peace in Darfur
Julie Flint - 1st December 2006
Caroline Cox - 1st December 2006
The forgotten Arabs facing destruction
Julie Flint - 1st December 2006
If Cyprus turns into a goodbye to Turkey then it will be a blunder with both sides as losers
Soli Ozel - 1st December 2006
The quiet man with the world on his shoulders
Chung-in Moon - 1st December 2006
Which is it to be — peace in Uganda or Coney being brought to justice?
John Ashworth - 1st December 2006
Pensions reform? The reality is another raw deal for the poor old Brits
Noel Whiteside - 1st December 2006
30 years after Barbara Castle, the lessons ministers fail to heed
Alan Maynard - 1st December 2006
Stern words while in the EU they're trading hot air
Kevin Smith - 1st December 2006
Will the saga of the Lords end with the House that Jack built?
Donald Shell - 1st December 2006
These smash-and-grab bailiffs who make a mockery of justice when they come knocking at the door
Paul Nicolson - 1st December 2006
Fury of the faithful as Dr. No says Yes
Clifford Smyth - 1st December 2006
Switch on the kids' telly, switch off their brains
Martin Large - 1st December 2006
Alister Scott - 1st December 2006
EU faces a long battle on climate change
Gordon MacKerron - 1st August 2007
The worries about what happens next in the fight to end child poverty
Donald Hirsch - 1st August 2006
A problem we have been trying to bury since the days of George III
Mike Farrimond - 1st August 2006
If you think water comes out of a tap, think again
Frances Hudson - 1st August 2006
Why we had to get tough with Thames Water
Melinda Acutt - 1st August 2006
The good news is that the world knows it cannot go on like this
Claude Mandil - 1st August 2006
Paul Horsnell - 1st August 2006
Let's not sleepwalk into another pensions disaster
Mike Kellard - 1st August 2006
Kitty Stewart - 1st August 2006
We won't sweep away poverty just by giving somebody a brush
Guy Palmer - 1st August 2006
You can have a job and still be poor
Peter Kenway - 1st August 2006
Minawi's bandits could spell the death of any peace
Julie Flint - 1st August 2006
Douglas H Johnson - 1st August 2006
Julie Flint - 1st August 2006
The awkward squad Labour wants rid of upstairs
Donald Shell - 1st August 2006
Sadly, they just won't buy a deal from this man
Paul Bew - 1st August 2006
The prophet who likes to keep the future to himself
Clifford Smyth - 1st August 2006
Amanda Dyer - 1st August 2006
Sir Hilary Synnott - 19th November 2007
Paul Taylor - 18th November 2007
Tomorrow's Navy built for tomorrow's world
Eric Grove - 18th January 2008
Sue Palmer - 18th January 2008
The school where teachers learn from the best of them
David Reynolds - 18th January 2008
Nuclear? The case is made, now let's get on with it
Malcolm Grimston - 18th January 2008
Drowning their sorrows at no. 10 Browning Street
Jon Davis - 18th January 2008
Colin Thaine & Ross Christie - 18th January 2008
Sir Michael Barber - 18th January 2008
Martin Partington - 18th January 2008
Duncan Hadfield - 18th January 2008
Cometh the Tories, Cometh the English Question
Arthur Aughey - 18th January 2008
Michael Dougan - 18th January 2008
A victory for the nation state
Christian Lequesne - 18th January 2008
Brian Crowe - 18th January 2008
The man who sold Europe the treaty that never was
Jan Rood - 18th January 2008
After Crossrail London, Crossrail North
David Begg - 17th October 2007
Irving Yass - 17th October 2007
Balls no one is likely to catch
Ewart Keep - 17th October 2007
Alan Maynard - 17th October 2007
Simon Davies - 17th October 2007
Christopher Forsyth - 17th October 2007
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Keeping Britain's word to Northern Cyprus
Michael Stephen - 17th October 2007
The land where they still love Blair
Katrina Manson - 17th October 2007
How could Britain think this shaky peace in Sudan is the model for Darfur?
