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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Economy
In the dock: the Bank of England
- 16 February 2004
Long before Enron, there was the BCCI scandal. Now a court case reveals the shameful role played by regulators and accountants. And it could easily happen again. By Nick Cohen
Politics
The Hutton report - This was the wrong inquiry
- 02 February 2004
Why did the whole of the British state get the Iraqi arsenal so howlingly wrong? Like all previous judicial investigators of the executive, Hutton missed the point
Politics
Ministers want to lock up people for being bad, before they have even committed a crime. It is internment by any other name
- 12 January 2004
Perverts, psychos, villains and terrorists: since the state knows all about them, shouldn't it put them away before they can do any harm? That's the current philosophy and, Nick Cohen argues, it threatens an unacceptable sacrifice of freedom for safety
Society
Why the Met faces a crisis over race
- 01 December 2003
Black officers are close to the most dramatic police protest since the strikes of 1919. Yet the top brass were committed to anti-racism. What has gone wrong?
World Affairs
This comic is no laughing matter
- 17 November 2003
Dissent - Michael Moore is a bestselling author not only in the US, but also in Britain, Japan, Germany, Australia and many other countries. Has American cultural imperialism taken over the left as well? By Nick Cohen
Politics
Scrap privatisation now
- 27 October 2003
We are spending more public money to get worse public services. The Tube derailments are a perfect case study of how this strange result is achieved. By Nick Cohen
Politics
The mystery of our man in Tashkent
- 13 October 2003
A UK ambassador spoke out against tyranny and infuriated the US. Now he faces disciplinary charges and is receiving medical treatment. Coincidence? Nick Cohen investigates
Politics
Just another way to bully the weakest
- 29 September 2003
ID cards will be unpopular and hard to administer. They won't even prevent serious crime. But they will make life harder for illegal immigrants. Maybe that is the point
Politics
In March this year, Red Nose Day raised £35m. That's less than one quarter of Philip Green's annual earnings
- 08 September 2003
Nick Cohen on how meritocracy became a reality in new Labour's Britain
Politics
Why the BBC is losing
- 25 August 2003
If the Hutton inquiry vindicates the Today programme, Tony Blair is history. But the calm of the Blairite circle suggests total confidence that the judge will come down on their side. Nick Cohen reports
