Jonathan Freedland



Profile:
Full name: Jonathan Saul Freedland

Area of interest: UK politics, US politics, the Middle East

Journals: The Guardian; The Jewish Chronicle

Email: [mailto:jonathan@jonathanfreedland.com jonathan@jonathanfreedland.com]

Personal website:

Website: Jonathan Freedland.com | Guardian.co

Blog: Comment is free...

Representation: Curtis Brown

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Biography:
About:

Education: University College School, Hampstead, London; Wadham College, University of Oxford; Laurence Stern Fellowship winner

Career: Started at the Sunday Correspondent, wrote for The Daily Mirror; joined The Guardian: serving as Washington Correspondent, then (from 1997) as a Columnist

Current position/role: commentator


 * also writes/has written for: the Evening Standard; Jewish Chronicle

Other roles:

Other activities: author (sometimes uses pen-name 'Sam Bourne'); broadcaster

Disclosures:

Viewpoints/Insight: Explains his decision to publish his latest book under an assumed name: What's in a pseudonym? The Guardian, 29th March 2006

TV/Radio:

Video: Presenter of BBC Radio 4’s contemporary history series The Long View - has also presented BBC Four's The Talk Show and programmes for Channel 4
 * Links to archive broadcast material, Jonathan Freedland.com

Controversy/Criticism: Melanie Phillips.com: Why Jonathan Freedland is wrong 6th April 2007

Awards/Honours: What the Papers Say awards: Columnist of the Year, 2002; 'Bring Home the Revolution' won the Somerset Maugham Award for non-fiction

Other: Son of biographer and journalist, Michael Freedland



Books & Debate:

 * Bring home the revolution: the case for a British republic OCLC 42041756, 1998
 * Jacob's gift : a journey into the heart of belonging OCLC 98258712, 2005 (with David Cesarani)
 * The righteous men OCLC 98258712 - published under the pseudonym Sam Bourne, 2006
 * The last testament - OCLC 85828637 - as Sam Bourne, 2007

Latest work: The final reckoning OCLC227273608 - as Sam Bourne, 2008

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The Guardian:

 * also contributes to Comment is free...

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Remit/Info: UK politics, US politics, the Middle East

Section: comment & debate pages

Role: commentator

Pen-name:

Email: [mailto:freedland@guardian.co.uk freedland@guardian.co.uk]

Personal website:

Website: Guardian.co / Jonathan Freedland

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Day published: Wednesday

Regularity: weekly

Column format:

