Roy Hattersley



Profile:
Full name: Roy Sydney George Hattersley

Area of interest: Politics

Journals/Organisation: The Guardian | The Times

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Personal website: http://www.busterhattersley.com

Website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/royhattersley

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Biography:
About: British Labour politician, author and journalist who was the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992

Education: Sheffield City Grammar School; University of Hull: Economics

Career: (Wikipedia info)
 * Early life
 * Member of Parliament
 * Journalist
 * Ministerial positions
 * European Common Market
 * Privy Council
 * Deputy Leader
 * Backbenches and Retirement

Current position/role: Columnist


 * also writes/has written for: Has been a columnist with the Spectator, Punch and the Listener

Other roles/Main role: Politician, journalist, author

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Viewpoints/Insight: We should have made it clear that we too were modernisers New Statesman essay, 10th May 2004

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Controversy/Criticism: Satirical attacks (Wikipedia info)

Awards/Honours: Made life peer in 1993; Elected a Fellow of the Royal society of Literature, 2003

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Books & Debate:

 * Nelson OCLC 940383, 1974
 * Goodbye to Yorkshire OCLC 3033780, 1976
 * A Yorkshire boyhood OCLC 10483249, 1983
 * Press gang OCLC 9907021, 1983
 * Economic priorities for a Labour government OCLC 16084676, 1987
 * Choose freedom: future of democratic socialism OCLC 16833252, 1987
 * The maker's mark OCLC 22954114, fiction, 1990
 * In that quiet earth OCLC 26053594, fiction, 1993
 * Skylark's song OCLC 28449103, fiction, 1993
 * Between ourselves OCLC 30073564, essays, 1994
 * Who goes home?: scenes from a political life OCLC 35911771, 1995
 * 50 Years on: prejudiced history of Britain since the war OCLC 39913733, 1997
 * Buster's Diaries: a true story of a dog and his man OCLC 43985516, 1999
 * Blood and Fire: William and Catherine Booth and the Salvation Army OCLC 42274376, 1999
 * John Wesley: A brand from the burning OCLC 53228091, 2002 - Meet the author John Wesley: A Brand from the Burning (video)
 * The Edwardians OCLC 57965854, 2004 - Meet the author: The Edwardians (video)
 * Campbell - Bannerman: 20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th century OCLC 70672725, 2007
 * Buster’s secret diaries OCLC 77256421, 2007
 * Democracy in crisis?: Ethical socialism for a prosperous country OCLC 164114121, 2007
 * Borrowed time: the story of Britain between the wars OCLC137313024, 2007
 * In search of England OCLC429601483, 2009

Latest work: David Lloyd George: the great outsider OCLC 624415826, 2010, reviewed here by Dominic Sandbrook in The Sunday Times

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Current debate:BBC News 24, Hard Talk: Is Gordon Brown's premiership broken beyond repair? Stephen Sackur talks to Roy Hattersley, 4th December 2007 (video) 

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Remit/Info: Politics

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Articles:

