New Statesman -

Sorry it took so long

Robert Taylor — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on anti-slavery

Yankees, don't go!

Robert Taylor — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on Iceland

A vote for no change

Robert Taylor — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on Sweden

The revolution that never was

Robert Taylor — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT

The General Strike of 1926 has previously been presented as a rather calm, gentlemanly affair. Robert Taylor reveals new evidence that the state came precipitously close to provoking a bloody struggle

Unions open the door

Robert Taylor — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on migrants

Not Marx, Hazlitt

Robert Taylor — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on Blair's inspirations

My socialist dream

Robert Taylor — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Time was when Tony Blair espoused radical causes. Robert Taylor reveals the romanticism in a hidden letter from the young politician to the Labour leader Michael Foot

There is an alternative

Robert Taylor — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on Sweden

The workers of Europe unite

Robert Taylor — Mon, 05 May 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Blair, Schroder and Chirac may be at odds on Iraq, but all three want to keep unions down. Can John Monks, as the new continental union leader, fight back?

Trapped in a loveless marriage

Robert Taylor — Mon, 10 Mar 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Even old-guard union leaders such as Bill Morris have fallen out with Blair. The new ones coming up are even more hostile. Robert Taylor advises the PM to try trusting the unions a little more