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
A corrupt system that affects us all
- 19 February 2007
- 12 comments
I am not suggesting your council will accept a bribe to nod through your rear extension...
UK Politics
Capitalism's dirty business
- 12 February 2007
We need to know about private equity: it sacks staff, cuts wages, sells off assets, outsources, screws suppliers and, more often than not, reduces services to customers
Society
Why skills don't matter any more
- 05 February 2007
- 1 comment
British companies look not for people who are proficient at specific jobs but for those who have "potential" to cope with change. Is it any wonder nothing works properly?
Media
Facing the fate of builders and decorators
- 18 December 2006
- 1 comment
The unskilled middle classes losing their monopoly
Media
Dave's in deep trouble
- 11 December 2006
Blair managed to attract a stampede of commentators previously hostile to Labour. Can Cameron do the same?
Media
Would Polly look good naked on a horse?
- 04 December 2006
She bangs on about topics nobody else understands. She is perversely enthused by new Labour. But almost alone among writers, Toynbee knows how policies affect the masses
Media
Slippery sentences
- 27 November 2006
- 1 comment
I have always admired how the Westminster press lobby can take just a few words and interpret them with complete confidence
Media
Fleet Street's maiden aunts
- 20 November 2006
Newspapers have never been good at picking up and responding positively to major social shifts
Media
It was us wot won it
- 13 November 2006
- 1 comment
On Iraq and global warming, the left has been vindicated. Our foes still cannot produce apologies, and instead treat us to some intriguing self-justification
Media
The BBC should hold its nerve
- 06 November 2006
BBC bigwigs have held a day-long conference to examine their own impartiality. This was probably a mistake
