Jonathan Freedland



Profile:
Full name: Jonathan Saul Freedland

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

Journals/Organisation: The Guardian | The Jewish Chronicle

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

Personal website: Jonathan Freedland.com

Website: Guardian.co

Blog: Comment is free...

Representation: Curtis Brown

Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/j_freedland



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/Main role:

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

Broadcast media: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/people/presenters/jonathan-freedland

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

Scoops:

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

Speaking/Appearances:

Debate: 

The Guardian:
Column name:

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]

Website: Guardian.co / Jonathan Freedland

Commissioning editor:

Day published: Wednesday

Regularity: weekly

Column format:

Average length: 1250 words



Articles: 2016

 * Donald Trump is a vile misogynist - but he's not the only one - Victory for Hillary Clinton will not be enough to defeat the torrent of sexism unleashed by this US presidential campaign - 22nd October
 * We’re marching towards extreme Brexit. Someone must speak for the 48% - Theresa May casts those who voted to remain in the EU as a tiny metropolitan elite, but they represent nearly half of Britain - 8th October
 * Will Theresa May’s speech appeal beyond Tory conference? - She brazenly sought to colonise territory that once belonged to Labour - 5th October
 * After Corbyn definitively took the Labour leadership for the second time, this was his chance to inspire party members – and prove his critics wrong - A missed chance to address leave voters - 29th September
 * President Trump? There’s only one way to stop it happening - As the first TV debate looms the race is on a knife edge. Unless voters on the left want to repeat bitter history, they have to swallow their doubts and back Hillary - 24th September
 * Blair’s business decision might thin the fog of rage – and help Labour - Only when Tony Blair stops acting like a man willing to be sold to the highest bidder can his legacy be reconsidered. But it will be a long road - 21st September
 * From Bake Off to Brexit, the right keeps putting dogma ahead of success - Britain’s conservatives used to put practice ahead of theory, leaving ideology to the left. No longer - 17th September
 * Libya is another example of Cameron’s folly. History will not judge him kindly - The foreign affairs committee rightly condemns Cameron’s reckless, short-termist intervention in Libya that prefigured his biggest mistake – on the EU - 14th September
 * Hillary Clinton has allowed Trump to claim vindication - The presidential candidate’s pneumonia will be seized on by those who claim she is weak and untrustworthy. But she’s judged by double standards – as a woman, and as a politician - 12th September
 * Theresa May’s grammar school nostalgia is heartfelt - but wrong - Selection is wonderful for those who are selected. It’s everyone else who loses out. And mark my words: that won’t be the sharp-elbowed middle class - 10th September
 * Donald Trump’s achilles heel is that he is truly un-American - His threats of violence, like his suggestion that minorities are not real citizens, are a violation of the country’s most sacred ideals - 13th August
 * Whether leavers like it or not, Europe has a say on how Brexit will happen - Leaving the EU is not just about us – it’s about renegotiating our relationship with 27 other member states. Let’s hope the breakup is kind - 10th August
 * Corbyn can’t dismiss the importance of MPs. On Brexit, they’re centre stage - Parliament is where our European future will be determined and the leave campaigners know that. For Labour to pretend it doesn’t matter is a mistake - 6th August
 * Donald Trump’s treatment of a crying baby reveals his total lack of empathy - The Republican nominee’s castigation of a mother and her child at a rally could cause real damage. His support among women is low – and falling fast - 3rd August
 * Donald Trump speaks to the gut – and progressives need to do the same - To win this election Hillary Clinton should learn the lesson of Brexit. You can’t disdain the politics of emotion - you have to master it - 30th July
 * As Trump backers praise Brexit, UK and US are nations united in rage - Patriotic, misogynistic mood among Republicans is more lurid than what’s seen in Britain, but the echo is distinct - 23rd July
 * The targeting of Hillary Clinton suggests a vicious campaign ahead - The Republicans have shown how they want to take on the Democratic frontrunner, by framing her as a criminal. The result will be relentless negativity - 20th July
 * Trump's Republican party hits new low: relentless exploitation of genuine grief - No one could deny the agony of the parade of grieving parents and siblings at the convention’s opening night, but it felt like an appalling abuse of their suffering - 19th July
 * With Boris Johnson in charge of diplomacy, Britain has insulted the world - Some say his role is merely symbolic. Even so it gives two fingers to the countries whose goodwill we will need - 16th July
 * While Corbyn and his rivals wrestle for the wheel, Labour is sinking - The battle for the leadership has hit new heights of bitterness. But the party’s disconnection from its working-class roots threatens its very existence - 13th July
 * Theresa May has benefited from the Tories’ hunger for power - May’s speech showed Labour now faces a formidable opponent who has already placed several tanks on their lawn. Meanwhile, Labour is fighting itself - 11th July
 * Cameron really was the true heir to Blair: both were totally reckless - Trusting too much in their powers of persuasion, both men misunderstood Britain’s place in the world – and unleashed havoc - 9th July
 * Iraq changed everything: that’s why Chilcot matters so much - From the horrors of Isis and Syria to Brexit and the travails of our political parties, we still live every day with the legacy of Tony Blair’s war 13 years ago - 6th July
 * Andrea Leadsom’s pitch for the Tory leadership: our writers’ verdict - In today’s speech the Brexit campaigner outlined her vision for the Conservatives and country. How successful was she? - 4th July (Jonathan Freedland, Simon Jenkins and Deborah Orr)
 * A warning to Gove and Johnson - we won’t forget what you did - Though events are moving fast, it’s crucial to hold on to our fury at the selfishness that caused this crisis - 2nd July
 * How will Boris Johnson’s departure change the Tory leadership contest? - Our writers discuss the effect on the runners and riders now that the favourite has quit the race - 30th June Mary Dejevsky, Zoe Williams, and Mark Wallace
