New Statesman -

A Fortunate Life

Roy Hattersley — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:22:42 GMT

Last among equals

Roy Hattersley — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:11:38 GMT

The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett Allen Lane, 352pp, �20

Gordon's path to redemption

Roy Hattersley — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:22:58 GMT

To seize the moment, Gordon Brown has to change course; not a U-turn or swerve to the left, but a prudent adjustment of direction, writes Labour's former deputy leader

Labour must find its faith

Roy Hattersley — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

One of the most damaging illusions of the "Third Way" has been that you can devise policies which disadvantage no one, argues the Labour ex-deputy leader

Back to the future

Roy Hattersley — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT

It seems to me just possible that at last we may have a Croslandite Prime Minister

The empire gets its revenge - on me!

Roy Hattersley — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:00:00 GMT

The four men in the lorry cab drove us before them on the narrow causeway like a flock of sheep. We broke into a trot. It was patronising, but not really malicious

Born to rule

Roy Hattersley — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British fascism Stephen Dorril Viking, 717pp, �30 ISBN 0670869996

NS Essay -'Meritocracy is no substitute for equality. By definition it provides ''escape routes'' for only a minority of the population. What is more, without greater equality it does not even extend the mobility which Tony Blair claims is the object of his political philosophy'

Roy Hattersley — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Tony Blair never uses the word, yet suddenly everybody else has started to - even the new Tories. Equality is back on the agenda, and whatever they may say in Downing Street, only Labour is capable of making Britain more equal

NS Essay - 'The importance of loyalty to an idea is not just a matter of personal conscience. It is a requirement of genuine democracy'

Roy Hattersley — Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:00:00 GMT

When Tony Blair accused him of disloyalty, Roy Hattersley was inclined to let it go. Then he saw that the Prime Minister's idea of loyalty was personal: he believes people should be loyal to him. Labour's former deputy leader disagrees - with a passion

Publish and be damned

Roy Hattersley — Mon, 02 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT

The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the fight for the free press Ben Wilson Faber & Faber, 455pp, �16.99 ISBN 0571224709