Average length: 1250 words



Articles: 2011

 * A Eurosceptic hero alongside sainted Maggie? It's got to be Gordon Brown - The judgments for which Gordon Brown was mocked look rather different now we've seen David Cameron in action - 9th November
 * The heirs of Downton Abbey could be Occupy London's most natural allies - A kind of middle England, Tory anti-capitalism has deep roots in this land. Here's a chance to build a movement beyond St Paul's - 2nd November
 * Gilad Shalit has been brought home to an Israel that has no plan for peace - Binyamin Netanyahu's words ring hollow with Palestinians, whose outward-facing strategy has problems of its own - 26th October
 * In the Premier League the endgame of rampant capitalism is being played out - An unsustainable system where the rich win and the poor go to the wall. We see it in English football – and beyond - 19th October
 * Liam Fox could defend himself no longer - David Cameron's slowness to act has a substantial upside for the PM while Liam Fox and the Tory right now stand smaller - 15th October
 * Sorry is not enough. Fox has to go and, if he won't, Cameron should fire him - The defence secretary's weasel words cannot hide a gross failure of judgment. Resignation is the only decent course - 12th October
 * The Tories are riding high, but Maya the cat has exposed their vulnerability - With attacks on human rights, immigration and the obsession with cuts, each day the party is re-toxifying its brand - 5th October
 * We know that personality counts, and Ed Miliband doesn't have the X-factor - Gordon Brown taught us that policy nuances count for little if the public don't warm to you. This may be Ed Miliband's fate too - 28th September
 * The new Met chief's U-turn is welcome – he had made a gross misjudgment - Demanding Guardian reporters' notebooks was a disgrace. Now the police must pursue the truth about phone hacking - 21st September
 * Britain should say yes to Palestinian statehood – and so should Israel - A no vote at the UN will boost Netanyahu, wound Fatah and discredit the Europeans as useless hypocrites - 14th September
 * Memories are still vivid, but we need to declare the end of the 9/11 era - Mark the September 11 anniversary with care, then stop this lethal thinking and the grave misjudgements it caused - 7th September
 * wait for politicians to oust foreign tyrants? Every one of us can do our bit'' - Governments bomb despots, or do nothing. It is time to explore the alternatives. And that's where you come in ... - 31st August 2011
 * we realised our leaders can no longer protect us'' - The financial crisis, phone hacking and now riots. Where once we may have felt rage, now we can feel only impotence - 10th August
 * hearings: The best political thriller of our times'' - This is not yet Watergate, but intrigue swirls ever tighter around Rupert Murdoch and the Met, inching closer to David Cameron - 20th July
 * hacking fallout: ten days that shook Britain'' - A very British revolution has reined in Rupert Murdoch's mighty media empire and given politicians the courage to stand up to him – but will it last? - 16th July
 * and AV referendum produce a moment of clarity'' - Alex Salmond stands tallest, closely followed by David Cameron with Nick Clegg far behind. Personalities matter, more than ever - 7th May
 * rivals now look like Lilliputians to his Gulliver'' - He has proved himself the decisive, macho leader Americans crave. And the timing is perfect for his Afghanistan plans - 3rd May
 * a crucial 'baby step' if we are to break Britain's electoral reform taboo'' - It's hard to get excited about such a small tweak to the system but a vote for the alternative vote could lead to more far-reaching changes - 27th April
 * and Palestine don't need more friends – but the peace process does'' - Roleplaying PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat made me see how easily one slips from problem-solving to point-scoring - 20th April
 * pendulum will swing from Tory axe to Labour spending. But how fast?'' - Voters accept the old story that Labour wrecks the economy, and Tories destroy society. The coalition may do both - 13th April
 * the Goldstone report into Sri Lanka, Congo, Darfur – or Britain?'' - The Arab spring proves that Israel is not even the biggest issue in the Middle East – yet it gets all the attention - 6th April
 * avoided a Libyan Srebrenica, so when is the bombing going to stop?'' - When there was a clear and present danger, intervention was the right thing to do. But the threat is receding - 30th March
 * the risks are very real, the case for intervention remains strong'' - Not to respond to Gaddafi's chilling threats would leave us morally culpable, but action in Libya is fraught with danger - 23rd March
 * incompetence so early is tricky. But the Tories have pulled it off'' - Whether it's sell-offs, school repairs or desert rescue, Cameron and co's ability to bungle is proving second to none - 9th March
 * dictators, Britain does red carpet or carpet-bombing'' - The hypocrisy writ large in relations with Gaddafi owes much to our arms trade. But others profited from the diplomatic thaw - 2nd March
 * owe the internet for changing the world. Now let's learn how to turn off'' - Twitter can help bring down Middle Eastern dictators – but being forever online disrupts our lives for the worse - 23rd February
 * David Cameron's forests U-turn, timing may be all'' - Government blunders that come early in a term are often forgiven, but how did the sell-off policy ever come into being? - 18th February
 * better way to push democracy, but the west's love-bombing has risks too'' - The pressing question is what those outside the Middle East can do if they want to see reform spread across the region - 16th February
 * Conservatives were the designated defenders of tradition. Until now'' - Attacks on woodland, the World Service and British heritage will leave voters outraged. Labour must not miss this chance - 9th February
 * Egypt shakes, it should be no surprise that Israel trembles'' - Given the region's history, Israelis are bound to fear democracy in the Arab world. But that alone can bring real peace - 2nd February
 * Palestine papers have broken a taboo. Now the arguments for peace can be open'' - The papers show how much ground Palestinian negotiators were willing to concede. This isn't craven. It's admirable - 26th January
 * papers: Now we know. Israel had a peace partner'' - The classified documents show Palestinians willing to go to extreme lengths and Israel holding a firm line on any peace deal - 24th January
 * Chilcot inquiry's moment of astonishing emotional intensity'' - Blair was the star witness, but the families of those killed in Iraq were in no mood to be convinced by his answers - 22nd January Iraq war inquiry
 * Johnson's resignation offers plenty for Labour worriers'' - The departure of one of its few greybeards is a shock for the party although there will be relief it was not for political reasons - 21st January
 * King's Speech lays bare the sheer scale of the republican challenge'' - The film confirms that the war is now our nation's creation myth – and the Queen our only living connection to it - 19th January
 * Obama's Tucson speech rose to the moment and transcended it'' - Obama spoke more like a pastor than a politician, carving out a moment of calm amid the toxic rhetoric - 14th January
 * Palin's presidential hopes surely can't survive this assassin's bullet'' - She didn't pull the trigger, and she's not the first to use the language of combat. But the Alaskan's career will certainly suffer - 12th January