 * The young put Jeremy Corbyn in, now they should push him out - The Labour leader and his team were guilty of ‘deliberate sabotage’ of the remain campaign. Members should remember this if they’re asked to re-elect him - 27th June
 * For the 48%, this was a day of despair - Soon we will become little Britain. The signs of Regrexit are cold comfort for those of us who voted to remain - 25th June
 * We have woken up in a different country - For the 48% who voted to remain, and for most of the watching world, Britain has changed in a way that makes the heart sink - 24th June
 * This is why we must remain: if you're undecided, here's my final plea - One day before the biggest political decision of our lifetimes, and around 10% of the electorate are still undecided. Here are five compelling reasons to vote remain - 22nd June
 * If you inject enough poison into the political bloodstream, somebody will get sick - Contempt for politicians has been on the rise for years. But this EU referendum campaign has torn away at the veil that divides civility from mayhem - 17th June
 * Remain needs to change tack on immigration – or risk Brexit - The hour is very late, but Labour remain campaigners need to address the number one concern of people who will vote to leave Europe next week - 14th June
 * Which would you rather, President Trump or Brexit? It’s no contest - If Britain votes leave on 23 June it will be a hammer blow to the last 70 years of peace in Europe - 11th June
 * Bow out, Bernie Sanders. Hillary Clinton needs a clear run at the White House - Sanders has fought a remarkable campaign but if he fights on, now that Clinton has been declared the presumptive nominee, it will only damage her chances against Trump - 7th June
 * A plea to Hillary’s Democrat critics: don’t hand the White House to Trump - Hostility to Clinton on the Sanders side is so deep that they are in danger of letting the Republican win - 28th May
 * The Greek bailout shows the EU is on its best behaviour – until 24 June - There’s a sense that our fellow EU states are avoiding issues that will fuel Brexiteers. Instead they are playing nicely, as they did with the loan to Athens - 25th May
 * Israel has turned right and exposed the battle within - Binyamin Netanyahu’s reshuffle was brutal, but don’t rule out one last diplomatic push from President Obama - 21st May
 * Iain Duncan Smith’s Brexit intervention is ridiculous but effective - IDS claims David Cameron was controlled by Germany in the EU renegotiations. But this was always going to be a sideshow to the main debate - 10th May
 * Labour’s argument won’t be settled until 2020. By then it will be too late - Sadiq Khan’s win in London will be a genuine breakthrough. But the other election results suggest a party still distant from power - 7th May
 * Labour’s argument won’t be settled until 2020. By then it will be too late - Sadiq Khan’s win in London will be a genuine breakthrough. But the other election results suggest a party still distant from power - 7th May
 * Election victory should be Labour’s on Thursday – losses will be inexcusable - In midterm polls, it’s the Westminster incumbents who usually take a beating. Maybe this time will be different - 5th May
 * My plea to the left: treat Jews the same way you’d treat any other minority - The row over Ken Livingstone and Labour antisemitism has exposed people who think they’re anti-racist – but make a curious exception for Jews - 30th April
 * It took Barack Obama to crush the Brexit fantasy - The US president destroyed one of the Vote Leave campaign’s core arguments, ending a week that may define the referendum debate - 24th April
 * Be thankful the US is willing to be our global policeman - The long arm of the American law is investigating the company behind the Panama Papers. After taking on Fifa, drug lords and the corrupt, it seems the only nation strong enough to do the job - 20th April
 * Who’d have thought it? Jeremy Corbyn could shape Britain’s destiny in Europe - With David Cameron weakened, Labour’s leader is now crucial to the remain campaign. But to avoid a Brexit he must do more - 16th April
 * Amid the bloodshed, Palestinians and Israelis are giving up on themselves - Both sides of the conflict are united in one thing: they don’t know how to get out of this mess - 8th April
 * Trump’s domination of the US election is teaching us one thing: we’ll miss Obama - This campaign is bizarre and unpredictable. Which only makes the president’s strengths clearer every day - 2nd April
 * After the Brussels attacks, we’re starting to develop a coping strategy - The reaction to this week’s killing was more resigned than shocked. To protect ourselves, we are growing a thicker skin – and a harder heart - 26th March
 * Labour and the left have an antisemitism problem - Under Jeremy Corbyn the party has attracted many activists with views hostile to Jews. Its leaders must see why this matters - 19th March
 * The Republicans created Donald Trump: no wonder they can’t stop him - Defeating the party strongman means addressing the three causes of the anger that fuels his success. Only Hillary Clinton can do that - 5th March
 * The Brexit campaign is wrong: the UK is already a sovereign nation - The out campaign claims our membership of the EU prevents us from being masters of our own destiny. In fact we already have that power - 27th February
 * I’ve felt the Bern. And Jeremy Corbyn, you’re no Senator Sanders - The presidential hopeful far outshines Labour’s leader, but Democrats need to consider the risk that he’ll hand the White House to the Republicans - 12th February
 * Donald Trump tore up the rulebook of American politics – and is winning - The businessman’s candidacy for the Republican nomination has always defied the usual laws of political gravity. It may take him to the White House - 10th February
 * Google crosses borders. The tax collectors should too - The tech giant’s tiny tax payment shows how feeble governments have become in the face of corporate might. Only global action can tame the beast - 30th January
 * For Cameron to speak of a ‘bunch of migrants’ is beneath him - This blithe dismissal of the Calais camp residents would have been a terrible phrase for the PM to use at any time. To say it on Holocaust Memorial Day was especially jarring - 27th January
 * Trump and Palin may be funny. But they are no joke - The Republican stars can certainly put on a show. Fury against the system is all the rage, and they know how to use it - 23rd January
 * Charlie Hebdo’s refugee cartoon isn’t satirical. It’s inflammatory - The French magazine may have wanted to give prejudice a kicking – but ended up giving it a platform - 15th January
 * War and Peace is a hit. But Britain can’t keep living in the past - British TV’s period dramas are hugely popular, but they tell the world that our best days are behind us - 8th January



