First Thoughts
Peter Wilby's witty and sardonic take on the week's events
Articles in First Thoughts
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UK Politics
Nurses, cricket and anti-Semitism
- 19 November 2009
We should value nurses' distinctive qualities, not force them to take degrees
UK Politics
Lisbon, chaos theory and poppies
- 12 November 2009
- 2 comments
The Tories have deluded themselves that Britain can enjoy trading advantages without the drawbacks of reduced sovereignty
Society
Drugs rows, Aids denial and the post
- 05 November 2009
- 1 comment
Legalising all drugs would raise billions in revenue
Lifestyle
Rory Stewart, Who’s Who and clubs
- 29 October 2009
- 1 comment
Stewart is a man of action and a man of letters of a kind you no longer find in British politics
International Politics
The wrong war, being PC and Bono
- 22 October 2009
- 1 comment
Joe Biden could yet rescue the Obama presidency from a military quagmire in Afghanistan
Education
Schools, fools and Rod Stewart
- 15 October 2009
My modest proposal to undermine public schools
UK Politics
Another Freud, Mrs Brown and cats
- 08 October 2009
Perhaps David Freud could devote some of his time to getting bankers into useful work
UK Politics
Pangloss, pills and dinner ladies
- 01 October 2009
- 2 comments
Gordon Brown should delay the election until 3 June.
UK Politics
Cuts, consultants and book-buying
- 24 September 2009
The failure to address the underlying causes of crime, drugs and family breakdown costs the UK economy billions
UK Politics
Eat canapé, avoid catastrophe
- 10 September 2009
- 1 comment
. . . on the 10:10 luvvies, Keith Waterhouse, and football’s castrati