Articles: 2010

 * apart musically, Fela Kuti and Lennon both radicalised a generation'' - No governments are shaken by Snow Patrol; the FBI has no interest in Gary Barlow. Where are today's political popstars? - 1st December
 * keeps his head while all around him lose theirs. But it's not enough'' - No matter how admirable serenity may be, Miliband must get on with the job of opposition – starting with a critique of the cuts - 24th November
 * William and Kate Middleton: A royal wedding in the age of austerity'' - It's easy to mock the hysteria of a royal wedding, but state occasions help reveal what kind of country we are - 17th November
 * cuts to legal aid are closing the law to all but those with money'' - Equal access to the law is being restricted by the coalition's deficit-cutting mania, and Labour must resolutely oppose this - 17th November
 * bid to rehabilitate Bush must be defeated: he left a trail of destruction'' - The former president's memoir may seem to be all about the past, but it is most emphatically about America's present - 10th November
 * elections: Whatever happens, Obama needs to co-opt Republicans to stay the course'' - The president has lost sight of his post-partisan message. He should check the Bill Clinton playbook to show he can get results - 3rd November
 * to Obama for sticking with the Middle East. But it's gone very wrong'' - A whiff of desperation is evident in US attempts to push Israeli-Palestinian talks. The president must start changing course - 27th October
 * will escape public wrath if Labour lets him win the blame game'' - The myth needs nailing that Brown, not bankers, caused our economic woes. Then the case against cuts can be made- 20th October
 * Cameron's pay-as-you-go state, a degree is about earning, not learning'' - Higher education was once seen as a social good – now its worth is measured in how it boosts future salary - 13th October
 * problem with David Cameron's 'big society' is that the Tories don't buy it'' - David Cameron's attempt to shift responsibility from state to citizen was too abstract for an underwhelmed Tory audience - 7th October
 * left Downing Street years ago, but his ghost haunts all our politics'' - If the child benefit cut is a calculated attempt to provoke the Tory base, then it comes straight from Tony's playbook - 6th October
 * Miliband has left frontline politics – but for how long?'' - David Miliband is not so much making an exit from frontline politics as taking a break - 30th September
 * Miliband's speech consigns some (not all) of New Labour to the bin'' - Into the dustbin went some signature New Labour deeds, from the Iraq war to a deregulated City, from tuition fees to a tin ear on immigration - 29th September
 * Miliband won because he was neither Blair nor Brown'' - Labour's 18th leader won by a razor-thin margin because he emerged unscathed from the party's past battles - 26th September
 * Manchester Labour's new leader must respect the lessons of Liverpool'' - Mocking Lib Dems will bring easy laughs – and suits Cameron. The Tories are the real enemy, cuts the real battleground - 22nd September
 * see why 'double genocide' is a term Lithuanians want. But it appals me'' - To equate Soviet and Nazi crimes is dishonest and historically false. Why has this poisonous idea taken such deep root? - 15th September
 * economy kept afloat by mafia cash is not just the stuff of Le Carré thrillers'' - Until we find the political will, the establishment will be happy to ignore the dirty crimes behind today's dazzling fortunes - 8th September
 * Blair's memoirs: verdict'' - What he learned in Northern Ireland about peacemaking - 1st September
 * needs the credibility of David and the freshness of Ed'' - The Milibands' fight has highlighted their flaws but left many in the party asking: why can't we have the best of both? - 1st September
 * days of the coalition government'' - David Cameron and Nick Clegg have reached their first big milestone in power. How are they doing? And, perhaps more crucially, how will they look after 100 weeks? - 18th August
 * beat Boris in London, Labour must bide its time'' - Choosing the mayoral candidate now is premature. Given longer, someone better than Ken or Oona might emerge - 4th August
 * Israeli right has a new vision – Jews and Arabs sharing one country'' - The one-state solution, once associated with extremists and dreamers, is finding new support in unlikely quarters - 28th July
 * a good idea in Cameron's 'big society' screaming to get out'' - Labour must seize this flawed initiative from the Tories, reclaim its Labour origins and then set about improving it - 20th July
 * two-faced coalition is hard to fight but Labour needs to find a way, quick'' - The opposition can best do its job by getting over the Blair-Brown rift – and nailing Tory claims that it caused the current crisis - 14th July
 * has never lacked enemies but now it risks losing its friends'' - Netanyahu went into his meeting with Obama believing he has time on his side. But he's wrong: the clock is ticking - 7th July
 * should lay off the Lib Dem bashing'' - Campaigning against AV would look like knee-jerk oppositionism. Labour should focus its attacks on the Tories instead - 3rd July
 * know Rwanda is the story that matters. Yet still we turn to Rooney'' - Faced with depictions of horror abroad, the urge too often is to switch off. But perhaps these stories are not so foreign after all - 30th June