Articles: 2015

 * In the bleakness of the Calais migrant camp, a light shines out - Just 22 miles off the coast of England, refugees are enduring shantytown conditions. But, as governments turn away, volunteers have stepped in – it’s an inspiring story - 28th December
 * Strictly Come Dancing is a success story that could only work at the BBC - The show, which climaxes tomorrow night, is public service broadcasting at its very best. Tory ministers take note - 19th December
 * he lesson we learn from Donald Trump: the left should fight fire with fire - Like Marine Le Pen in France, the rightwing presidential hopeful uses simple, powerful messages to reach beyond his devotees. Progressives should do the same - 12th December
 * From Fifa to guns, let’s stop accepting the unacceptable - Football corruption is exposed, the madness of US gun laws is confirmed – yet things carry on just as they are - 5th December
 * With each misstep, Jeremy Corbyn is handing Britain to the Tories - Every day, whether on terror or Chairman Mao, Labour is alienating its supporters and betraying those hit hardest by the cuts - 28th November
 * Let’s deny Isis its binary struggle – and celebrate the grey zone - Violent jihadism longs for a polarised world of black and white. We should not fall into that trap, even as we debate how to defeat it - 21st November
 * Diaspora Jews offer a rare chance for hope in the Middle East - Irish Americans helped settle the conflict in Northern Ireland. Jewish communities could play a similar role for Israel and Palestine - 14th November
 * The spooks will keep spying on us Brits: we clearly don’t care - With no experience of life in a security state, and with James Bond and the Enigma codebreakers as our heroes, we’ve always believed the intelligence agencies protect us - 6th November
 * Trudeau, Clinton, Bush … dynasties are the blockbuster movies of politics - Whether it’s Canada’s new prime minister, the former US first lady or James Bond, increasingly the brand is the defining factor in popular success - 24th October
 * Jeremy Corbyn could learn a thing or two from the SNP - The Scottish nationalists are not just masters of the new politics - they’re pretty good at the old politics too - 17th October
 * EU referendum: the next big populist wave could sweep Britain out of Europe - If Britons are in a mood to show two fingers to the establishment, the consequence could be Brexit - and the break-up of the UK - 10th October
 * We only have to see an Old Etonian and we salute - In the contest between Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan for London mayor, lingering deference to the officer class hands one candidate a huge advantage - 3rd October
 * Corbyn's conference speech helps Labour forget horror of election defeat - Labour leader’s somewhat meandering address delights delegates with promise to change politics – even similarities with a blogger’s text couldn’t dampen spirits - 30th September
 * Religion is like sex – it can seem absurd, but it works - Pope Francis’s US visit illustrates one of the themes of our era: the strange persistence of ancient faiths - 26th September
 * Jeremy Corbyn has to represent all of Labour, not just himself - After the national anthem debacle, new leader must reach out to the country or his agenda will never get a hearing - 19th September
 * Mama Merkel has consigned the ‘ugly German’ to history - The nation is dramatically changing its reputation, but idealistic rhetoric can also mask self-interested motives - 12th September
 * Aylan Kurdi: this one small life has shown us the way to tackle the refugee crisis - The three-year-old’s tragic death was the result of geopolitical upheaval but local, human action can save others like him - 5th September
 * Reggie Perrin – a suburban everyman who captured the essence of his era - The death of his creator, David Nobbs, reminds us of the genius of the best TV comedy: its characters define their age - 15th August
 * Football shouldn’t be allowed to deny cricket its moment in the sun - It seems wrong that an Ashes series as thrilling as this one has been should have to make way so soon for the big money and brashness of the Premier League - 8th August
 * Israel’s hawks can't dodge blame for this day of violence - Two bloody attacks in 24 hours have laid bare a culture of impunity – and deep internal divisions - 1st August
 * The Corbyn tribe cares about identity, not power - Telling supporters he won’t win is futile: elections are not their priority. They want to be true to themselves - 25th July
 * Labour must learn to speak human, whatever its policies - All week this series has looked at the questions Labour will need to answer. Today – how should the party talk to the people it seeks to govern? - 17th July
 * There are limits to our empathy – and George Osborne knows it - The chancellor’s budget was not about caring for the poor but wooing those who like to think they care - 11th July
 * This euro is destroying the European dream - The deficit fetishists of Brussels and Berlin must cut Greece some fiscal slack and work to promote growth - 3rd July
 * After Tunisia, Kuwait and France we should not be afraid to call evil by its name - The sheer sadism of Islamic State cannot be explained by politics alone. It comes from something deeper and darker - 26th June
 * On guns and race, America is a nation shackled to its past - The Charleston shootings show that for all its might, the US still cannot cure its two critical birth defects - 20th June
 * The naked backpackers in Malaysia were thinking of Las Vegas, not Rome - Today’s travellers are caught between respect for local customs and having the fun they dare not have at home - 12th June
 * ‘Moving on’: the mantra that traps Labour in the past - Charles Kennedy understood what Ed Miliband didn’t: you can talk of the future, but you cannot escape your history - 6th June
 * Labour has to get over its Tony Blair problem - Until the party makes its peace with the three-time election winner, it is doomed to be out of power - 23rd May
 * Ukip looks hilarious. But soon we won’t be laughing - The party now poses a direct threat to Labour in its traditional heartlands. This should send a chill through the left - 16th May
 * Our politicians are living a lie – but they can regain our trust - The public won’t be fooled by this trend for vows and locks. Voters want honesty instead of bravado - 2nd May
 * Question Time crowd emerge as stars on a night of vicious attacks on leaders - Cameron, Miliband and Clegg all come in for a savaging as they finally face the electorate after sterile election campaign - 1st May
 * To keep Scotland, Britain must embrace the separatists - It’s a paradox: if the unionist parties refuse to work with the SNP, the union will in effect be dead - 25th April
 * General election 2015: If this deadlock holds, a battle is coming over Ed Miliband’s legitimacy - Halfway there: As the campaign marks its midpoint, the two main parties remain deadlocked. If things stay that way, it won’t be arithmetic that decides who forms the next government – but raw politics - 18th April
 * The Tories’ wobble shows they don’t know how to fight Ed Miliband - Is the Labour leader Ed Miliband a useless dweeb or a power-hungry cad? The confusion shows the extent of panic in the Conservative ranks - 11th April
 * The next TV election debate will be messy. Just like Britain’s politics - Many wanted a Miliband-Cameron clash, but the upcoming seven-leader contest will better reflect Britain as it is - 28th March
 * Netanyahu sank into the moral gutter – and there will be consequences - Israel’s prime minister won re-election with a combination of belligerence and bigotry. His opposition to a Palestinian state is a stance the world should not accept - 21st March
 * If bankers want the gain, they should feel the pain - High rollers of high finance must stop hiding, as Rona Fairhead at HSBC did, behind an ‘accountability firewall’. It is time they paid for the damage they cause - 13th March
 * Climate activism is doomed if it remains a left-only issue - Faced with collective catatonia, environmentalists need to learn from successful political campaigns - 7th March
 * The Premier League is no longer England’s – this country is just the backdrop - The sale of broadcast rights reflects a wider shift: from property to finance, the UK has become the turf on which others play - 14th February
 * Israelis have a chance to dump Netanyahu. I fear they won’t seize it - Bibi has lost allies abroad and alienated the electorate at home. But unless his opponents raise their game, he’s likely to win the election next month - 7th February
 * This pre-election jockeying could threaten the United Kingdom itself - Politicians competing for a place in the next coalition are setting Britain’s four nations against each other - 31st January
 * Paris attacks: in this debate fear is the factor that dare not speak its name - Whether it's blaming foreign policy, the cartoonists or invoking free speech, we're all searching for ways to cope with our terror - 17th January
 * Charlie Hebdo: first they came for the cartoonists, then they came for the Jews - Of course the Paris killers targeted a kosher supermarket: they're a fascist death cult fighting a dirty little war - 11th January
 * If Clinton wins in 2016, who will dare use 'old woman' as insult? - Making it to the White House will shift prejudices not only in America, but far beyond - 3rd January



