The colossal snobbery of those who sneer at Tesco
Freak rainfall caused by global warming. Sixty thousand dead in the Syrian civil war. Open warfare over the…
Paul Richards
If Eric Pickles wants a revolution, we should give him one
When Eric Pickles was in his mid-30s, in 1988, he became leader of Bradford Council. Cllr Pickles’ rise…
George Osborne is about to walk into his own welfare trap
George Osborne comes from one of those families where current events get discussed. His mother Felicity Alexandra Loxton-Peacock…
This week the most important nation on earth chooses its new leadership – and it’s not America
This week the most important nation on earth chooses its new leadership, and sets the social and economic…
On poetry and politics
Not many days before he was gunned down, John F Kennedy gave a remarkable speech at the all-male…
The National Health Action Party must be strangled at birth
If you’re unlucky enough to have a serious accident in Kidderminster, there’s no point going to Kidderminster Hospital…
An affront to democracy, and to transparency
Prince Charles is a lobbyist. He has the right to lobby ministers, as do you or I. The…
It’s time for Labour to reach beyond “the empty stadium”
Party general Secretary Iain McNicol, in his speech to the Labour Party conference, cited Philip Gould’s metaphor that…
We need to make the next election about policy, not leadership
As Labour enters the slipway to the 2012 conference, it should be setting out its programme for government,…
Talk of a General Strike? It’s the act of a movement all at sea
In 1919, the Triple Alliance of miners’, railway workers’ and transport workers’ trade unions, fashioned before the outbreak…
