http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/david_lammy en http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/06/politics-society-bnp-labour http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/06/politics-society-bnp-labour Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:12:09 GMT David Lammy From the success of the BNP to the expenses scandal, we are lurching from one moral crisis to another. Our leaders are able only to follow the public's mood, not shape it.

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/11/cameron-obama-change-broken http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/11/cameron-obama-change-broken Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:32:47 GMT David Lammy You won't hear the President-elect talking of society being broken. His is a politics of hope that the Conservatives cannot offer

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/08/young-boys-society-culture http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/08/young-boys-society-culture Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:03:48 GMT David Lammy We are failing miserably to provide Britain's teenage boys with meaningful occupations, worthy role models or hope for the future. David Lammy, minister for skills, on the crisis we must resolve

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2008/06/obama-vote-usa-politics http://www.newstatesman.com/north-america/2008/06/obama-vote-usa-politics Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:43:01 GMT David Lammy His campaign has rewritten the political handbook and created a new politics of real involvement

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/05/cultural-olympiad-2012-games http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2007/05/cultural-olympiad-2012-games Mon, 14 May 2007 12:00:00 GMT David Lammy Will the Olympics really be bad for the arts? David Lammy outlines his plans for the 2012 "Cultural Olympiad"

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