Articles: 2014

 * The Pope Francis stardust worked over Cuba. Could it work with Isis and the Taliban? - Francis had a diplomatic triumph this week. If only he could resolve the world’s bloodiest conflicts too - 20th December
 * CIA torture: Homeland and 24 make great TV, but they’re no way to govern - The torture report lays bare what happens when our deepest, darkest urges prevail. The state has to rise above it - 13th December
 * George Osborne may live to regret his rush towards Wigan pier - The chancellor has credibility. But the spectre of 1930s-style cuts may be too much for voters to accept - 6th December
 * Gordon Brown: without winning an election, he has left a legacy greater than Tony Blair's - His predecessor was always seen as the winner, but Brown retires having saved the pound, the global economy and the United Kingdom - 2nd December
 * On Europe, David Cameron is trying to feed a beast that cannot be satisfied - The prime minister stepped back from the brink of a British exit from the EU, but his attempt to assuage fury over immigration is doomed - 29th November
 * The Emily Thornberry affair proves it: US-style culture wars have come to Britain - One reckless tweet shows UK politics is fast becoming a constant battle over identity, just like it is in America - 22nd November
 * Rosetta and Philae: why this space story fills us with so much awe - The comet landing has given us a rare glimpse of the outer limits of human excellence – and restored our faith in progress - 15th November
 * Remembering the wall and the war: a pause to recall an age of extremes - Two peoples fated to clash in two catastrophic wars remember two events which marked the beginning and end of the short, bloody 20th century - 9th November
 * If Labour is stuck with Ed Miliband, here’s a way out - With no obvious successor, Labour’s focus should switch to what five more years of the Tories would look like - 8th November
 * In his anger, Cameron has made Britain a toxic brand - The prime minister rages at the EU’s £1.7bn bill, but his miscalculations have lost Britain vital allies in Europe - 25th October
 * Isis and Ebola: the twin threats that reveal our impotence - In our sense of terror, Islamic State and the virus feed each other. But from airports to airstrikes, the response is glaringly inadequate - 18th October
 * Nigel Farage is the Captain Mainwaring of our time - Ukip's rise, like the return of Dad's Army, suggests a nation still yearning for the days when it stood alone - 11th October
 * Scrapping human rights law is an act of displaced fury - The Tory plan to break with the European court is all about blunting Ukip's bayonets – channelling rage that should be aimed elsewhere - 4th October
 * David Cameron has fired the election starting gun - The prime minister has left Conservatives feeling they hold the advantage after a fortnight of duelling party conferences - 2nd October
 * Ed Miliband: coherent and together – but still not yet looking the part - The Labour leader delivered a clear enough message. The missing element may relate to the messenger himself - 24th September
 * Scotland started a glorious revolution. Don’t let Westminster snuff it out - The movement for devolution must not be reduced to a party political squabble or an anoraks’ debate - 20th September
 * After Scotland votes, keeping Britain in Europe will be a whole lot harder - Whatever the result, Thursday’s referendum has rewritten the political rulebook. What used to work no longer does - 13th September
 * If Britain loses Scotland it will feel like an amputation - I understand the lure of independence, but the prospect fills me with sadness for the country that would be left behind - 6th September
 * Rotherham inquiry: the 'PC gone mad' defence is itself a form of racism - Political correctness is blamed for Rotherham, but that betrays a contempt for those of Pakistani heritage - 30th August
 * This Islamic State nightmare is not a holy war but an unholy mess - It isn’t religious zeal but the collapse of state power that makes the clash in Iraq feel like a return to the dark ages - 9th August
 * Making sense of the magical journey from boy to man - In a world saturated by violence and sensation, true escape comes in Richard Linklater’s affecting film Boyhood - 2nd August
 * Israel’s fears are real, but this Gaza war is utterly self-defeating - Palestinians and Israelis are saddled with leaders who with every move make their people less, not more, secure - 26th July
 * Sifting through the wreckage of MH17, searching for sense amid the horror - In the face of events from Ukraine to Gaza, we want to believe that the world is not a place of uncontrollable catastrophe - 19th July
 * This cycle of vengeance could spark a third intifada - The tit-for-tat killings of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers have raised the prospect of another, even bloodier confrontation - 5th July
 * Gordon Brown is back, and may be the man to save the union - He was reviled after he lost the 2010 election, but the former PM is now reframing the Scottish independence debate - 29th June
 * England's footballers are as confused as England itself - In its values, its borders and even its national anthem, this country is unsure where it stands. And isolation looms - 21st June
 * Why Britain still wants to fight Europe on the beaches - As D-day reminds us, the EU was born out of war, and Britain's heroic view of that conflict shapes its hostile attitude - 7th June
 * London is Ukip's worst nightmare - The local election results highlight how out-of-step London attitudes pose a serious dilemma for Labour and Tories - 24th May
 * Hillary Clinton needs Hollywood: Modern Family proves it - Drama, like satire, can shape politics and alter society. From 24 to Borgen, TV does more than reflect life: it changes it - 17th May
 * Halal meat: animals shouldn't suffer, but we mustn't ostracise minorities - What's at stake in this halal furore is not cruelty to lamb and cows but whether we can live together in a diverse society - 10th May
 * Whatever Gerry Adams' past, peace takes precedence over justice - His arrest in the Jean McConville case could mean a return to violence. As in South Africa, the answer is a painful compromise - 3rd May
 * A no vote in Scotland will be no endorsement of Britain - The campaign against independence has been so relentlessly negative it risks depriving the UK of a moral mandate - 29th March
 * Budget 2014: fluffy little delights unleashed to soften up older voters - The chancellor had his eyes firmly fixed on the 2015 poll – and one section of the electorate in particular - 20th March
 * As the Ukraine debate rages, both sides are getting it wrong - It's possible to condemn Vladimir Putin's invasion – and to believe that Kiev's new government is no place for fascists - 8th March
 * This generational smugness about paedophilia is wrong - Yes, the NCCL's tolerance of PIE in the 1970s is shocking. But while we may be better at shunning child abusers, the abuse itself continues - 1st March
 * Food banks or dignity: is that the choice we offer the hungry? - The rise of food banks in Britain has been met with shock, and denial. But they cannot cope with a national crisis - 22nd February
 * Why it's a good time to be a dictator like Kim Jong-un - Horrors like those detailed in the UN report into North Korea aren't enough to get the world to do something. The response is shock, but then a collective shrug - 18th February
 * These floods are washing away the founding logic of David Cameron's government - By announcing that 'money is no object', the prime minister has performed the last rites on the notion of inevitable austerity - 15th February
 * Ed Miliband has pounced on inequality – a make or break decision - First thoughts: If the Labour leader really thinks inequality is the topic to win him the election, he's taking a risk – but it may be worth it - 11th February
 * If I were a Scot, I might vote yes to independence. As it is, I can only plead with them to stay - Ignored for so long, it's little wonder so many in Scotland are straining to break away. But heaven help us all if they do - 8th February
 * We now trust no one with our data – not even our doctors - The Edward Snowden revelations could prove bad for our health, thwarting a vital NHS scheme to gather clinical information - 31st January
 * Jobbik is proof that it's impossible to close Britain's borders to bigotry - As Hungary's far right party starts campaigning in Britain, it's a sign that free movement of people means free movement of politics - 25th January
 * From Rennard to Rochdale: whose side are you on in this war against femaleness? - Misogyny is endemic: on Twitter, in the Lords, in Peterborough. But the battle for equality is no longer just men v women - 18th January
 * Sex, politics and François Hollande: how France plays by its own rules - First thoughts: Following revelations of an alleged affair, a British or US minister would be told to show contrition, or resign. Not in France – vive la différence - 14th January
 * The Chris Christie scandal proves it: strong leaders are dangerous - The disgrace of New Jersey's Republican governor shows how political strength can fast become bullying – or worse - 11th January
 * Michael Bay's stagefright has done us all a favour - First thoughts: By publicly showing their vulnerability, the likes of Bay, Scott Stossel and Allison Pearson are helping to break wider taboos - 7th January
 * Ariel Sharon's final mission might well have been peace - As one of Israel's founders he had the credibility to give up occupied territory – and even to face the demons of 1948 - 4th January



