David Cox

Articles by David Cox

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Coming soon, the next rural fiasco

  • 28 January 2002

After botching the foot-and-mouth outbreak, the government promised to make amends. But now it is botching the follow-up, argues David Cox

The future has been cancelled

  • 21 January 2002

Experts said we would surf the net on TVs and watch films on mobiles. But we still prefer the cinema

Take their prattle off the screen

  • 14 January 2002

The secret of better political broadcasting is not to dumb down, but to put fewer politicians on air, argues David Cox

Bring the BBC to heel

  • 10 September 2001

Who cares whether Baroness Jay or Gavyn Davies is the new corporation chairman? We should just get rid of the governors, argues David Cox

The great television flop

  • 27 August 2001

Digital has come to a halt; steam telly is enjoying a resurgence. A good time, suggests David Cox, to force the BBC to rethink its grandiose plans

Here comes the Fat Controller

  • 13 August 2001

It doesn't matter who the proprietor of a broadcasting station is: all you need is a strong regulator. By David Cox

Let's set the countryside on fire

  • 16 July 2001

Green issue - Coal, oil and gas are just the residues of plants that once lived above ground. So why not burn plants on the surface?

Keep out! By order of the squirearchy

  • 14 May 2001

If foot-and-mouth is beaten, why are many footpaths still closed? David Coxinvestigates

Don't trust farmers with our land

  • 07 May 2001
  • 1 comment

Farming subsidies have already done the countryside harm, argues David Cox. Government plans for conservation subsidies would finish it off

Silence of the lambs' champions

  • 16 April 2001

The foot and mouth cull should have animal rights activists out in droves. Where are they? David Cox reports

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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