 * Sunday: Saville missed the chance of deeper healing – seeing killers admit the truth'' - Belfast legal authorities now must try to balance priorities of peace and justice. That dilemma could have been avoided - 16th June (Bloody Sunday: summary)
 * the outrage over The Killer Inside Me? Domestic violence really is brutal'' - Michael Winterbottom has made a moral film, not a misogynistic one - 9th June
 * Cameron, for Clegg, and for leaderless Labour, the opening chapter is crucial'' - The long shadows of 1997 offer lessons for both the government's first steps and Labour's leadership race - 19th May
 * Cameron's clause IV moment – a bid to seize centre ground permanently'' - How, runs the logic, could anyone dispute the liberal credentials of the new prime minister now? - 13th May
 * a fraught Tory-Lib Dem era begins, Labour must renew itself once more'' - Cameron has limped into No 10 and Clegg may pay heavily. Recast as truly progressive, Labour can forge itself a bright future - 12th May (Cif at the polls)
 * much for the sandal-waving uprising over a Con-Lib pact'' - Many still believe, against the evidence, that the Lib Dem faithful won't stomach Nick Clegg dealing with the Tories - 11th May
 * Clegg gets an invitation to dance in the dark with Labour'' - The trouble for Nick Clegg is that he has no idea over who his dance partner could be - 11th May
 * Brown waits for Birnam Wood to advance on No 10'' - Gordon Brown's fate has been to resemble not just one but several Shakespearean tragic heroes - 10th May
 * 1983? I warn you that a Cameron victory will be just as bad'' - I would like to make a positive case for Labour, but the hour is late, and now it is Neil Kinnock's famous words that stir me - 5th May
 * Brown's barnstorming Citizens UK speech: what took so long?'' - Brown should have been delivering this kind of pitch everywhere - 4th May
 * debate: barring an earthquake, David Cameron is on his way to No 10'' - Brown was solid, of course, but most of the time he spoke a technocratic language that most Britons simply don't speak - 30th April
 * left-leaning voter's paradox: for a radical change, go the same old way'' - Our electoral system's insane reality is that Lib Dem dreams will depend on the Labour party still doing well at the polls - 28th April
 * 2010: Lib Dems get their moment in the sun'' - The overnight: While Nick Clegg's party enjoyed the spotlight, his rivals had a chance to prepare for today's important debate - 15th April
 * election shouldn't be close. That it is shows up Cameron'' - By April 1997 Tony Blair's Labour had dispelled any haze of uncertainty. The same cannot be said of the Tories in April 2010 - 7th April
 * slapped America – and may have jolted Obama awake'' - The row over Joe Biden's visit gives Washington the chance to dispense with endless talks about talks and push for real peace- 17th March
 * Innocent smoothies of politics are still the party of the rich'' - The green, matey, ethical stuff went down well for a while. But the new Tory brand can't survive many more ugly revelations - 10th March
 * BBC is caving in to a Tory media policy dictated by Rupert Murdoch'' - Mark Thompson is jumping from the second storey because he fears a new government may throw him from the roof - 3rd March (see: BBC: summary)
 * minister wanted for Britain – only superheroes need apply'' - Huge responsibility and unprecedented scrutiny have put the role of British prime minister beyond any mere mortal - 24th February
 * about Brown are damaging, but they hold no surprises for voters'' - If anybody in Labour's upper reaches says they don't care about the revelations serialised in the Observer, they're fibbing - 22nd February
 * may not trust Netanyahu yet. But they would do well to test him'' - Allies of the Israeli prime minister insist that he is ready to talk peace. If his bluff is called, he'll be forced to do just that - 9th February
 * wobbles and weaves – but the media barely lays a glove on him'' - Strings of U-turns and revelations put the Tory leader's judgment in doubt. Tough questions aren't yet being asked - 3rd February
 * change we need now is a rougher, more radical Barack Obama'' - A soaring speech will be futile if the US president aims to court the centre. He must instead lay out a series of bold new moves - 27th January
 * is right to testify on Iraq'' - The political rewards of appearing in front of Chilcot are manifest. But there are risks, too, of inconvenient revelations - 22nd January
 * election of a lifetime: maybe not. But the stakes are too high to tune out'' - If Britain's contestants are no Obama or Palin, the ideological divide is real. This election shouldn't be won on flimsy grounds - 20th January
 * may be a true believer, but Iraq has poisoned our faith in politics'' - Today's corrosive sense of powerlessness was born in the spin doctor's dossier. At Chilcot or not, we need a reckoning - 13th January
 * by one, Downing Street defused all the bombs'' - While the rest of the country tried to clear the snow, the Labour tribe was discovering whether it had ice in its heart - 7th January
 * is more than cowardice that stands between Labour and regicide'' - With no clear challenger and no ideological drive to oust Brown, seasonal rumours of a coup are likely to remain just that - 6th January



