Tom Clark



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Full name: Tom Clark

Area of interest: Politics, social affairs

Journals/Organisation: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:tom.clark@guardian.co.uk tom.clark@guardian.co.uk]

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 * Great speeches of the 20th century OCLC 190777721, 2008 (also available from: Guardian books

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 * Dismayed by democracy? The alternative is far worse - The twin prospects of Brexit and Trump may not appeal, but denying people the right to vote is much more dangerous - 19th January 2017
 * The polls say remain. This time, can we trust them? - Last year’s election was a disaster for the pollsters. The EU referendum is their chance to regain credibility - 24th June 2016
 * Unless we think imaginatively, benefits will be consigned to history - Rather than fight each and every cut to benefits, the left needs to a new way of making welfare viable - 12th May
 * George Osborne’s budget shows he is planning an early election - The chancellor’s budget is weird. Either there’s going to be economic pain before polling day in 2020 – or more elaborate scheming is afoot - 17th March
 * We need a new language to talk about the economy - The images used by politicians can simplify difficult theories, but they are also being used to mislead us - 19th February 2016
 * Blair’s frail legacy shows why Labour must win arguments as well as votes - Corbynistas have a point; power at any price is futile unless you also transform the political discourse - 11th December 2015
 * A Tory civil war is brewing, with Europe as the battlefield - A few words with arch-Eurosceptic Liam Fox at the Tory conference confirmed it – Cameron’s opponents are up for a fight - 9th October 2015
 * Four reasons Jeremy Corbyn needs a spin doctor - Idealists may be appalled at the idea of spin but the Labour leader needs a press team or he risks crashing and burning even faster than anyone imagines
 * Cynical about the Tories redefining child poverty? You should be - The plan sounds reasonable, but the purpose is to whip up confusion at a time when the poor are about to get poorer - 25th June 2015
 * The Tories’ war on welfare has caused untold suffering. Here are three ways we can stop it - For years the right has made the political running. But the argument is winnable - 24th April 2015
 * David Cameron’s cynical attack on ‘skivers’ will hurt the strivers as well - Those in work are finding their pay and conditions squeezed because employers know they can be replaced - 12th February 2015
 * The Hinchingbrooke fiasco shows privatisation is no answer to NHS woes - First thoughts: The hospital is beset with problems and the contractor – Circle – wants to just walk away. All this could have been predicted - 9th January 2015
 * Heroes of 2014: Tony Benn - A political giant who changed the British constitution twice, this eloquent Labour party grandee left an enduring legacy - 24th December 2014
 * Ed Miliband's 'zero-zero economy' speech scores crucial points - Amid plunging ratings, his speech sought to remind voters what Labour is for, showing integrity in its focus on inequality and insecurity - 13th November 2014
 * Britain's youth risk being locked out of any recovery - From housing to jobs and benefits, the under-35s have little to hope for in the aftermath of this economic slump - 20th August 2014
 * When it comes to our welfare system, we've lost the plot - As Britain follows the US in tearing up its safety net, the story of social security needs to be retold from the very beginning - 28th July 2014
 * How the Tories chose to hit the poor - George Osborne claims to have cut inequality. But look behind the figures and it's clear the Conservatives can't take any credit - 3rd July 2014
 * To grasp the dead-end jobs boom, head to the car wash - Regulation against the exploitation of casual, cheap labour would actually help Britain out of the low-pay trap - 26th May 2014
 * This bedroom tax error exposes incompetence alongside the cruelty - The administration of the harshest of all benefit cuts is descending into shambles. The right is starting to lose its argument - 10th January 2014
 * The Tories are playing raucous politics with spending cuts – again - With his spending review drip-feed George Osborne wants us to think the government is back in business. Don't believe it - 29th May 2013
 * Dear politicians, exploiting divisions over cuts could come back to bite you - A YouGov poll suggests the recession has made Britain ripe for polarisation. The US can teach us why it should be avoided - 17th April 2013
 * If Britain is 'broke', it has been for most of the last 300 years - It is nonsense to suggest that Britain cannot afford to invest in infrastructure. Now is just the right time to do so - 4th April 2013
 * Politicians should put down the immigration dog whistle - The best and cheapest way out of the latest immigration omnishambles is for politicians to adopt a calmer tone - 23rd November 2012
 * In the Corby byelection it isn't who wins but the size of the swing that counts - In truth, anything less than a 5% swing to Labour would be sorely disappointing in the seat made vacant by Louise Mensch - 14th November 2012
 * As our bank balances get smaller, our thinking needs to get bigger - The Resolution Foundation report on squeezed household incomes should prompt Britain to recast the way it does business - 31st October 2012
 * Cameron's new cabinet: not just a shuffle but a great trek to the right - In its first flush, the coalition could at least claim to offer something distinct, even progressive. Not any more - 4th September 2012
 * Nick Clegg must go, for the Lib Dems' sake - The Lib Dem leader's position has been shattered by the failure of his 'progressive' project. Lords reform is just the latest - 7th August 2012
 * Coalition U-turns show a particular pattern of thought - The government has made an incredible 29 reversals so far. Yet it is the nature, not number, of the U-turns that's striking - 2nd June 2012
 * Britain seems to want the monarchy, but to choose which monarch it gets - Republicanism is a minority interest as the Queen reaches her jubilee – yet many challenge the rules of hereditary monarchy - 25th May 2012
 * How the Lib Dems can avoid 'Lib Doom' - A Sun poll predicts a party reduced to seven seats in a general election. It may have to step away from the Tories to survive - 17th April 2012
 * Child poverty is accelerating – don't buy the Tory line - The falling incomes and growing hardship highlighted in an IFS report cannot be concealed by government tinkering - 12th October 2011
 * PFI: the conjuring trick exposed - Every argument behind the private finance initiative has been demolished by MPs - 21st August 2011
 * do editorials remain anonymous?'' - There are good reasons why the tradition of unsigned leading articles is worth upholding - 10th January 2011
 * truth about George Osborne's reforms'' - Most measures unveiled by George Osborne today fall not on higher-rate taxpayers, but on the workless, the infirm and the poor - 21st October 2010
 * Blair's memoirs: verdict'' - Blair has forgotten what being centre-left means - 1st September 2010
 * The red Tory delusion - These outrider visions suit Cameron very nicely – just don't expect him to put them into action - 23rd July 2009 (ref. Phillip Blond)



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