John Kampfner

John Kampfner

Articles by John Kampfner

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Politics - John Kampfner drags politics further into the mire

  • 13 September 2004

The great and the good denounce journalists for dragging politics into the mire. If only they knew. The lobby works in perfect harmony with the various new Labour factions

Special report - A president craves understanding

  • 13 September 2004

"Would you like it if people who shoot children in the back come to power, anywhere on this planet?" Vladimir Putin gives our political editor a homily, over tea and fruit cake. By John Kampfner in Russia

Politics - John Kampfner

  • 06 September 2004

Lib Dem traditionalists fear that a Blair-style coup could make the party pull back from its commitment to a 50 per cent rate of tax, and take a hawkish tone on asylum-seekers

Politics - John Kampfner reveals Operation Bush Distance

  • 30 August 2004

The PM has at last grasped the extent of Bush's unpopularity in the UK; and his officials are alarmed at Washington's belligerent talk on Iran. Operation Bush Distance has begun

Politics - John Kampfner dissects the European Commission

  • 23 August 2004

With a new European Commission president who is keen to show he is no one's poodle, can Tony Blair still secure an advantageous deal for Britain in Brussels?

NS Interview: John Stevens interviewed by John Kampfner

  • 02 August 2004

The head of the Met says if people don't trust the politicians, then it's the police who have to take the lead

The PM's greatest triumph

  • 26 July 2004

Lords Hutton and Butler have given him the final imprimatur of the Whitehall establishment. Even Blair's critics now expect him to continue into a third term. John Kampfner reports

Blair is weighed in the balance and found wanting

  • 19 July 2004

Lord Butler, behind the soft language, has coruscating criticisms. If the PM gets away with it, it will be because of failures in the British system of accountability. By John Kampfner, political editor

"The questioning was polite, but probing"

  • 19 July 2004

The old charm still works

  • 19 July 2004

Observations on Bill Clinton

Andrew Stephen

President Cheney?

Get ready for President Cheney

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If Dave doesn’t win, it’s open season

James Macintyre

Lib Dem dilemma

The Lib Dem dilemma

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Sons of Cuba

Sons of Cuba (PG)

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Fat Man in a White Hat

Fat Man in a White Hat

John Gray

Anarchism's failure

The World That Never Was: a True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents

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