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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Society
The thinking: Needed: courage and ingenuity
- 14 May 2007
- 3 comments
Peter Wilby on why education remains the priority
Business
Food for thought
- 23 April 2007
- 1 comment
High-street greengrocers, newsagents and convenience stores have become all but extinct. The reason? Our own impoverished idea of what consumers want
UK Politics
Nanny knows best
- 16 April 2007
- 2 comments
By chasing the efficiency of the private sector, Whitehall has lost sight of how to tackle big problems in a long-term, focused way. But statist Finland could have found the solution to joined-up government
Society
Two jobs versus no jobs
- 09 April 2007
- 1 comment
The effect of lone-parent families on child poverty figures is well understood. But another factor is underplayed: the polarisation between two-wage and no-wage households
Society
How politics became the preserve of the wealthy
- 02 April 2007
- 1 comment
Two decades on, we can see the poll tax protests as the last great popular uprising - the last occasion when Britain's dispossessed spoke with political force
Environment
Carbon rationing: a modern morality tale
- 26 March 2007
- 3 comments
Controlling climate change will require personal sacrifice, fairness and trust. Yet successive governments have insisted on the individual's right to choose. This large bird is coming home to roost
Politics
A small step towards equality
- 19 March 2007
There's one way for Gordon Brown to keep those pesky Labour and union lefties onside, and it's called asset-based welfare
Benefits and headaches
- 12 March 2007
The best solution to the infernal complexities of the benefits system, as any good socialist knows, is to make work more attractive to claimants
Education
What you call a school is academic
- 05 March 2007
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City academies are remarkably similar to the city technology colleges the Tories launched in the 1980s. I have never understood their point
UK Politics
Persuasion is a science
- 26 February 2007
There's a proven formula for getting people to do what you want them to do - and politicians would be well advised to learn it