Articles: 2009

 * perfect gift? How about an end to loneliness – and not just at Christmas'' - A remarkable experiment is getting people visiting one another again, and its radical lessons could boost public services - 23rd December
 * is not saviour of the world. He's still an American president'' - The reality is that this man must represent the contradictory interests of a country still way behind on climate change - 16th December
 * debt, excess and exploitation is not Dubai's alone. We've all been at it'' - The glitzy Gulf state is a modern parable for a world living on tick. How much better the wealth could have been spent - 2nd December
 * Swiss ban makes me shudder'' - I can't help imagining how I would feel if the attitudes reflected in the minaret vote were directed at my own community - 1st December
 * crown Cameron just yet. There's one way Labour could still trip him up'' - Brown's political obituary is written. The new PM waits in the wings. But – don't laugh – some see cracks in that crystal ball - 18th November
 * coffins will keep coming until we conquer our amnesia on Afghanistan'' - Barack Obama is about to make his most crucial military decision. He should remember what took us to war in the first place - 11th November
 * critics a Con job'' - Those who have attacked David Miliband for criticising Kaminski do not represent the Jewish community – they're partisan Tories - 10th November
 * year of vitriol and rebuff at home, deadlock abroad. Not a bad start at all'' - Obama's victory speech at Grant Park may seem a distant mirage. But for all the failings, the president can point to real progress - 4th November
 * angst, Disney style'' - Far from being cynical marketing exercises, animations like Up go where others fear to tread - 24th October
 * knew the day of Holocaust 'debate' would come. Just not in my lifetime'' - Why is it left to the US to confront the Tories on an alliance with those who distort historical truth and defend Nazi collaborators? - 21st October
 * bonds of trust have frayed away. Now masochism is the best strategy'' - The expenses row has left MPs in public contempt. That's why Conservatives think the way forward is to propose the unpopular - 14th October
 * draped himself in blue: now Cameron clothes himself in red'' - Many Guardian readers would have found themselves undergoing a new experience: nodding along at regular intervals to a speech by a Tory leader - 9th October
 * no self-respecting politician would have gone near people such as Kaminski'' - Conference season 09: There is plenty of ground to attack Cameron on, a man aligned with those who excuse or celebrate history's darkest events - 7th October
 * of these media hyenas'' - Politicians should expect press scrutiny and tough questions. But this sledging of Gordon Brown is ugly and undemocratic - 30th September
 * NHS is a collective endeavour'' - A new public services: Some like to describe the NHS as a government-run insurance scheme. But that hardly captures the essence of a public service - 30th September
 * age of New Labour is over. The only question is what will survive'' - Gordon Brown yesterday ditched many of the old doctrines. But the party still can't decide what worked and what failed - 30th September
 * may have lost some face in the Middle East, but don't write him off yet'' - The Bibi-Abbas photo-op said it all. If the US president is to turn things around, he'll need to press the reset button - 23rd September
 * Obama can't defeat the Republican headbangers, our planet is doomed'' - One year on, the world still looks to the US and holds its breath. The fate of a global climate treaty rests in American hands - 16th September
 * the great argument of 2010, the Tories are wrong and deserve to lose'' - Talk of an age of austerity has offered Cameron the pretext to retreat to his party's comfort zone of slash and burn - 9th September
 * support shows we still love Auntie'' - The Guardian/ICM poll shows the BBC is admired and trusted, although there is work to be done on the licence fee question - 5th September
 * let Murdoch smash this jewel. The BBC must act to save itself'' - Rupert's son is bent on continuing the war his father started. But he'll find Auntie matches the NHS in public affections - 2nd September
 * plans come and go. Obama may have to try a wholly new approach'' - Unless talks address the core, existential issues of 1948, optimism about a new Middle East effort is likely to fade fast - 26th August
 * just howl with rage. Try an idea that does away with banks altogether'' - If our leaders won't curb bankers' megabucks, an old progressive scheme updated for the web era could bypass their greed - 19th August (See: Zopa)
 * never understood people's fixation with cricket. Now I've joined them'' - Sport gives the catharsis, pain-free drama, clarity and resolution that the world outside cannot. And nobody gets hurt - 12th August
 * the one about a rabbi, an imam and a priest, who walk into a bank?'' - A rare alliance of faith leaders today will deliver an overdue message to the City, reviving an idea as old as money itself - 22nd July
 * Obama, a voice from within'' - The solidarity and home truths in Obama's speech to the NAACP shows his potential to achieve what his predecessors could not - 17th July
 * may be flawed and weak. But he's no Nixon – or even Blair'' - For all the venom aimed at the PM, he is guilty of little compared to other leaders – no Watergate, Vietnam, nor even Iraq - 8th July
 * we have seen Iran's human face, a military attack is unthinkable'' - Once cast as part of the 'axis of evil', Iranians have shown they are real people, not collateral damage in waiting - 1st July
 * a global howl of outrage, we have returned to business as usual'' - The nation watches and either feels its veins bulge with rage or shrugs with resignation, despairing at society's inability to change - 24th June
 * events in Iran and Israel have set a critical test of Obama's resolve'' - One weekend has seen the Middle Eastern landscape transformed – and the US president's critics are already circling - 16th June
 * Brown can sigh with relief'' - Though it may not last, the prime minister is finally back on the terrain he likes best – the issue of spending plans - 12th June
