Robert Peston

Articles by Robert Peston

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The wise, the blunt and the Glasgow kiss

  • 07 February 2008

Here is what is shockingly different about Soros: he turned up without a minder, exhibited no pomposity and spoke almost no bollockese

Politics - Robert Peston locates Labour's cancer

  • 11 July 2005

Unless Blair averts the looming public services spending crisis at home, his achievements on the world stage will not help Labour at the next election

Diary - Robert Peston

  • 17 January 2005

A foreign firm may be about to take over the London Stock Exchange but its French chief executive still regrets the refurbishment of the Savoy Hotel grill room

Blair and Brown may be accused of breaking their tax pledges. They don't have much of a defence

  • 22 April 2002

Budget 2002 - There's going to be a punch-up with the big companies and Middle England may be riled too by Robert Peston

Ministers think the Tories won the taxation argument in 1997 and 2001. But - phew! - Labour has won it now

  • 15 April 2002

Ministers think the Tories won the taxation argument in 1997 and 2001. But - phew! - Labour has won it now

Deep in the financial world, yet another threat emerges to the freedom of the press

  • 08 April 2002

The PM wished to be neutral between bosses and unions. The dream has come true: now they both feel alienated

  • 01 April 2002

If British exporters have trouble now, think what would happen if the euro surged after we joined it

  • 25 March 2002

You can insure against the tragedy of a washing machine malfunction, but not against an air crash

  • 18 March 2002

In the mad, mad world of pensions, blue-chip firms rip off their owners. And who are they? Us, actually

  • 11 March 2002

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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