 * Labour’s moderates have a duty to serve in the shadow cabinet - Refusing to serve is self-indulgent nonsense. MPs must fight from the inside, not leave the hard left in charge - 14th September 2015
 * How my support for Labour turned from tribal to ideological - RH Tawney's Equality taught me that the good society was the equal society, and inspired my life in politics - 14th August 2013
 * Politics should be guided by principle, not populism - Labour ought to resist 'the people', as heard through the Ukip megaphone. Convictions are popular too, as Thatcher showed - 6th May 2013
 * Chips protect innocent dogs from bad owners - Dog lovers understand that electronic tags are progress. And that postmen protest too much - 8th February 2013
 * Arrogant Met officers soured long friendships during 1984 miners' strike - Claims of police malpractices were undoubtedly justified - the only issue in doubt is which force was to blame - 1st December 2012
 * Libor scandal: why inquiries tend to suffer from honest bias - Inquiry members are conditioned by birth, education and job to believe the best about those into whose conduct they inquire - 14th July 2012
 * The Sun won't win the election for Ed Miliband - Labour's chances of victory depend on its leader offering the people a new view of society – not by courting Rupert Murdoch's newspapers - 9th April 2012
 * Why Labour chose Ed not David Miliband - David Miliband rejects my pro-state policy ideas as 'Reassurance Labour'. That's why he's not leader - 4th February 2012
 * David Hockney: home is where the art is - A fellow Yorkshireman pays tribute to the painter whose new show is inspired by the wonders of the Wolds - 21st January 2012
 * wish today's mean-spirited Corrie still had the values that made us love barmaid Betty'' - Women like Betty learned ‘to make the best of things’. There are less of them about than there once were. And society is worse for it - 19th December 2011
 * not the breed'' - Dog owners should be charged with a duty of care, whether they have a pit bull or a Pekinese - 15th November 2010
 * Miliband is a radical leader for a radical new era'' - As Labour's new leader, Ed Miliband will bring fundamental principles up to date - 26th September 2010
 * simple joys of working men's clubs'' - The rise of middle-class values hastened their end - 24th July 2010
 * debate: Should political conversations remain private?'' - Former Labour party deputy leader Roy Hattersley and Observer columnist Nick Cohen on the ubiquitous political memoir - 18th July 2010
 * down to the great god Choice'' - Only the middle classes win when people ‘choose’ health or education - 2nd July 2010
 * price I wouldn't pay'' -= Unlike Byers, Hewitt and Hoon, I didn't put myself up for sale. Once, staying in Labour mattered more - 24th March 2010
 * of bad dogs must be brought to heel'' - As vets call for "dog asbos", Roy Hattersley argues that training is the key to making pets - and their guardians - play by the rules - 18th February 2010
 * the state'' - Those who decry 'big government' soon realise how much we need it when things go wrong - 22nd August 2009
 * our life, Esther'' - Serving Sparkbrook taught me that the longing to be loved is a dangerous trait for an MP - 31st July 2009
 * prince and a philistine'' - The Chelsea Barracks wrecking ball exemplifies all that is wrong about hereditary monarchy - 16th June 2009
 * must regain its reputation as a party of principle'' - The government has neglected its sense of moral purpose in its quest for popularity. Gordon Brown must set out a clear vision of a better future if he is to rebuild the authority of his premiership - 7th June 2009
 * socialism in from the cold'' - Labour should not fear to mention socialism; it's time to introduce proportional representation to form a radical egalitarian alliance - 25th May 2009
 * country'' - Gambling culture's something-for-nothing ethos has seeped out into the whole of society - 16th February 2009
 * equality delusion'' - Efforts to boost social mobility are laudable. But in reality they affirm the class system - 24th January 2009
 * mess with Iceland'' - As I found out in the cod war of 1975, the people of that tiny island can prove fearsome foes. Beware - 11th October 2008
 * a windfall. Now share it'' - Energy firms' profits are unearned. In hard times, it is intolerable that they cash in as people go cold - 28th August 2008
 * Don't give up - Labour can still win in 2010. Here's how - Cameron's hollow Tory challenge can be cracked if the party rallies round Brown and rediscovers its social democratic thrust - Thursday, July 24th 2008
 * Asking the right questions - Hay Festival 2008: My audience was as incisive as ever, but they still would rather have talked to Buster - Saturday, 31st May 2008
 * With honourable friends like these... - Lord Michael Levy's A Question of Honour lacks honour and interesting questions, says Roy Hattersley - The Observer, Sunday, 18th May 2008 (review)
 * Labour can learn from a momentous day in social history - The Liberal administration of 1908 has much to teach the Labour government of 2008 - 20th April 2008
 * Even the humblest citizen has an interest in intercepts - 5th February 2008



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 * Lib Dems can’t just leap into bed with Labour - Principles matter in politics. A party seen to switch sides out of self-interest is doomed - 31st August 2012
 * Raise a rose-tinted glass to Danny Boyle - We British can’t help wallowing in our glorious past, but we need a more cold-eyed approach to the future - 28th July 2012


