The Thinking
Peter Wilby looks at the thought behind politics and policy
Articles in the thinking
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Inequality is a middle-class issue
- Peter Wilby
- 14 June 2007
- 1 comment
Peter Wilby says income disparity should worry Gordon Brown
The reverberations of bedpans
- Peter Wilby
- 07 June 2007
Peter Wilby on freeing the NHS from frenzied reforms
Inheriting an unwelcome tax
- Peter Wilby
- 28 May 2007
Peter Wilby predicts a clever Clause Four moment
Revolt of the middle classes
- Peter Wilby
- 21 May 2007
- 2 comments
Peter Wilby on why inequality will top the agenda
The thinking: Needed: courage and ingenuity
- Peter Wilby
- 14 May 2007
- 3 comments
Peter Wilby on why education remains the priority
Nanny knows best
- Peter Wilby
- 16 April 2007
- 2 comments
By chasing the efficiency of the private sector, Whitehall has lost sight of how to tackle big problems in a long-term, focused way. But statist Finland could have found the solution to joined-up government
Two jobs versus no jobs
- Peter Wilby
- 09 April 2007
- 1 comment
The effect of lone-parent families on child poverty figures is well understood. But another factor is underplayed: the polarisation between two-wage and no-wage households
How politics became the preserve of the wealthy
- Peter Wilby
- 02 April 2007
- 1 comment
Two decades on, we can see the poll tax protests as the last great popular uprising - the last occasion when Britain's dispossessed spoke with political force
Carbon rationing: a modern morality tale
- Peter Wilby
- 26 March 2007
- 3 comments
Controlling climate change will require personal sacrifice, fairness and trust. Yet successive governments have insisted on the individual's right to choose. This large bird is coming home to roost
