http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/mary_riddell en http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/03/sir-ian-blair-interview-police http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/03/sir-ian-blair-interview-police Mon, 05 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair on terror threats, cash-for-honours, and why he expects to be cleared over the de Menezes shooting

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2007/02/justice-crime-victims-brown http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2007/02/justice-crime-victims-brown Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell A revolution in crime policy is being put forward to ministers in which criminals are encouraged to face their victims. It has cut reoffending and brought more people to justice, but will Gordon Brown dare embrace it?

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050005 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606050005 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell The prisons inspector warned ministers long ago about the deportation crisis and now fears an explosion in our jails

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200603130020 http://www.newstatesman.com/200603130020 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell The outgoing German ambassador describes the animosity between Blair and Schroder. Mary Riddell interviews Thomas Matussek

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200512050011 http://www.newstatesman.com/200512050011 Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell 'You just have to take people on and show you're serious about creating a fair society'. Ruth Kelly interviewed

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200511140012 http://www.newstatesman.com/200511140012 Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell ''Tony will go at a time of his own choosing and it won't be soon . . . He's got a great deal more to do''. Jack Straw interviewed

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200509260017 http://www.newstatesman.com/200509260017 Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell ''I encouraged Tony to serve as much of his term as he can. I hope he'll want me to do this job through that period. I think he will''. Charles Clarke interviewed

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200508010041 http://www.newstatesman.com/200508010041 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell Once parodied as Lord Dome, a crony who owed his status to Blair, he emerged as an audacious reformer. And he isn't done yet. Lord Falconer interviewed

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200504040023 http://www.newstatesman.com/200504040023 Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell Macho politics has had its day: it's time for a new type of politician. Mary Riddell talks to Tessa Jowell

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200411290019 http://www.newstatesman.com/200411290019 Mon, 29 Nov 2004 12:00:00 GMT Mary Riddell Our intimate secrets, once revealed in divorce cases, now come out at employment tribunals

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