 * cannot be done through theatre. Action is the only solution'' - To win back the voters of the broken heartlands, Labour must remind the public what it's for. But I fear it won't be enough - 10th June
 * Brown lives to limp on, but no one pretends the threat is gone'' - The plot to replace Brown lacked two essentials: an alternative candidate and an alternative programme - 9th June
 * and plotted-against are both weak'' - The prime minister staggers like a wounded, exhausted bull, multiple knives in his flesh - 6th June
 * Obama in Cairo: the speech no other president could make'' - President demonstrates trademark eloquence and an ambition to bridge divide between Islam and the west - 5th June
 * Green tomorrow but beware of getting rid of Gordon today'' - A coup d'etat, a Johnson coronation, an early election – all the options for saving Labour are now fraught with risk - 3rd June
 * the second chamber'' - A new politics: At present, people have no say over half the legislature that governs their affairs. The time for putting off reform is over - 20th May
 * Speaker exits with revolution in the air. I say, bring it on'' - The great expenses fraud is a symptom of a larger disease. We need a new constitution, with the people as sovereign - 20th May
 * is doomed if Obama is merely a cleverer version of Bush'' - At next week's US-Israel summit, a change in mood music will not be enough. A radical shift in strategy is needed - 13th May
 * abuses make deselection the natural choice'' - As UK politics is embroiled in borderline malfeasance, we could learn from how the US cleansed itself of corrupt politicians - 12th May
 * spineless MPs should stop blaming Brown and show some fight'' - Whatever the PM's faults, the party that anointed him so recently would do better to rally round – or face electoral wilderness - 6th May
 * sorry fate can remind Obama to keep using all his power now, fast'' - The US president has seized his first 100 days to remake the landscape. Blair and Brown can look back on wasted chances - 29th April
 * return to class politics - but will Cameron dare to fight for the rich?'' - Alistair Darling has cast himself as the protector of the vulnerable - 23rd April
 * route out of the black hole has to be green, with just a hint of blue'' - Today, rhetoric on the climate needs to become hard reality. And an old idea stolen by the Tories should be reclaimed - 22nd April
 * not the Cadillac tailfins, it's the clarity - that's why we love Mad Men'' - We may have no desire to return to the hypocricies of the past, but there's still an appeal to a world of absolute certainties - 8th April
 * When Gordon met Barack'' - The US president was not on sparkling form at Wednesday's press conference, but nothing could spoil Gordon Brown's party - 2nd April
 * is the new JFK we expected? He's stuck in a rut with Gordon Brown'' - Obama was meant to sweep into town looking unassailable. Instead he arrives beleaguered, with an awful lot to prove - 1st April
 * has done for Labour'' - By joining Netanyahu's coalition, Ehud Barak and his party colleagues are shown to be unprincipled mercenaries and hacks - 26th March (see: Israeli elections 2009)
 * it 9/15 - the day the crucial divide in the post-Blair/Brown era took shape'' - The future of the Labour party rests on conflicting readings of the economic calamity, and a reckoning with what went wrong - 25th March
 * the mythology of 'the Israel Lobby', the reality is bad enough'' - They are not all-powerful, but Israel's advocates in the US do play hardball - often hurting the cause they are meant to serve - 18th March
 * lost kingdom of King Arthur'' - Scargill at full cry is still a force of nature, but the industrial working-class solidarity he invokes belongs to a bygone era - 14th March
 * a flurry of early activity, the Obama doctrine is taking shape'' - We're only 50 days in, but it's not too soon to discern a refreshing thread of logic in the president's foreign policy - 11th March
 * can again come back from the dead. First, he needs to accept fault'' - The refusal to take any blame was repeated yesterday at the White House. But Labour needs its moment of catharsis - 4th March
 * anti-war president'' - Barack Obama's early opposition to the Iraq war is what allows him to present now a straightforward plan for how it will end - 28th February
 * sagging Brown image can only benefit from a shot of Obama botox'' - Plenty can be gained from a photo-op, but both leaders would do well to heed the lessons of the Bush-Blair era - 25th February
 * election: 'A big loser is the Israeli political system itself''' - Audio report on the inconclusive Israeli election result - 11th February
 * parties claim Israel victory - but the kingmaker will be the man in third place'' - Centre-left is crushed, and right disappointed. Now Lieberman waits in wings - 11th February
 * Israel make the Right choice?'' - The likely outcome is another centre-right coalition – unless ultra-nationalist Avigdor Lieberman redraws the political map - 10th February
 * British Jews come under attack, the liberal left must not remain silent'' - It should be perfectly possible to condemn Israel's brutal action in Gaza while taking a stand against antisemitism - 4th February
 * the Lords' old tunes ringing hollow, it is surely time for reform'' - The lobbying scandal leaves the case for change as strong as ever. But attempts at wholesale overhaul could backfire - 28th January
 * All the conservative trappings freed Obama to frame a radical message - The inauguration was brimming with tradition – just the platform for a president who could be truly transformational - 20th January
 * Magical spell that will open a new American era - Excitement intense as straitlaced Washington DC awaits Obama's transformation into head of state - 20th January
 * the horror and doom of Gaza, the IRA precedent offers hope'' - The Northern Ireland example is instructive. Through dialogue even the most implacable of enemies can make peace - 14th January
 * after a Hamas rout will be an even greater threat to Israel'' - Amid the rubble there would be a leadership vacuum, opening the door for Somali-style warlords or even al-Qaida - 7th January (see: 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict)
 * has plenty of tactics for war, but none for peace'' - A leadership dazzled by its own military might ignores the political reality and believes the only solutions lie in force - 3rd January