Articles: 2013

 * Honours should reward achievement, not cronyism - First thoughts: Forget the Downton Abbey flummery – let's honour remarkable citizens who truly deserve it, not entrench the class system - 31st December
 * My home used to be a Christmas-free zone. No longer - You don't have to be a Christian to see the appeal of this season. Jews, Muslims and Hindus are getting in on the act - 21st December
 * The tricky Tory politics of Heathrow - First thoughts: Cameron is hemmed in on both sides over airport expansion. Oh to be China for a day and be rid of this paralysing democracy - 18th December
 * Thanks to David Brent we cannot see the new poor - Maybe it's because white-collar jobs are often the butt of the joke, but we are forgetting too many victims of the downturn - 14th December
 * David Moyes, just like John Major, is destined to fail - First thoughts: Sport is no different from politics. There is a syndrome that means it's all but impossible for one star to follow another - 10th December
 * India shows there can be life beyond the great liberator - Indians call Mandela a true Gandhian. And as South Africa contemplates its future, it could do worse than look to them - 7th December
 * Barack Obama's on a diplomatic roll that shouldn't end with Iran - After the Geneva nuclear deal there is a path to peace in Jerusalem. But it will mean confronting Binyamin Netanyahu - 30th November
 * The Paul Flowers affair confirms it: 2015 will be a dirty election - From the Co-op to Mid Staffs, the Tory smear machine is operating at full throttle – and it won't relent till polling day - 23rd November
 * The selfie's screaming narcissism masks an urge to connect - First thoughts: The Oxford Dictionaries' word of the year, 'selfie' seems to be all about me, me, me. But its social nature reveals a desperate search for an us - 19th November
 * Why even atheists should be praying for Pope Francis - Francis could replace Obama as the pin-up on every liberal and leftist wall. He is now the world's clearest voice for change - 16th November
 * David Dimbleby's tattoo is a sign of things to come - First thoughts: The 75-year-old presenter's scorpion may not prompt a rush of pensioners to get inked. But today's tattooed young will be tomorrow's older people - 12th November
 * Politicians, learn this: people cannot live by bread alone - Russell Brand, Grayson Perry and co are our new priests, plugging a gap the church no longer fills and that our leaders fear to address - 9th November
 * The question that Jeremy Paxman should ask himself - First thoughts: It turns out Paxman shares Russell Brand's disillusion with politicians. But there are unelected people, wielding greater power, who rarely get the rotweiller treatment - 5th November
 * Gordon Brown has one last gift to give the Labour party he loves - Ed Miliband is hobbled by the myth of the mess Labour left behind. His predecessor can explode it, but he must say where he went wrong - 26th October
 * Facebook has got it spectacularly wrong on beheading videos - First thoughts: Facebook is making an editorial judgment in allowing head-chopping yet banning breastfeeding. And it is a very bad one - 22nd October
 * The GCHQ scandal is not about the Guardian. It is an insult to parliament - Instead of shooting the messenger, MPs should be affronted that they have been kept in the dark over activity they are meant to oversee - 19th October
 * England v Poland is a home game for both sides – that's London - First thoughts: The World Cup qualifier in Wembley will attract 18,000 Poles, reinforcing London's credentials as a diverse European city, different from the rest of the UK - 15th October
 * The secret state is just itching to gag the press - Get regulation wrong, and it won't be tales of Cheryl Cole that are censored, but revelations like those of Edward Snowden - 12th October
 * Finally the conspiracy theorists have an inside man - First thoughts: Norman Baker is not the first man to see secret plots in every corner – but he is the first such man to be made the Home Office's no 2 - 8th October
 * Antisemitism doesn't always come doing a Hitler salute - Hatred of Jews is often more coded than explicit, but the Daily Mail's attack on Ralph Miliband pressed all the same old buttons - 5th October
 * In slurring Ed Miliband's father, the Mail offends a British sense of fair play - Even many Daily Mail readers will surely admire, rather than condemn, Miliband for wanting to defend his father's good name - 1st October
 * Ed Miliband's new populism doesn't have to end with energy prices - From banks to railways, even welfare and immigration, Labour can go much further and still keep the public onside - 27th September
 * Ed Miliband stakes out leftwing positions in Brighton speech - Labour leader offered the faithful a policy-packed speech to sell his party – and himself – on the doorstep - 25th September
 * Luckily for Ed Miliband, Labour is not as ruthless as he is - Another good Labour conference speech may boost ratings, but it is the day-to-day combat that will decide who occupies No 10 - 21st September
 * Washington DC shootings: America's gun disease diminishes its soft power - The spate of shootings in the US and the lack of political will to tackle gun control shows the country as a basket case, not a model state - 17th September
 * I'm getting older. So am I becoming more rightwing? - Polls show the old less tolerant of gays and working women. But that doesn't make conservatism an inevitable part of ageing - 14th September
 * Syria: how a gaffe could stop a war - First thoughts: There are practical issues, but John Kerry's suggestion that Syria turn over its chemical weapons could give all the key players what they need - 9th September
 * Enough of playing Hamlet: Obama needs to act now - The indecisive US president has shown that he is as torn as the rest of us over intervention in Syria. But his credibility is at stake - 4th September
 * Joining the struggle against sexism won't make you less of a man - From Twitter rape threats to lads' mags, women are confronting misogyny – but until more men join them, the battle can't be won - 9th August
 * Dangerous dogs legislation – don't mess it up again - First thoughts: The Dangerous Dogs Act was rushed through in 1991. The government's brief consultation risks making the same mistakes - 6th August
 * We can't afford to be cynical about the Israel-Palestinian peace talks - John Kerry has shown the will to get things moving, and even old hands aren't as pessimistic as usual. There's room for hope - 3rd August
 * Arsenal shouldn't embrace Luis Suárez, however desperate we are for success - First thoughts: Eight long years without a trophy has left too many fans willing to turn a blind eye to proven racism - 30th July
 * From the archive: a portrait of Michael Foot, a lesson for Labour - the late former Labour party leader, would have been 100 today. This article was published in the Guardian the day after he resigned on 22 November 1990 - 23rd July
 * This summer Labour cannot rest – or it may lose the battle - As the Tories break up on a hog-fuelled high, Labour is full of woe. Three years on, why is it still on the defensive? - 20th July
 * This poll is bad news for Labour, however you spin it - First thoughts: Labour should be doing much better two years away from an election. Ed Miliband needs to grab the public's attention – and soon - 16th July
