Mark Seddon
Articles by Mark Seddon
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UK Politics
Interview: Michael Foot
- 06 November 2008
- 8 comments
In 1983 Michael Foot led Labour into a general election with a manifesto dubbed "the longest suicide note in history". One proposal, to nationalise banks, seems rather prescient
Society
A lack of Solidarity
- 25 September 2008
Lech Walesa has angrily dismissed claims he was a double agent - codename 'Bolek' - as "a bunch of crap". Ask him about it and he'll walk out of the interview
Asia
North Korea's future
- 15 September 2008
- 5 comments
Reports of the Dear Leader’s demise point to a more serious problem. There's no clear successor to Kim Jong Il, and North Korea's political and military leadership is increasingly aged
Society
Secretive saviours
- 05 June 2008
- 3 comments
The rivers of cash from big business that Tony Blair wanted to replace trade union money have dried to a trickle
Books
Talking to the enemy
- 17 January 2008
North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival Glyn Ford and Soyoung Kwon Pluto Press, 256pp, £18.99
Travel
Surreal Korea
- 26 July 2007
North Korea is even stranger than the picture painted of it, as Mark Seddon found out after a close shave
