http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/martin_o'neill Corporations and Social Justice.]]> en http://images.newstatesman.com/users/avatars/martin-o-neill.jpg http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/martin_o'neill http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2008/09/physics-lhc-cern-scientific http://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/2008/09/physics-lhc-cern-scientific Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:05:42 GMT Martin O'Neill The UK taxpayer has contributed around £500 million to the development of the Large Hadron Collider. So, the question is, do we get the right kind of bang for our bucks?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2008/08/windfall-tax-energy-companies http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2008/08/windfall-tax-energy-companies Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:00:48 GMT Martin O'Neill Martin O'Neill explores the case for an energy windfall tax - and finds the potential impact on both the economy and the consumer a high price to pay

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/health/2008/08/life-nice-treatment-nhs-health http://www.newstatesman.com/health/2008/08/life-nice-treatment-nhs-health Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:05:43 GMT Martin O'Neill The challenge of deciding how we should decide who deserves treatment from an NHS of finite resources. Martin O'Neill on whether the body responsible, NICE, gets it right

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/06/charge-detention-security http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/06/charge-detention-security Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:32:23 GMT Martin O'Neill If reducing liberties through extending pre-charge detention does not help the police, ruins innocent lives, and alienates minority communities, there is no gain

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/04/boris-johnson-class-society http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/04/boris-johnson-class-society Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:37:34 GMT Martin O'Neill The very fact that Boris Johnson could appear to be a plausible candidate for Mayor of London shows us that our society is still disfigured by problems of social class, argues Martin O'Neill

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2008/03/financial-markets-world-money http://www.newstatesman.com/economy/2008/03/financial-markets-world-money Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:37:46 GMT Martin O'Neill In the irrational, out-of-control world of the financial markets, acting rationally loses money rather than making it

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/03/powell-speech-british-film-bbc http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/03/powell-speech-british-film-bbc Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:04:57 GMT Martin O'Neill Rivers of Blood, multiculturalism and the BBC - Martin O'Neill on a film that's part of the BBC's White Season

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/02/bank-holiday-british-work http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/02/bank-holiday-british-work Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:57:54 GMT Martin O'Neill In 1193 a chronicler warned London on May Day was overrun with drunken “stage-players, druggists, lustful persons [and] extortionists”. More fun than Brown's British Day...

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/02/starbucks-coffee-clark http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/02/starbucks-coffee-clark Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT Martin O'Neill Starbucked: a Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce and Culture Taylor Clark Sceptre, 336pp, £12.99

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/02/sharia-law-williams-rights http://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/02/sharia-law-williams-rights Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:26:25 GMT Martin O'Neill Rowan Williams' comments on sharia law are dangerous nonsense, and insult Brtain's Muslims, argues Martin O'Neill

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