Denis MacShane

Denis MacShane

Denis MacShane is MP for Rotherham and was a minister at Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Articles by Denis MacShane

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Calling time on absent press barons

  • 26 January 2012

Ownership of the media should be in the hands of citizens who live and pay taxes in our nation.

The era of generals deciding policy in Afghanistan is over

  • 07 July 2011
  • 3 comments

Even trigger-happy MPs are calling for withdrawal from Afghanistan.

It’s the 1970s, stupid

  • 14 June 2011
  • 12 comments

For Labour the 1970s, not the 1990s, is the decade to search for comparisons.

Will Serbia use Mladic detention to end Kosovo impasse and join EU?

  • 26 May 2011
  • 16 comments

The capture of Ratko Mladic is not just an opportunity for justice, but also a chance for diplomacy.

Oliver Letwin apologises to Sheffield. Or does he?

  • 14 April 2011
  • 4 comments

Tory minister’s slip of the tongue shows what our Old Etonian rulers really think of the north.

Miliband(s) and the left. Can Labour learn its history?

  • 08 March 2011
  • 9 comments

The party must avoid repeating the mistakes of the 1930s, the 1950s and the 1980s.

The rise of nationalist politics in Barnsley

  • 04 March 2011
  • 30 comments

The Barnsley by-election was a disaster for the LibDems, but a big success for UKIP and the BNP.

The Tories’ shameful attack on trade unionism

  • 02 March 2011
  • 24 comments

The decision to end funding for the International Labour Organisation is a betrayal of Arab workers.

How Britain can help in Egypt and Tunisia

  • 17 February 2011
  • 8 comments

The most revolutionary force in the Arab world at this stage is freed-up wide-market capitalism, not socialism.

Free Radical: a Memoir

  • 30 December 2009
  • 2 comments

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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