Rob Blackhurst

Articles by Rob Blackhurst

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Reasons to be fearful

  • 31 July 2008
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The spectre of atomic weapons has been replaced in the popular imagination by that of climate change - yet two defence analysts convincingly argue that another nuclear catastrophe is as likely as ever

Accidental tourist

  • 08 May 2008
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Rob Blackhurst books a family break at a Portuguese resort - and finds himself babysitting in Praia da Luz

Haven't we all got enough on our plates?

  • 09 May 2005

Election: the future - power to the people. Rob Blackhurst prefers centralised control freakery to the inefficiency and corruption of devolved power. Most people, he argues, are too busy to run schools and hospitals

The sad decline of the policy wonks

  • 31 January 2005

Rob Blackhurst finds that London's think-tanks, enslaved by corporate sponsors, no longer have a significant influence on the political parties

A new force in British politics

  • 26 July 2004

Most voters don't care about foreign policy. Muslims do, and the results could be dramatic

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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Will Baroness Ashton be an effective EU foreign minister?

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