http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/stuart_weir en http://www.newstatesman.com/200210210015 http://www.newstatesman.com/200210210015 Mon, 21 Oct 2002 12:00:00 GMT Stuart Weir An audit of new Labour's record reveals a democratic deficit at the heart of government

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200104090021 http://www.newstatesman.com/200104090021 Mon, 09 Apr 2001 12:00:00 GMT Stuart Weir Despite the promise of a people's government, the country is increasingly run by unaccountable, secretive crony networks

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200102050009 http://www.newstatesman.com/200102050009 Mon, 05 Feb 2001 12:00:00 GMT Stuart Weir Forget about Tony Blair's "presidential" powers. It is HM Treasury that now dominates government. Its role should be diminished, argues Stuart Weir

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200011200013 http://www.newstatesman.com/200011200013 Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:00:00 GMT Stuart Weir Support for human rights goes far beyond the metropolitan elite, reports Stuart Weir

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200007170010 http://www.newstatesman.com/200007170010 Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:00:00 GMT Stuart Weir Labour's latest ideas for electoral reform are a dangerous stitch-up, argues Stuart Weir

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200004100008 http://www.newstatesman.com/200004100008 Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:00:00 GMT Stuart Weir The real battle in Zimbabwe is not against white farmers. Mugabe's target is a black middle-class committed to modernity and rock music

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/199811270023 http://www.newstatesman.com/199811270023 Fri, 27 Nov 1998 12:00:00 GMT Stuart Weir Stuart Weirargues that the success of Charter 88 (aged ten this week) proves that people are not weary of democracy, just of Westminster

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