Roy Hattersley

Articles by Roy Hattersley

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Books

Last among equals

26 March 2009

The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett Allen Lane, 352pp, £20

UK Politics

Gordon's path to redemption

25 September 2008
4 comments

To seize the moment, Gordon Brown has to change course; not a U-turn or swerve to the left, but a prudent adjustment of direction, writes Labour's former deputy leader

UK Politics

Labour must find its faith

15 May 2008
19 comments

One of the most damaging illusions of the "Third Way" has been that you can devise policies which disadvantage no one, argues the Labour ex-deputy leader

Politics

Back to the future

27 September 2007
3 comments

It seems to me just possible that at last we may have a Croslandite Prime Minister

Life & Society

The empire gets its revenge - on me!

11 December 2006

The four men in the lorry cab drove us before them on the narrow causeway like a flock of sheep. We broke into a trot. It was patronising, but not really malicious

Books

Born to rule

24 April 2006
1 comment

Blackshirt: Sir Oswald Mosley and British fascism Stephen Dorril Viking, 717pp, £30 ISBN 0670869996

Ideas

NS Essay -'Meritocracy is no substitute for equality. By definition it provides ''escape routes'' for only a minority of the population. What is more, without greater equality it does not even extend the mobility which Tony Blair claims is the object of his political philosophy'

06 February 2006

Tony Blair never uses the word, yet suddenly everybody else has started to - even the new Tories. Equality is back on the agenda, and whatever they may say in Downing Street, only Labour is capable of making Britain more equal

Ideas

NS Essay - 'The importance of loyalty to an idea is not just a matter of personal conscience. It is a requirement of genuine democracy'

11 July 2005

When Tony Blair accused him of disloyalty, Roy Hattersley was inclined to let it go. Then he saw that the Prime Minister's idea of loyalty was personal: he believes people should be loyal to him. Labour's former deputy leader disagrees - with a passion

Books