Francis Beckett
Articles by Francis Beckett
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Politics
Awkward? Us? Never!
- 08 September 2003
If the unions are so angry with the government, why is their top man so placatory? Francis Beckett explains
Politics
Divide and teach
- 18 August 2003
Amid the clamour over A-levels, Labour is quietly carving up education into a two-tier system. By Francis Beckett
Politics
Mr Blair, you're no Clem Attlee
- 28 July 2003
Francis Beckett compares a government that made a revolution with one that merely tinkers
Politics
Stalin's granny
- 23 June 2003
Joan Maynard: passionate socialist
Kristine Mason O'Connor Politico's, 356pp, £25
ISBN 1842750593
Society
NS Profile - Tony Woodley
- 09 June 2003
The transport union's newly-elected head doesn't have serpentine political skills and doesn't care: he's ''blunt and in your face''. Tony Woodley is profiled by Francis Beckett
Politics
Charles Clarke: guilty as charged
- 02 June 2003
Francis Beckett deplores the Education Secretary's efforts to pass the buck on the schools funding crisis
Politics
Treason: a good old British tradition
- 05 May 2003
Should George Galloway be put on trial as a traitor to his country? Should Anthony Blunt have been? Francis Beckett suggests that Elizabeth I had the right answers
Society
When the sums don't add up
- 21 April 2003
Schools governors are setting illegal budgets, and risking personal bankruptcy. Francis Beckett explains why
Society
How the private sector failed to deliver
- 14 April 2003
Business, ministers insisted, would do a better job of running the state schools than local councils. Now, it's clear that business has almost entirely failed
