http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/rob_blackhurst en http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/07/nuclear-weapons-atomic-war http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/07/nuclear-weapons-atomic-war Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:07:34 GMT Rob Blackhurst The spectre of atomic weapons has been replaced in the popular imagination by that of climate change - yet two defence analysts convincingly argue that another nuclear catastrophe is as likely as ever

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/travel/2008/05/praia-luz-portuguese-madeleine http://www.newstatesman.com/travel/2008/05/praia-luz-portuguese-madeleine Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT Rob Blackhurst Rob Blackhurst books a family break at a Portuguese resort - and finds himself babysitting in Praia da Luz

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200505090025 http://www.newstatesman.com/200505090025 Mon, 09 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT Rob Blackhurst Election: the future - power to the people. Rob Blackhurst prefers centralised control freakery to the inefficiency and corruption of devolved power. Most people, he argues, are too busy to run schools and hospitals

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200501310024 http://www.newstatesman.com/200501310024 Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:00:00 GMT Rob Blackhurst Rob Blackhurst finds that London's think-tanks, enslaved by corporate sponsors, no longer have a significant influence on the political parties

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200407260005 http://www.newstatesman.com/200407260005 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT Rob Blackhurst Most voters don't care about foreign policy. Muslims do, and the results could be dramatic

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