Douglas H Johnson - 17th October 2007
Losing the battle with Civvie Street
Christopher Dandeker - 17th October 2007
Andrew Alderson - 17th October 2007
Serious crime — who is taking liberties?
Kirsty Brimelow - 13th June 2007
Christine Skinner - 12th June 2007
Clive Harfield - 12th June 2007
Probation and the Bill: reforming or wrecking?
Peter Raynor - 12th June 2007
A bigger scandal than we had with Maxwell
Peter Humphrey - 10th October 2006
If this is pensions reform, then back to the drawing board, Mr Brown
Noel Whiteside - 10th October 2006
An 80% cut is the right goal but have we the will to make it happen?
Dr Alister Scott - 10th October 2006
Rushing at the nuclear fence, and then failing to clear it
Gordon MacKerron - 10th October 2006
Let's be sure Britain makes the best of the North Sea
Mark Carne - 10th October 2006
We need nuclear, but in today's world don't expect the new players to be British
Malcolm Joyce, Roger Kemp, William J Nuttall, Chris Squire - 10th October 2006
Frances Rafferty - 10th October 2006
190 reasons why the British are learning to love knowing more than just English
Carmel O'Hagan - 10th October 2006
The Rock shakes hands with Spain, and everyone is a winner
Dominique Searle - 10th October 2006
Julian Savulescu - 10th March 2008
The paper tiger that is no threat to Britain's fundamental rights
Alan Dashwood - 10th March 2008
Putting flesh on this skeleton
Stephen O’Brien MP - 10th March 2008
Baroness Barker - 10th March 2008
A real Bill for the planning and legal anoraks
Chris Mole MP - 10th March 2008
Please can we have our ball back?
Paul Cooper - 10th March 2008
We’ve got it wrong when a ‘working mother’ means someone who isn’t at home
Dr Richard House - 10th March 2008
‘Titanic’ prisons? Let’s not sink with that idea
Anne Owers - 10th March 2008
Beware the threat to Britain if the English are not made equal to the others
Sir Malcolm Rifkind - 10th March 2008
If there’s a law for Whitehall what not to expect
Andrew Blick - 10th March 2008
Two big challenges we have got the power to win
Mark Carne - 10th March 2008
You think this Energy Bill is good? Take a look at Germany and Spain, and then think again
Bridget Woodman - 10th March 2008
As the lights go red on oil, it’s time to go green
Duncan Hadfield - 10th March 2008
Is Britain’s bizarre nuclear mountain simply a risk too far in an age of terror
Rachel Western - 10th March 2008
Battling for Britain abroad but losing the war at home
Christopher Dandeker - 10th March 2008
FIVE YEARS ON in Darfur and still...STUCK IN THE SAND
Alex de Waal - 10th March 2008
But do all those NHS billions actually make the patients any better?
Alan Maynard - 10th March 2008
Tax shouldn’t be taxing? No, indeed
John Cullinane - 10th March 2008
Growing the UK economy? Just look North
Andrew Lewis - 10th March 2008
If Darling wants to be ‘Mr Prudence’ then now's the time to change the rules
Simon Kirby - 10th March 2008
As Britons cut down on credit, why Darling should borrow more
Ben Broadbent - 10th March 2008
So there you are, don't mess with the market
Jon Davis - 10th March 2008
William Hague, Edward Davey, David Heathcoat-Amory, Gisela Stuart, Lembit Opik and Kate Jopling - 10th March 2008
Victims who must wait for the truth
Henry Patterson - 10th April 2008
Stephen King - 10th April 2008
The day my gold fountain pen made history
Chris Maccabe - 10th April 2008
A better today than the one we got on Good Friday
Nigel Dodds - 10th April 2008
Anthony McIntyre - 10th April 2008
Behind the smiles, the gritting of teeth
Rick Wilford - 10th April 2008
There is no point in forcing the pace and no future in the failed ways of the past.
Martin Mansergh - 10th April 2008
Troubles in store among the British Mr Brown forgot to mention
Paul Bew - 10th April 2008