Articles: 2008

 * a PR man, Cameron's blunders are catastrophic'' - The Tories should be charging ahead. But they keep on getting knocked back by a great force: their leader's lack of judgment - 24th December 2008
 * forgiveness has a limit. Bush and his cronies must face a reckoning'' - Heinous crimes are now synonymous with this US administration. If it isn't held to account, what does that say about us? - 24th December 2008
 * Throat's big impact'' - Mark Felt may not have had a wonderful life but spilling the beans on the Watergate scandal was a wonderful achievement - 20th December 2008
 * accord with the entire Arab world would be a prize worth Israel's effort'' - With a four-state problem impeding any two-state solution, the best hope for peace may be to make the stakes even higher - 17th December 2008
 * all means hold Obama's feet to the fire, but it's a bit early to cry betrayal'' - Uproar on the left is premature. There are real grounds for optimism in the new plans outlined by the president-elect - 10th December 2008
 * this recession, we want comfort culture to go with our comfort food'' - From Billy Elliot to JK Galbraith, our taste in a downturn satisfies one of two appetites: escape or understanding - 3rd December 2008
 * choice of a team of rivals says much about the president he will be'' - Tough, unsentimental, no naive liberal: the next leader has picked people to carry out his vision. But will Hillary play ball? - 26th November 2008
 * this topsy-turvy political terrain, Dr Brown needs a long-term patient'' - The PM is counting on a lingering crisis. Tories are gambling on a change in public mood. And talk of an early election is back - 19th November 2008
 * president-elect is not a dove - he is just a much smarter hawk'' - It'll be hard to demonise the Great Satan led by Barack Hussein Obama. But peaceniks shouldn't assume a kindred spirit - 12th November 2008
 * few thoughts on how to handle the world's most potent political weapon'' - A new president is at his strongest with a fresh mandate. To succeed in the enormous tasks ahead, act without delay - 5th November 2008
 * yourselves - George Bush will soon be free to do just what he wants'' - The raid on Syria is a dark portent. The current president has three long, unaccountable months to cement his legacy - 29th October 2008
 * sides are behaving as if Obama has it in the bag. And yet, and yet ...'' - In a flurry of chicken counting, Democrats are gazing at a radical new dawn while Republicans ready to attack the victor - 22nd October 2008
 * old dogmas die, there is room for all kinds of radical new thinking'' - Shorter working weeks, lower consumption, and banks working for us - this crisis could prove a chance for a fresh start - 15th October 2008
 * leaders are impotent to tame the beast: this crisis is one of democracy'' - Politicians' limitations have been laid bare during these tumultuous weeks. If ever they can assert strength, it is now - 8th October 2008
 * has the potential to leave Labour floundering'' - Saddled with a religious conviction in the free market, it is action not rhetoric that will get the Tories out of a corner - 27th September 2008
 * Gordon. The leader the party had dreamed of'' - In a speech performed with greater skill than any of his previous efforts  the prime minister at last reminded the Labour party of why they had once admired him so much - 24th September 2008
 * two-state solution is nearly dead. But there's one last chance to save it'' - The arrival of a new Israeli leader must bode well for the peace process, right? Wrong, say veteran negotiators - 17th September 2008
 * world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for'' - An America that disdains Obama for his global support risks turning current anti-Bush feeling into something far worse - 10th September 2008
 * knows if Palin will bring victory or defeat? But the culture wars are back'' - The furore surrounding McCain's running mate is a return to the old American politics of red state versus blue state - 3rd September 2008
 * Big Dog can still hunt'' - Bill Clinton did brilliantly what other Democrats had failed to do - make the case for President Barack Obama - Guardian.co.uk, 28th August 2008
 * disarms her troops'' - Hillary Clinton did a brave and unusual thing in Denver - she directly confronted her own supporters over their motives - 27th August 2008
 * the camping revival? Something to do with, ahem, the call of nature'' - Urban living has more and more of us seeking out authentic, elemental holidays - even if it means non-flush toilets - 20th August 2008
 * Forget the myth-making. Obama is just what the Middle East needs - Neither Israel-pandering hawk nor Arab-loving appeaser, the Democrat would bring active, engaged diplomacy - 23rd July 2008
 * Short-term he gets, and long-term, too. But Brown's lost on the bit in between - Neither fixation on the headlines tomorrow nor wisdom on the decades ahead will win an election two years from now - 16th July 2008
 * Why back a man who claims society is broken but admits he can't fix it? - David Cameron now says that there is no top-down remedy to Britain's social problems. Voters will expect more from him - 9th July 2008
 * Obama's shuffle to the right suggests this man is ruthless enough to win - 2nd July 2008
 * The west has to tackle Tehran - before Israel sends in the bombers - 25th June 2008
 * A year in, it's clear: we got Brown wrong. He is simply not up to the job - Tragically, the prime minister has been held back by his lack of the quality that most fascinates him - courage - 18th June 2008
 * McCain's attack lines against Obama have already been written by Clinton - Now the phoney war is over. The election that counts has only just begun - and it will hinge on a battle of definition - 4th June 2008
 * Labour needs voters to start asking tough questions of the Tories too - The Conservative party seems to have changed, but its policies won't make good on any new concern for the poor - 28th May 2008
 * Attacks on toffs will ring hollow until Labour proves its meritocratic mettle - The top hat and tails stuff has backfired in Crewe, but class can stillwork for the party - if it admits its failure on social mobility - 21st May 2008
 * Better Labour lose power in 2010 than end up exiled for a generation - Downing St optimists still think they can win, but a spell in opposition could perhaps let the party redefine its purpose - 14th May 2008
 * As it turns 60, the fear is Israel has decided it can get by without peace - 7th May 2008
 * Eleven years after it promised a new dawn, Labour's dusk has finally arrived - 3rd May 2008
 * It's Labour stalwart versus Tory fop - dress rehearsal for the really big one - the London mayoral result is a portent for the general election - 30th April 2008
 * It is not a shift to the left to insist that entry to schools should be fair - 9th April 2008
 * With 29 days to go, Ken, there's no time for pussyfooting around - 2nd April 2008
 * Brown and Straw's best bet is to go out like Butch and Sundance - 26th March 2008
 * London's election holds the future for progressive politics, not just Ken - 19th March 2008
 * To rescue the two-state solution, Israel must make peace with Syria - 12th March 2008
 * There's only one winner from this Democratic battle - the Republicans - 6th March 2008
 * Imagine Super Thursday contests in sunny Cornwall or pivotal Yorkshire - 27th Februaury 2008
 * For Palestinians, the power of mass non-violence would be undeniable - 20th February 2008
 * X Factor politics will only hit home if Brown tackles what holds people back - 13th February 2008
 * It's no beauty pageant - there are real differences between the candidates - The US campaign has been painted as all about image, but there are policy distinctions - and they do matter - 6th February 2008
 * The free-marketeers abhor the crutch of the state - until they start limping - 23rd January 2008
 * Better candidates who row over race than candidates who hardly care - 16th January 2008
 * 2008 will be the year of decision - and survival depends on getting it right - 2nd January 2008
 * The face - Tony Blair looms over the post-2000 period - though not in the way he would like - 2nd January 2008



