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Politics
The Pope's political troops
- 25 November 2002
The left has less to fear from right-wing extremists than from the new centre-right which, with a streak of renewed Catholicism, now dominates Europe. John Lloyd reports
Politics
Bruised, battered and out of power
- 11 November 2002
The European left is in retreat. It stole the right's economic clothes; now the right threatens to steal the left's social clothes, by supporting the welfare state. John Lloyd reports
Television
The interview as humiliation. Jeremy Paxman is the champion of an insidious form of journalism. John Lloyd on why his dispute with John Birt is symptomatic of a wider crisis in our political culture
- 11 November 2002
The Harder Path: the autobiography
John Birt Time Warner Books, 532pp, £20
ISBN 0316860190
The Political Animal: an anatomy
Jeremy Paxman Michael Joseph, 320pp, £20
Politics
Sinn Fein could win the peace
- 28 October 2002
Tony Blair has thrown down the gauntlet: the IRA must disarm. Nothing else will convince ministers in Belfast and London that peace, and democracy, stand a chance
Society
Sex, sin and a divided faith
- 21 October 2002
While Anglicans row over gays and female priests, the Catholics agonise over child abuse. The consequences for Christianity could be devastating, writes John Lloyd
Politics
How America can help the left
- 30 September 2002
Europeans see US power as crude brawn brushing aside subtle knowledge. Yet if we play our cards cleverly, we can all benefit from US supremacy, argues John Lloyd
Politics
The case for a just war
- 16 September 2002
John Lloyd argues that Iraq should be invaded, but demands that a reasonable account be given of US and British plans for the country after Saddam is overthrown
World Affairs
The crush of civilisations
- 09 September 2002
The Afghan peasant has a faith that has tunnelled mountains and smashed cities. Can anyone really hope to convert him to western values? John Lloyd reports from Kabul
Politics
Show trial: the left in the dock
- 02 September 2002
Members of the new Labour cabinet must answer to the charge, laid by Martin Amis, that too many British comrades were soft on Stalinism. By John Lloyd
Politics
Paving the way for the Red Brigades
- 19 August 2002
The economy is failing, unemployment is up. No wonder Italians are losing patience with Silvio Berlusconi. But beware what could come in his wake, writes John Lloyd