 * From a relic of good intentions to a model for the future - We never dreamt an infamous block of flats would one day house council tenants and owners. We were wrong - 16th September 2011
 * Queen can help free Ireland from history'' - As an anti-monarchist even I applaud a royal visit that proclaims an outbreak of goodwill - 17th May 2011
 * Clegg risks the same fate as Lloyd George'' - History is unkind to the great Liberal leader who compromised his ideals for power - 15th September 2010
 * needs the charisma of conviction'' - We cannot win unless the new leader sticks to our principles – that’s why my local party made the choice it did - 13th August 2010
 * down to the great god Choice'' - Only the middle classes win when people ‘choose’ health or education - 2nd July 2010
 * Labour leader to win future election'' - Take it from a man who has stood and lost: the party no longer loves a loser. It wants a reasonable radical - 9th June 2010
 * curbs are barking up the wrong tree'' - This legislation will penalise the elderly but do nothing to stop the real culprits - 10th March 2010
 * Foot, the most misunderstood of men'' - Cast as a fey revolutionary, he was a rebel, not a leader, with a cause - 4th March 2010
 * match made in heaven will end an unholy rift'' - Methodism’s merger with the Anglicans is inevitable and would have John Wesley’s blessing. He sought reform, not schism - 15th February 2010
 * I introduce the bloody-minded Icelanders'' - If your ancestors were marauders, you’re not likely to have qualms about keeping £3.6 billion of somebody else’s money - 8th January 2010
 * needs the Bomb? That was the last war'' - In the Cold War, Trident was a deterrent. In the War on Terror it is irrelevant. The money would be better spent elsewhere - 16th December 2009
 * the aged? Speak for yourself, Joan'' - I’d sooner ride a motorbike than get into time’s wingèd bathchair, so why stereotype me as elderly? - 25th August 2009
 * If equality is dead, what is the point of Labour? - A Cabinet minister cynically announces that the founding principle of his party is redundant. His view must be rejected - 3rd July 2009
 * Englishness: no fuss, please - Long-winded statements about civic virtues, swearing oaths ... none of this feels English - 26th March 2008



Roy Hattersley - all articles 2007:

