John Kampfner

John Kampfner

Articles by John Kampfner

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War and the law: the inside story

  • 08 March 2004

The Attorney General's legal case for invading Iraq last year looks ever more flimsy. Our political editor, John Kampfner, uncovers the truth about an issue that just won't go away

Nanny bans Greg Dyke

  • 23 February 2004

Observations on child protection

Great sushi, shame about the election

  • 23 February 2004

John Kampfner in Moscow finds mega malls on the horizon and some of Europe's most fashionable bars and clubs. But voting? Why bother?

Politics - John Kampfner finds diplomacy is back in fashion

  • 16 February 2004

A brief era of history is over. Diplomacy, compromise and moral relativism are back in fashion. That's why Gaddafi is our new friend and why Prince Charles has been to Iran

Those WMDs - The blame game

  • 09 February 2004

John Kampfner reveals the inside story of how Blair agreed to a second inquiry on the run-up to the Iraq war and how the security services will resist his attempts to pin the responsibility for misjudgements on them

The Hutton report - How a judge let Blair off

  • 02 February 2004

To Hutton, there was no case to answer: a grubby journalist had impugned the PM's integrity. But this naive report will make it harder than ever to find out why we really went to war in Iraq

Politics - John Kampfner asks if we'll ever go to war again

  • 26 January 2004

By undermining public confidence in intelligence, Tony Blair has made it very hard for any future British PM to convince the people of the case for war

NS Special Report - The journalist as God

  • 26 January 2004

A seasoned foreign correspondent, John Kampfner thought himself inured to conflict. Then he went to Rwanda and had to decide whether babies should live

Politics - John Kampfner compares Blair to a cruel husband

  • 19 January 2004

After universities, Blair will move on to other public services and propose again to raise funds by charging users rather than relying on general taxes. Party activists will hate it

NS interview - Charles Kennedy

  • 19 January 2004

He says Blair is a disappointed man and his premiership one of missed opportunity. Has the Lib Dem leader also missed the boat? Charles Kennedy interviewed byJohn Kampfner

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Cloud control

Cloud control

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Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

Film review

A Serious Man

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