Politics past
‘Stop the boats’ does echo the language of the 30s – but those words were English | Kenan Malik
Gary Lineker need not have referred to Nazis – similar policies applied in Britain too
Kenan Malik
19, Mar, 2023 @6:30 AM
Letter: Lady Boothroyd as OU chancellor
Gina Bridgeland writes: Betty Boothroyd brought humour and natural authority to bear as chancellor of the Open University
Gina Bridgeland
07, Mar, 2023 @7:53 PM
Lord Pendry obituary
Busy and diligent Labour MP disappointed in his hopes of becoming sports minister under Tony Blair
Julia Langdon
03, Mar, 2023 @4:07 PM
In a tough era for women, Betty Boothroyd smashed parliament’s glass ceiling | Margaret Hodge, Rachel Reeves and Harriet Harman
A traditionalist and a fierce upholder of standards, the former speaker of the House of Commons changed the job for ever. Former colleagues pay tribute
Margaret Hodge, Rachel Reeves and Harriet Harman
27, Feb, 2023 @3:33 PM
Lady Boothroyd obituary
First female speaker of the Commons known for her brisk, good-humoured style, and as a shrewd political tactician
Julia Langdon
27, Feb, 2023 @12:54 PM
Hans Modrow obituary
Last communist prime minister of East Germany whose proposals for a slow process of reunification were pushed aside
Bruni de la Motte
12, Feb, 2023 @5:14 PM
Janet Anderson obituary
Labour minister whose campaign skills forced government action on a range of life-saving social changes in the law
Julia Langdon
12, Feb, 2023 @12:48 PM
‘A beautiful outpouring of rage’: did Britain’s biggest ever protest change the world?
In February 2003, 1.5 million people protested in London against the looming conflict. They didn’t stop the war… but their legacy still looms large
Tim Adams
11, Feb, 2023 @1:00 PM
Tom Nairn obituary
Scottish political theorist at the heart of the ‘new left’ in the 60s who argued prolifically and fluently for the break-up of Britain
Brian Wilson
10, Feb, 2023 @5:32 PM
Paul Johnson obituary
Prolific journalist and historian who shifted allegiance from the left of Labour to become an ardent Thatcher supporter
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
13, Jan, 2023 @5:56 PM
Alice Mahon obituary
Uncompromising Labour MP who spoke with the authentic voice of the people she was elected to represent
Julia Langdon
11, Jan, 2023 @8:43 PM
The two sides of John Stonehouse were revealed in a Bangladesh mission | Letters
Letters: Michael Meadowcroft recounts details of a trip with the MP to investigate crimes by the Pakistan army in 1972. Plus a letter from Rob Clements
11, Jan, 2023 @6:01 PM
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