Peter Wilby

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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The islands of black gold

  • 15 March 2010
  • 1 comment

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
  • 7 comments

Blair believed in what he was doing, but it is far from clear that Cameron does.

Tory traits and the Guardian’s woes

  • 26 February 2010

The Guardian model is no ideal

  • 25 February 2010
  • 1 comment

Guardian Media Group behaves no differently from a straightforward profit-making concern.

Gordon’s pig, Tory toadies and fat cats

  • 22 February 2010

Beware the Tories bearing red-tinted gifts.

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
  • 23 comments

The abstract principle of national sovereignty has been made very real by this crisis.

John Terry, tree-hugging and Blair

  • 11 February 2010

What exactly does a football captain do, and why is he important?

Pope on the ropes, and Maggie’s soap

  • 04 February 2010
  • 1 comment

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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