25 October 1999
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Features
How the Tories went Eurosceptic
The Conservatives have stumbled into a hardline position on Europe, while Labour sticks to a policy that nobody ever discussed
Did the US start germ warfare?
When flies spread fever in New York, Saddam gets blamed. But America may know more than he does about biological weapons
How central heating made us bad
Charlotte Raven reveals Chris's winning tactics in the battle of the Hitchens brothers
Mandarins, guns and morals
A battle is being fought in Whitehall, with supporters of arms sales on one side and disciples of an ethical foreign policy on the other. John Lloydreports
Tighten up our health and safety law
Rail and ferry companies are able to put profit before passengers' welfare because the inspection regime is so lax. David Bergman reports
Power to the people - for real this time
After Charter 88 comes Charter 99 - and it's even more ambitious. Titus Alexander explains
The MoD police force strikes again
There was no evidence that a British soldier was a spy. Yet his career is in ruins
Who will rid us of these meddling managers?
Does the government ever use all that information it collects from police, teachers and doctors? Of course not. The point of the forms is simply to allow ministers to feel they are in charge
At Y2K, remember the old ways
New Statesman Scotland
Who will part the driver from his car?
New Statesman Scotland - The new Scottish executive knows it must do something to prevent growing gridlock, but its first attempts have been back to front, argues Tom Brown
It's time the Queen ditched the fags
New Statesman Scotland - Royal warrants on cigarette packets lend smoking a fake respectability. George Rosie wants to consign them to the ashtray
This Alba
New Statesman Scotland
Primary Tartan
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Grassroots
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Essay
The New Statesman Essay - Why the old left is wrong on equality
If you want social justice, stop demanding more income tax, writes Anthony Giddens. The Third Way has better answers
Culture
The speed of life
We live in a world obsessed with speed, where more than ever time is money. But is faster really better? Stephen Bayley suspects a quick fix
Miracle play
Soul - Richard Cook welcomes back Smokey Robinson
Books
Seven years in the madhouse. A moody, irascible Shetlander or a faithful friend? Malcolm Rifkind on the two faces of Norman Lamont and continuing civil war in the Tory party
In Office: The Autobiography of Norman Lamont Norman Lamont Little, Brown, 567pp, £20 ISBN 0316647071
Clotted heart
The Remorseful Day Colin Dexter Macmillan, 374pp, £16.99 ISBN 033376157X
Into the quicksand
Ploughing the Sand: British Rule in Palestine 1917-1948 Naomi Shepherd John Murray, 290pp, £20 ISBN 0719557070
Chinese takeaway
The Search for the Panchen Lama Isabel Hilton Viking, 335pp, £20 ISBN 0670861413
Back-street evangelist
Blood and Fire: William and Catharine Booth and their Salvation Army Roy Hattersley Little, Brown, 471pp, £20 ISBN 0316851612
Novel of the week
A Closed Book Gilbert Adair Faber & Faber, 258pp, £9.99 ISBN 0571200818
Barking mad
Reigning Cats and Dogs Katherine MacDonogh Fourth Estate, 304pp, £15 ISBN 1857025954