 * As G4S 'overcharging' and BBC payouts reveal, life in the UK just isn't fair - If all this were in period costume, a Downton Abbey world of elites, we would be appalled. So why isn't there more outrage? - 13th July
 * Whole-life sentences are preferable to the hangman's noose - First thoughts: Strasbourg has ruled that life shouldn't mean life, but British liberals should be mindful of public support for the death penalty - 9th July
 * How Andy Murray and co banished the ghosts of British sporting failure - The sight of the Scot lifting the Wimbledon trophy prompts the question: has Britain become a nation of winners? - 9th July
 * The failure of this Islamist experiment poses a danger far beyond Egypt - Too many in the Muslim world will now conclude that democracy has no place for them – and will be drawn to violence instead - 6th July
 * When Nelson Mandela goes, the global village will lose its elder - The former South African president is the ultimate example of moral authority, the most precious commodity in politics - 29th June
 * George Osborne master of the game of divisive politics - The chancellor has tried to gloss over a dire financial situation by playing the game he knows best - 26th June
 * From memory to sexuality, the digital age is changing us completely - I once thought the world of the internet would be the same as before, only faster. In fact, it's altering every corner of human life - 22nd June
 * Stuart Hall's sentence is unduly lenient – the judge got it wrong - Yes, he's 83, but Hall has eluded justice for sexually abusing girls for so long – why should his time in jail be reduced? - 18th June
 * Obama is like Apple, Google and Facebook: a once hip brand tainted by Prism - The president and the web giants are disgraced by this scandal. But we made it possible – by becoming informants on ourselves - 8th June
 * Woolwich attack: When killers strike, should we listen to what they say? - Just as Breivik's views on Islam did not deserve a hearing by the right, so the left should not use Woolwich to make its case on foreign policy - 25th May
 * How can the Tories end their family feud with Ukip? - Insulting Nigel Farage won't work, but David Cameron shouldn't impersonate him either. The answer is far subtler - 4th May
 * Religious fundamentalists could hold the key to Middle East peace - Israel's ultra-orthodox parties – so long deemed part of the hawkish right – might just unlock the two-state solution - 27th April
 * Notes on a bombing: five thoughts about Boston - The last 24 hours have felt like an extended episode of Homeland. Amid all the uncertainty, what are we to make of it? - 20th April
 * A funeral designed to elevate Thatcher above politics - The aim was to usher Thatcher into that tiny pantheon of figures deemed fit to stand alongside the monarchy in national esteem - 17th April
 * This lovefest for Margaret Thatcher spells trouble for David Cameron - The prime minister is damned if he's too much like her, and damned if he's not enough. Meanwhile Labour is left unruffled - 13th April
 * Marking Margaret Thatcher's passing: a battle over Britain's present and future - Make no mistake, the politicised argument over how to remember the former prime minister is not about the past - 10th April
 * We still live in the land Maggie built - The coalition is maintaining Thatcher's project of rolling back the frontiers of the state, dismantling the settlement that held from 1945 until it unravelled in the 1970s - 9th April
 * Labour must draw the sting from welfare, or lose in 2015 - Ed Miliband has to defy the skiver talk instead of vainly propping up the status quo or doing the Tories' work for them - 6th April
 * Neglect of the weak was not invented with the National Health Service - The Stafford hospital scandal is far from unprecedented. Dickens and Gladstone would have recognised this human weakness - 30th March
 * David Miliband has made the right move – for David Miliband - Miliband has ended the psychodrama with his brother Ed and taken on a plum job. But it might not be good news for Labour - 28th March
 * After a night at the theatre with the Queen, I worry about our democracy - As our politicians keep on failing, affection grows for those who are unelected. Democracy itself is looking fragile - 23rd March
 * George Osborne's budget speech attempts to pull off a trick of the eye - Chancellor tries not so much to defend record as change subject with some politically transparent headline-grabbers - 21st March
 * You're not a tourist, Obama. Go to Israel with a message - As Netanyahu unveils his new government, the US president should echo Israel's former security chiefs: the occupation must end - 16th March
 * Nick Clegg: from dead man walking to last man standing - He's plagued by scandal and haemorrhaging support, yet the Lib Dem leader may well become Britain's perennial kingmaker - 9th March
 * Eastleigh byelection: the worst thing the Tories can do is catch the Ukip bug - Eastleigh punished Cameron for not finishing his modernisation project. Now Tory voters have somewhere else to go - 2nd March
 * Late in life, I have become a convert to the beautiful game - I was sceptical about a certain strain of middle-class fan, but now I know the thrill of belonging to the football tribe - 23rd February
 * Ed Balls should 'fall on his sword'? What madness - The shadow chancellor is a political powerhouse. For Labour's sake I hope he ignores Anthony Seldon's call for him to quit - 21st February
 * Pope Benedict has to answer for his inaction on child abuse - The pope did too little to deal with sex offenders in the priesthood. He must be held to account – in this life, not the next - 16th February
 * Will Ed Miliband be an Obama or an Hollande? - The Labour party leader faces a choice he's still not made: to keep ambitions modest, or to offer a genuinely radical vision - 9th February
 * Gove U-turn on GCSEs: the moment cabinet's golden boy dropped the ball - Once Gove could look on with disdainful pity at his colleagues' clumsiness. This U-turn will weaken his leadership chances - 7th February
 * Chris Huhne resigns: this is a problem for all parties - A winter of discontent looms, with Lib Dems and Tories fighting for his Eastleigh seat, Labour watching on – and Nigel Farage as wild card - 4th February
 * If the Chinese dragon is so mighty, why is it trembling inside? - Beijing's alleged hacking of the New York Times is a sign of both the regime's huge power – and its fear of a Chinese spring - 2nd February
 * Abraham Lincoln's wisdom shows up our swamp-ridden politics - No wonder the economy is in a mess – our leaders have lost sight of the national interest as they pursue party advantage - 26th January
 * Obama's inauguration day: all that's missing is the Queen's golden coach - Avowedly egalitarian US likes as much pomp and ceremony as it can muster when it proclaims to the world it has chosen - 21st January
 * A load of Thunderballs: James Bond is fiction, not a police instruction manual - A shocking ruling (let's call it the 007 standard) gives undercover police licence to break hearts. It's the hacking of people's lives - 19th January
 * Britain can't pick and choose on Europe – we're either in, or we're out - The EU does need reform but the Eurosceptics' tactics will merely lead to an exit. Labour now has the chance to seize the agenda - 12th January
 * Israel's shift to the right will alienate those it needs most - Ahead of the Israeli elections, ultra-ultra-nationalists are surging in the polls. But diaspora Jews might recoil from their views - 5th January



