Michael Jacobs

Articles by Michael Jacobs

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The New Statesman Essay - Don't just act, talk!

  • 02 July 2001

What matters is what works, ministers say. Wrong, argues Michael Jacobs. Means count at least as much as ends, and so does a government's rhetoric

Labour's new tax bombshell

  • 11 June 2001

The 2nd Term - Within just a few weeks, ministers may come to regret one crucial election pledge

Give us more bank holidays

  • 05 March 2001

NS/Fabian Society Second-Term Agenda - Give us more bank holidays

Let local councils vary income tax

  • 29 January 2001

NS/Fabian Society Second-Term Agenda - Let local councils vary income tax

The New Statesman Essay - Blair's biggest U-turn

  • 27 November 2000

This is the year that Labour went back to tax and spend. But can ministers convince a deeply sceptical public?

Shock: King Herod turns green

  • 13 November 1998
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Michael Jacobs thinks that, before very long, we really will have an energy tax

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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