Articles: 2007

 * If Clegg gets it right in 2008, he could bring the Lib Dems into government - 19th December 2007
 * This circus marks the end to politics played out in the shadow of terror - the US presidential campaign marks a focus on serious questions and one that trancends partisan lines - 12th December 2007
 * We would be fools to banish global business from the great climate debate - 5th December 2007
 * A small, slender chance for peace in the Middle East - 29th November 2007
 * The sheer gormlessness of Discgate threatens Labour's claim to power - 21st November 2007
 * In the delicate geometry of Iran lies the big test of Brown's political agility - 14th November 2007
 * Brown's in a deep hole - and here's how he should get out of it - 7th November 2007
 * Ministers seeking inspiration should talk to Pam about prewar Peckham - 31st October 2007
 * At last, consensus in the Middle East: all agree these talks are bound to fail - 24th October 2007
 * Now the Lib Dems must decide what they want to be when they grow up - 17th October 2007
 * You've had long enough to work it out. What is your vision, Gordon? - 10th October 2007
 * Cameron must today prove he is the Tories' general, not their antagonist - 3rd October 2007
 * For the timing of our elections to be in the sole hands of the prime minister is destabilising and grotesquely unfair - 26th October 2007
 * Team Cameron are convinced their leader's moment is already here. But they've made errors in timing before - 19th Sepember 2007
 * We're divided and now confused by the McCann investigation - and in real danger of losing our common decency - 12th September 2007
 * The British exit from Basra palace, remarks by the US defence chief and fledgling peace talks are all telling signs of change - 5th September 2007
 * They might make us feel indispensable, but mobile email gadgets are bad for relationships, bad for work and bad for the soul - 22nd August 2007
 * More bulldog than poodle, Brown has signalled a new special relationship 1st August 2007
 * Brown's first month, and his carefully signalled priorities, look like a success, despite the unexpectedly tough start - 25th July 2007
 * The rise of Tehran has petrified Arab capitals - and intensified debate in the US and Israel about the use of force - 18th July 2007
 * If cast as rational rival to Cameron's man of emotion, Brown is sure to lose - 11th July 2007
 * Gordon Brown's plan to reshape the balance of power reveals a grand ambition: to tie islands of individuals into a nation - 4th July 2007
 * The debacle of Iraq ought to have made a dignified exit impossible. But if his departure is bizarre, so too is Brown's arrival - 27th June 2007
 * There are huge dangers in offering Palestinians a choice of statelets - it will only push Hamas further into Iran's orbit - 20th June 2007
 * Brown's bane will be getting dragged into an American attack on Iran - 13th June 2007
 * OK, let's have a Britishness test. But it must be for everyone, migrant or not - 6th June 2007
 * The web could yet bypass government and existing political communities, and either expand democracy in the process - or stifle it - 30th May 2007
 * Victory in 1967 was as much curse as blessing. It paved the way for 40 years of mortal, political and moral disaster - 23rd May 2007
 * Brown needs to make sure there's a contest - and a hearing for his critics - 16th May 2007
 * Don't be fooled by Europe's mood. Globally, the left is reawakening - 9th May 2007
 * The crisis triggered by Israel's report on its war with Lebanon may end up putting the Arab League initiative centre stage - 2nd May 2007
 * Scotland is Brown's testing ground for his campaign against Cameron - 25th April 2007
 * The debate on climate change at the UN top table is a sign that the big powers are at last beginning to see sense - 18th April 2007
 * The revolutionary public space that online debate represents is in danger of becoming stale and claustrophobic - 11th April 2007
 * The standoff with Iran over 15 British captured sailors has revealed much about both countries - and the wider conflict - 4th April 2007
 * The Arab League should bypass Ehud Olmert and go directly to the Israeli people with its offer for a Palestinian settlement - 28th March 2007
 * An unprecedented plea from 14 UN humanitarian bodies on behalf of the people of western Sudan has been roundly ignored - 14th March 2007
 * A united Ireland is being created, not by arms but by the lure of cash - 7th March 2007
 * We lecture the world on democracy, but still don't elect our upper house - 28th February 2007
 * Brown will never pass the barbecue test - but he can still beat Cameron - 21st February 2007
 * Only negotiations with both main Palestinian parties can deliver the peace deal that the two peoples now support - 24th January 2007
 * The Tory leader wants us to love his new party, but his version of social responsibility would be a disaster for the poorest - 17th January 2007
 * Like a deluded compulsive gambler, Bush is fuelling a new cold war - 10th January 2007
 * The world is a scary, violent place and we're wrecking the planet, but I refuse to be grumpy - there's light in the gloom - 3rd January 2007



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