Articles: 2012

 * This sacred text explains why the US can't kick the gun habit - I don't mock Americans' awe for the constitution. But to see an end to horrors like Newtown, they must make government anew - 22nd December
 * Raise a glass to gay marriage – all our lives are better for it - The journey from section 28 to same-sex weddings has been truly radical and rapid – it can be a model for progressive change - 15th December
 * Census shows a changing of the guard in Britain - What the 2011 figures proved is that the photo-op image of Team GB as a changing nation of many hues is demographic reality - 12th December
 * Osborne's optimism disappears in autumn statement'' - The chancellor's bright-eyed optimism that served as the coalition's defining mission turns to dust in the Commons - 6th December
 * Israel and Palestine's leaders – and cheerleaders – have failed them - Those who support Israel or Palestine as if they were rival football teams do those two peoples a terrible disservice - 23rd November
 * The battle between Israel and Gaza solves nothing - All the violence in Gaza and Israel will do is sow hatred in the hearts of yet another generation - 16th November
 * Now Republicans face the five stages of political grief - Every defeated party has to travel from denial to acceptance. At least in Mitt Romney's case the loss was unequivocal -10th November
 * Barack Obama's odyssey continues - History made as first black US president is re-elected, defying jobless rate and assaults of American right - 8th November
 * US election: Whoever wins on Tuesday, the impact will be profound - It's totally wrong to think there's little difference between Obama and Romney. We should all remember Gore v Bush - 3rd November
 * The BBC's real crime over Jimmy Savile was to act like the Catholic church - Journalism isn't the issue here. It is that the corporation failed in its duty of care to those abused by its employee - 27th October
 * We condemn Israel. So why the silence on Syria? - When Israelis kill Arabs there is outrage. But Assad's brutal campaign has cost 30,000 lives and there've been no protests - 20th October
 * Obama's fightback against Romney leaves both men looking for a knockout - The US president has the momentum but, barring an awful gaffe, it is unlikely the race will be won at the final debate in Florida - 18th October
 * The evil of Jimmy Savile was not his alone - It is a mistake to regard the presenter's horrific case as a one-off. It is a numbingly familiar tale of power and disbelief - 13th October
 * David Cameron's speech shows Ed Miliband has got under his skin - The prime minister's defensive address suggests Tories take the Labour leader more seriously than they did two weeks ago - 11th October
 * Barack Obama and David Cameron are now both on the back foot - After Ed Miliband and Mitt Romney's surprise performances, the incumbents are under intense pressure to hit back soon - 6th October
 * This is the speech Ed Miliband should make next Tuesday - At the Labour party conference, Miliband must lift his eyes from those gathered in the hall and address the whole country - 29th September
 * The real Mitt Romney is intensely relaxed among the filthy rich - Wanting politicians to drop the artifice and tell it to us straight is all very well, but we may not like what we hear - 22nd September
 * The crisis is global, yet our politics remains stubbornly national - Cameron and Osborne must engage with issues beyond our shores if there is to be any hope of fixing our economy - 15th September
 * Ed Miliband could learn from Bill Clinton's masterclass - At the Democratic convention, the ex-president showed how to dive into substantive detail and still connect emotionally with voters - 8th September
 * Think again. In a few months it could be President Romney - Mitt Romney's lack of charm may not matter in this US election. America's economy needs this proven turnaround artist - 1st September
 * Republicans not roused but resigned about Mitt Romney - It's hot and humid at the Republican National Convention, but the party faithful are lukewarm about their presidential nominee - 31st August
 * What Galloway and Akin say about rape says so much more about them - Politicians can maintain the mask when talking about tax. But on matters between men and women, they reveal their true selves - 25th August
 * The 'Goldilocks option' for Scottish independence would be so very British - Independence lite would not be one thing or the other. But it is starting to have appeal for unionists and nationalists alike - 18th August
 * London 2012: we've glimpsed another kind of Britain, so let's fight for it - The Olympics may mark the end of Britain's age of decline. We can now celebrate what we are, not what we used to be - 11th August
 * It's a long shot. But don't bet against Boris Johnson going for gold - He may end up like would-be PMs Portillo or Parkinson. If anyone can pull it off, though, it's magic Johnson - 4th August
 * Britain is an easy date. So how did Mitt Romney mess up so badly? - The Romneyshambles tells us plenty about one man's lack of conviction and the dire state of today's Republican party - 28th July
 * The battle for Syria is a battle for the entire Middle East - If Assad falls, the area will lose a brutal dictator and Iran a pivotal ally. It could mark the end of an entire political culture - 21st July
 * The BBC World Service: a world-class institution that must be preserved - To threaten the Bush House ethos is lunacy. This noble institution can even claim to be a bulwark against tyranny - 14th July
 * Labour has to voice public anger, before it's too late - As pillars of national life like banks and police crumble, our fury needs an outlet. It may well find one beyond conventional politics - 7th July
 * The Barclays scandal is not 'wholly inappropriate'. It's a crime - If the authorities were consistent, they would punish the banks just as severely as they reacted to last year's rioters - 30th June
 * Ed Miliband is right to tackle the toxic immigration debate - It is possible to get a consensus on immigration. With proper borders and worker protections, Britain can keep its door open - 23rd June
