UK

It seemed impossible, but at last Martin Jacques got justice for the wife he loved
4h Apr 2010
The Observer 04/04/10
Martin Jacques defied the odds to expose racial prejudice and medical negligence in a Hong Kong hospital. Here he tells of his feelings on learning that his 10-year struggle was over.
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A total white-out
18th Jun 2009
The New Statesman
In Britain, black people are excluded from decision-making in top-flight football. It will take more than one club appointment to change that
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We need an Earthquake
4th Jun 2009
The New Statesman
Obama has exposed the timidity of Blair and Brown – whose disastrous legacy is a Britain with no strong, credible left-of-centre voice
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Look back for a brighter future
21st May 2009
The New Statesman
History will judge New Labour harshly. Unlike the 1945 government, it lacked a reforming vision – but the financial crisis provides an unprecedented chance for renewal
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The hunger for renewal
9th Apr 2009
The New Statesman
The Labour Party that capitulated so completely to neoliberalism is exhausted. If it is to be reinvigorated, it will have to embrace bold ideas
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No fault, no debate
12th Mar 2009
The New Statesman
The longer the Prime Minister remains silent about the mistakes of the past, the less convincing he is as a leader for the present, let alone the future
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The end of King Arthur’s reign
6th Mar 2009
The Guardian
In the face of Thatcher's iron will, Scargill's decision to lead the strike without a ballot was an error that sealed the miners' fate
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When blue turned red
26 Feb 2009
The New Statesman
The “new” in New Labour was skin deep: it marked the party’s capitulation to Thatcher
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Brown should have nationalised banks
26th Jan 2009
The Guardian
Labour will pay at the next election for its inability to wrest accountability from vested interests in the financial sector
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Advantage Dunblane
9th Sep 2008
The Guardian
England will never produce a true world tennis star until the sport loses its white, middle-class profile
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Nice one, Max
6th Jun 2008
The Guardian
Max Mosley's survival is a victory for the right to privacy. The News of the World should be worried
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Auto-political
5th Jun 2008
The Guardian
Driving habits mirror politics. So, as the neocon moment passes into history, the Hummer brand has fallen on hard times
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His master’s voice
15th May 2008
The Guardian
Britain's foreign secretary, David Miliband, is promoting military intervention in Burma. This is dangerous imperialist idiocy
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Mr Livingstone, I presume
28th Apr 2008
The Guardian
London elections 08: Ken Livingstone is a remarkable and far-sighted politician. Londoners would do well to vote him in for a third term
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Wright and wrong
18th Apr 2008
The Guardian
Ian Wright's departure from the BBC's football punditry team casts shame on the corporation: it is guilty of cultural apartheid
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Life in the fast lane
26th Mar 2008
The Guardian
Tata's purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover signals that India and China are turning the old hierarchy of global trade on its head
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Northern Rock’s rescue is part of the geopolitical sea change
18th Feb 2008
The Guardian
This is no blip. The global economic crisis will burst the bubble of free-market doctrine and force states to take a more active role
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A new hero of our times
22nd Oct 2007
The Guardian
He lost at the last but Lewis Hamilton rocked all expectations - and not just in formula one
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It’s the same as Tiger: nothing will change
6th Mar 2007
The Observer
Hamilton is an inspiration to black Britain - but his sport will remain white, writes Martin Jacques
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To succeed, Brown must show he is like Thatcher
7th May 2007
The Guardian
The celebrity premier's successor can become a leader of substance if only he has the political courage to get serious
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Sarkozy plays the race card - and our establishment cheers
4th May 2007
The Guardian
The French presidential favourite's pandering to the far right is indulged because of his pro-US stance and neo-liberalism
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This scapegoating is rolling back the gains of anti-racism
15th Feb 2007
The Guardian
Anti-terror stunts and a barrage of propaganda are demonising Muslims and making Islamophobia the acceptable face of racism
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The price of this corruption may be years in opposition
6th Feb 2007
The Guardian
Whatever the outcome of the police investigation, Blair's legacy will be deeply tainted - and the party may yet implode
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British society is dripping in racism, but no one is prepared to admit it
20th Jan 2007
The Guardian
The foul-mouthed abuse on Big Brother shows how little we understand about prejudice, and the world judges us for it
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New Labour must recognise that Berlusconi is the devil
16th Mar 2006
The Guardian
Blair's friend and ally lies in direct line of descent from Mussolini and poses a toxic threat to democracy
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Decline and fall
27th Mar 2006
The Guardian
Bush's foreign policy has failed ignominiously in Iraq, but where does that leave the liberal imperialists?
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The supernanny state
21st Nov 2006
The Guardian
This latest government initiative, inspired by a popular TV show, will have little effect on parenting since it ignores the underlying problem.
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This has been a timorous and craven government at home and abroad
29th Nov 2006
The Guardian
New Labour was born of defeat and has displayed a profound lack of ambition in power. But the party can still recover its purpose
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Does it matter if we only speak English?
15th Dec 2006
The Guardian
We like to boast about how global Britain is, but when it comes to learning a second language we are near the bottom of the league.
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When the party is over
16th Feb 2005
The Guardian
By failing to hold any ideological ground, New Labour has sown the seeds for a resurgent right
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He risks leading his party into electoral wilderness
20th Jul 2004
The Guardian
Ten years on, Blair’s epitaph looks like being longevity in office - and Iraq
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We’re all teenagers now
4th Dec 2004
The Guardian
Age and wisdom have been cast out of our infantilised society
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