 * Name thine enemy - The lost data crises are a result of Blair's project of privatisation - and it's time for Brown to say so - 20th December 2007
 * Forget nailbiting and backbiting, Brown has serious work to do - 2nd December 2007 (The Observer)
 * It is hardly a sentimental matter - Crucial evidence shows a cull would spread, not reduce, bovine TB - 24th October 2007
 * Give parents a proper say on grammars - 30th October 2007
 * Great architecture shapes and reflects the spirit of its age - which is why I wish I had practised it - 1st October 2007
 * My greatest mistake - I helped to bring out Labour's obsession with what is old or new, rather than good or bad - 24th September 2007
 * Virtue but no vindication - Politicians are deluded if they believe publishing their memoirs will redeem their reputations - 17th September 2007
 * My night of deviant thrills - The pyrotechnics of this production of Aida were reminiscent of Labour's infamous Sheffield rally - 10th September 2007
 * The spur for dissolution - Gordon Brown could legitimately call an early election if parliament rejects his terror laws - 3rd September 2007
 * Burns birls in his grave - None of Scotland's contemporary artists are forging a cultural identity distinct from England - 27th August 2007
 * Pakistan can work it out - Bhutto represents the country's best hope of taking its place among democratic nations - 20th August 2007
 * It's small surprise that private schools achieve better exam results - as long as the state sector is starved of the lavish resources they enjoy - 16th August 2007
 * Their Royal Slynesses / Gord in his prime - 12th August 2007 (Sunday Mirror)
 * Liberty is not what it was - Much has changed since John Stuart Mill's time, and his views on freedom are no longer valid - 6th August 2007
 * Lives can't be tidied - The idea that people who sleep rough might relish their escape from society goes against my instincts - 30th July 2007
 * Brown must lead markets -   The prime minister has to decide on the limits of private enterprise within the public sector - 23rd July 2007
 * Poets and patriots - The verse of the two world wars reveals a changing idea of what is worth fighting for - 16th July 2007
 * My part in a trite charade - The weekly detour into showbiz that is prime minister's questions diminishes politicians - 9th July 2007
 * A new dawn after 13 years - Today I feel an optimism about the Labour party that I have not since the leader was John Smith - 2nd July 2007
 * The rich must be penalised - Politicians who run away from this basic principle will never have the nerve to achieve true equality - 25th June 2007
 * Why badgers are perturbed - I would be just the same if someone piped carbon monoxide from a tractor exhaust into my home - 18th June 2007
 * The line too often taken - Blair's long goodbye has been yet more style over substance. It's time for a more subdued approach - 11th June 2007
 * How to spoil sport - Cricket commentators should concentrate more on reverse swing and less on men dressed as nuns - 4th June 2007
 * Hierarchies of esteem: City academies - and their pupils - are treated as a new elite. Where does this leave the rest? - 28th May 2007
 * Praying for the A-list - Surely Catholics ought to be exalting the humble, not boosting their brand by signing up celebrities - 21st May 2007
 * Take it from me, it’s a pointless job - Reviewing Labour’s deputy leadership contest - 19th May 2007 (The Times)
 * Ian Paisley and me - Denis Healey was unwell, so I was the minister who had to send the troops into Northern Ireland - 14th May 2007
 * The dope on advertising - An evening's television paints us as a nation obsessed with wrinkles, body odour and furniture - 7th May 2007
 * Buster: the sequel - My dog's latest literary offering reveals how he's become quite a philosopher in his old age - 30th April 2007
 * The peak of protest - The ramblers who marched up Kinder Scout 75 years ago did us all a great favour - 24th April 2007
 * What price now the Met’s honour and reputation? - 23rd April 2007 (The Times)
 * In possession of a vision: A successful home secretary must embrace policies that go beyond responding to headlines - 16th April 2007
 * Of the earth, not heaven - Whether or not those are her bones, Joan is my favourite saint. She gives a good name to sanctity - 9th April 2007
 * It's not all about money - Huge fines imposed against hospitals and rail companies can only be counter-productive - 2nd April 2007
 * We are not Elizabethans - Our idea of the Edwardian era is confused by who was on the throne. People, not princes, set the course - 26th March 2007
 * Nothing will happen - There is no hope that the government will return to Lords reform when nobody bothers about it - 19th March 2007
 * No grinning. Longer socks. Essential tips for Mr Brown - 14th March 2007 (The Times)
 * The essence of dogness - Crufts celebrates only a small, shallow section of the canine race. Real dog lovers prefer mongrels - 12th March 2007
 * I will vote myself out - On Monday I will be sworn in to the Lords - where I will fight to get rid of peerages like mine - 8th March 2007
 * My unilateral conversion - I believe we should ditch our nuclear deterrent for the same reasons I once fought to save it - 5th March 2007
 * Difficult pleasures - One of the joys of reading a poem is lying awake at night wondering what it really means - 26th February 2007
 * The £1000 dinner suite - In an age of meritocracy, the Tories have chosen a leader who was propelled upwards by money - 19th February 2007
 * Books for pleasure - The school English syllabus should above all aim to instill a sense of the joy of reading - 12th February 2007
 * Slights and suspicions - Police conduct last week alienated many decent young Muslims who they need to have on their side - 5th February 2007
 * I blame the padre, too - To distil work by a genius such as Shakespeare into a sentence takes a special kind of talent of its own - 29th January 2007
 * Just give it to us straight - Voters are tired of Blair's spin. It's time for a stern, austere and unbending successor like Brown - 22nd January 2007
 * Morality at mealtime - The slow progress of my eating habits towards pasta and nut cutlets seems entirely logical - 15th January 2007
 * The opposite of erosion - Talented children from low-income families are paying the price of Blair's obsession with selection - 8th January 2007
 * Private members - Political diaries written as a personal record rather than for publication are the ones worth reading - 2nd January 2007

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