 * As the crisis gets bigger, the politicians are getting smaller - The elections in Greece and Egypt will not determine their fate. Power has shifted to the markets, Brussels and beyond - 16th June
 * The Brooks text message to David Cameron – decoded - Talk of country suppers and OE charm makes one cringe. But the killer line puts the nail in the coffin of 'we're all in this together' - 15th June
 * What's typically British now? Tears, tents and no spiders - Future chroniclers will learn far more from Britain in a Day, a new documentary project, than from any official memorabilia - 2nd June
 * Ed Balls has the rare political right to say: I told you so - On the deficit and on the euro, the shadow chancellor has called it correctly on the two most important judgments of recent times - 26th May
 * In death – as in life – my mother was rescued by love - Sara's story is an extraordinary one of loss, survival and, at the end, the remarkable bonds between us all - 19th May
 * Labour is back - Ed Miliband can find much to cheer him in the local election results, but they heap misery on the Liberal Democrats - 5th May
 * Labour must decide – is this government useless or evil? - Team Miliband needs a coherent line of attack in order to capitalise on coalition troubles. It may not be hard to find - 28th April
 * Anders Breivik is a terrorist, so we should treat him like one - We comb over every word from Oslo, but disregard al-Qaida's rants. The lack of consistency speaks volumes - 21st April
 * Labour can take a route to national power through big-city mayors' offices - Winning mayoralties is the party's best chance of power this side of 2015, but it must be wary of a Bradford-style kicking - 7th April
 * George Galloway dented Labour but the Tories still need a detox - David Cameron may feel lucky after the Bradford West result, but the past 10 days have exposed his party as out of touch - 31st March
 * I've backed Ken Livingstone for mayor before, but this time I just can't do it - I agree with Livingstone's manifesto for London, but he shows too hard a heart to the capital's Jewish community - 24th March
 * Budget 2012's sting in the tale: an attack on pensioners - Stinging the elderly is the sort of thing politicians try to avoid. After all, older people do tend to vote - 22nd March
 * Germany, Europe's reluctant Goliath, is hiding its true strength - Germany is saving the eurozone from disaster, but it can't glory in its role. The past means it still fears its own shadow - 17th March
 * In the US the right is eating itself. Cameron, take note - The Republicans are divided along almost every axis. It's something that could still happen to British Conservatives - 10th March
 * Netanyahu and Obama's prickly alliance against Iran - There was less antipathy than at Aipac 2011, but the Israeli PM is maximising his leverage in the US president's re-election year - 7th March
 * From Google downwards, our digital masters must be watched - The wielders of power who scrutinise and log our actions should themselves be held in check, in the same way as our politicians - 3rd March
 * The Lib Dem carcass-to-be isn't ready to give up just yet - The Liberal Democrats know vultures are circling, and Labour must ensure voters who feel betrayed come its way and stay - 25th February
 * Eugenics: the skeleton that rattles loudest in the left's closet - Socialism's one-time interest in eugenics is dismissed as an accident of history. But the truth is far more unpalatable - 18th February
 * Syria is not Iraq. And it is not always wrong to intervene - The 2003 invasion has tainted the idea of liberal interventionism. But the people of Homs should not suffer because of that - 11th February
 * Chris Huhne, David Cameron and the RBS boss don't have it, but Al Gore did - From bonuses to knighthoods, the leaders we put in high office prefer jaw-jutting certainty to thoughtful judgment - 4th February
 * Bash the poor and wave the flag – how this Tory trick works - In a move imported from the US right, the Conservatives have successfully induced people to vote against their own interests - 27th January
 * A Labour U-turn on the economy? Hardly. But nobody is listening - Ed Miliband and Ed Balls's apparent shift over cuts is not a contradiction at all. But in opposition, the argument's hard to win - 21st January
 * This Republican abuse of the system is not the American way - The centuries-old US political system is one to be admired. Yet ironically it's under threat from those who claim to be patriots - 14th January
 * In defence of Britain's tabloid newpapers - This desire to punish the red tops' worst excesses endangers what should be a force for good - 3rd January



Articles: 2011

 * Alex Salmond's spell could swing it for Scottish independence - Scotland's first minister is so dominant that by sheer force of personality he may realise his most cherished political dream - 29th December
 * The story of Jesus is the ultimate political drama - Season of goodwill: I shouldn't be interested in the life of Jesus, but I can't help it – his story makes for gripping entertainment - 24th December
 * The success of The Choir's military wives suggests we're losing our taste for malice TV - No pantomime villain judges. And no losers. In the age of austerity we want shows that lift us up, not put us down - 21st December
 * How Fox News is helping Barack Obama's re-election bid - Because Fox has put off the best Republican candidates, Barack Obama will be much less vulnerable at the election - 14th December
 * Ed Balls is right on the economy – but the public aren't ready for Keynes - As recession bites, the shadow chancellor's economic approach will gain admirers. Political reward will surely follow - 7th December
 * The markets distrust democracy. Just ask the masters of Beijing and Moscow - Why is the democratic world faring so much worse in this crisis than its authoritarian rivals? It's the austerity, stupid - 15th November
 * 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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