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
  • 1 comment

Michael Jacobs thinks that, before very long, we really will have an energy tax

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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