Peter Wilby
Peter Wilby was editor of the Independent on Sunday from 1995 to 1996 and of the New Statesman from 1998 to 2005. He writes a weekly column for the NS.
Articles by Peter Wilby
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International Politics
The islands of black gold
- 15 March 2010
Nobody dreamed in the 1970s that a few years later Britain would be waging war over the Falklands. Now, as UK companies drill for oil and Argentina mobilises support, are we moving towards another, deeper conflict?
Why Falklands oil makes this an election worth losing (probably)
- 05 March 2010
- 9 comments
And why Sunny Jim's 1979 defeat was doubly painful.
Reasons to vote Tory. Or not.
- 26 February 2010
- 5 comments
Blair believed in what he was doing, but it is far from clear that Cameron does.
The Guardian model is no ideal
- 25 February 2010
- 1 comment
Guardian Media Group behaves no differently from a straightforward profit-making concern.
UK Politics
Gordon’s pig, Tory toadies and fat cats
- 22 February 2010
Beware the Tories bearing red-tinted gifts.
Politics
Beware of Tory co-operatives
- 18 February 2010
- 9 comments
The proposals are a back-door device for more privatisation.
Why the Eurosceptics were right all along
- 12 February 2010
- 22 comments
The abstract principle of national sovereignty has been made very real by this crisis.
UK Politics
John Terry, tree-hugging and Blair
- 11 February 2010
What exactly does a football captain do, and why is he important?
