Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen is an author, columnist and signatory of the Euston Manifesto. As well as writing for the New Statesman he contributes to the Observer and other publications including the New Humanist. His books include Pretty Straight Guys – a history of Britain under Tony Blair.
Articles by Nick Cohen
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Politics
Onward, Christian Tories
- 01 May 2000
With membership of the Conservative Party down to its lowest level since 1914, William Hague is forced to woo an evangelical alliance, reports Nick Cohen
Politics
How we scapegoated asylum-seekers
- 17 April 2000
How do you stop a "flood" of refugees reaching Britain? Make the lives of the persecuted and poor intolerable. Then twist the screw tighter. Nick Cohenreports
Politics
When self-help is not enough
- 03 April 2000
Balsall Heath, Birmingham, getting prostitutes off its streets, seemed a perfect experiment in communitarianism. Nick Cohenfinds a less inspiring truth
Politics
With our money, they hide the truth
- 20 March 2000
Nick Cohen fears that new Labour has continued the Tory habit of trying to doctor research to suit its political agenda
Books
Pontifical Polonius
- 20 March 2000
The Third Way and its Critics Anthony Giddens Polity Press, 176pp, £7.99 ISBN 0745624502 On the Edge: living with global capitalism Will Hutton and Anthony Giddens Jonathan Cape, 240pp, £16.99
Politics
How you, too, can be a terrorist
- 21 February 2000
A bill now going through the Commons puts animal rights activists, GM crop saboteurs and anti-Saddam groups in the same bracket as IRA bombers
Politics
I've seen revolt, and it will be Welsh
- 07 February 2000
In Cardiff, there is insurrection in the air. As anger rises over Alun Michael's rule, new Labour is near to losing its hold on Wales. By Nick Cohen
Politics
Hit the target and miss the point
- 31 January 2000
The government has set targets not just for NHS waiting-lists, but for quality of waitress service. Nick Cohenwonders if this is the best way to run a country
Politics
Who killed Magna Carta?
- 24 January 2000
Not long ago, Jack Straw defended jury trials. So what persuaded him to change, asks Nick Cohen
Politics
The plot to keep us puffing
- 17 January 2000
Nick Cohen reveals the secret plans of the tobacco giants to continue their long fight against attempts to convince us that their product is a killer
