New Statesman - <![CDATA[John Lloyd]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/john_lloyd en <![CDATA[Invasion was the courageous thing to do]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200603200010 http://www.newstatesman.com/200603200010 Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd Mistakes have been made in Iraq and opponents of the war may revel in them, but nothing can alter the rightness of overthrowing a dangerous tyrant. By John Lloyd

]]> <![CDATA[The case for freedom. For a few on the left, Tony Blair's determination to take a stand against tyranny has been a source of admiration rather than despair. John Lloyd explains why, when it comes to foreign policy, he is no longer ashamed to be called a "neo-con"]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200512120039 http://www.newstatesman.com/200512120039 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd Neoconservatism: why we need it Douglas Murray Social Affairs Unit, 220pp, £20 ISBN 1904863051 Anti-totalitarianism: the left-wing case for a neoconservative foreign policy Oliver Kamm Social Affairs Unit, 128pp, £13.99

]]> <![CDATA[Why I can no longer write for the NS]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200304140009 http://www.newstatesman.com/200304140009 Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd John Lloyd, a regular contributor for the past seven years, explains why this paper's anti-war stance has driven him to resign. The left, he argues, should fight for those who are repressed by their own rulers. It has thrown away the chance to do so

]]> <![CDATA[Blood brothers. John Lloyd on fear and loathing among the loyalist gangs of Belfast]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200303030041 http://www.newstatesman.com/200303030041 Mon, 03 Mar 2003 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd David Ervine: uncharted waters Henry Sinnerton Brandon Books, 255pp, £7.99 ISBN 086322301X The Billy Boy: the life and death of LVF leader Billy Wright Chris Anderson Mainstream, 207pp, £15.99 Milestones in Murder: defining moments in Ulster's terror war Hugh Jordan Mainstream, 236pp, £9.99

]]> <![CDATA[The left discredits itself by pursuing the wrong target]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200302170020 http://www.newstatesman.com/200302170020 Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd The anti-war movement, argues John Lloyd, is guilty of the worst kind of moral equivalence, equating Bush and Blair with Saddam and Bin Laden. It has been seduced by anti-Americanism

]]> <![CDATA[Pay any price, bear any burden?]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200302030016 http://www.newstatesman.com/200302030016 Mon, 03 Feb 2003 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd Idealism and vision have returned to America. Why, ask some, should the Arab world, with a US-led drive for reconstruction, not turn out as eastern Europe did?

]]> <![CDATA[Is Russia closing in on itself again?]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200301270014 http://www.newstatesman.com/200301270014 Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd Vladimir Putin wants to play a central role in international affairs. But he also shares his countrymen's suspicion of the outside world. John Lloyd sees signs that his isolationism may prevail

]]> <![CDATA[Is the Daily Mail right about immigrants?]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200301060010 http://www.newstatesman.com/200301060010 Mon, 06 Jan 2003 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd Unskilled migrants depress the wages of unskilled natives. But if we allow entry only to the highly educated, the results for poor nations are dire. John Lloyd on a liberal dilemma

]]> <![CDATA[As a fly to wanton journalists]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200212160007 http://www.newstatesman.com/200212160007 Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd Observations on Cherie Blair

]]> <![CDATA[Is man too wicked to be free?]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200212160024 http://www.newstatesman.com/200212160024 Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:00:00 GMT John Lloyd In France, an intellectual has caused a furore by denouncing his fellow leftists for covertly reactionary views. John Lloyd finds illumination in this quarrel

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