Roy Hattersley

Articles by Roy Hattersley

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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

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

Publish and be damned

  • 02 May 2005

The Laughter of Triumph: William Hone and the fight for the free press Ben Wilson Faber & Faber, 455pp, £16.99 ISBN 0571224709

Work to rule

  • 24 May 2004

United We Stand: a history of Britain's trade unions Alastair J Reid Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 496pp, £25 ISBN 0713997583

NS Essay - We should have made it clear that we too were modernisers

  • 10 May 2004

Roy Hattersley admits that Blair's critics failed to argue their own case for "modern social democracy" with enough vigour. If they press their programme now, it is not too late to rescue the government

Forgotten favourites - Politics of aspiration. T H Green was the first philosopher of social justice. Today's cabinet ministers would do well to read him, writes Roy Hattersley

  • 01 December 2003

T H Green and the Development of Ethical Socialism Matt Carter Imprint Academic, 234pp, £25 ISBN 0907845320

Property rules

  • 10 November 2003

Reform!: the fight for the 1832 Reform Act Edward Pearce Jonathan Cape, 343pp, £20 ISBN 0224061992

A gallant failure

  • 17 March 2003

Eden: the life and times of Anthony Eden D R Thorpe Chatto & Windus, 758pp, £25

Rather turnips than nothing

  • 11 November 2002

Commentary - Why shouldn't an atheist write seriously about religion?

Nearly men

  • 23 September 2002

Friends and Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey Giles Radice Little, Brown, 376pp, £20 ISBN 0316855472

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President Cheney?

Get ready for President Cheney

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Tory foes

If Dave doesn’t win, it’s open season

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Lib Dem dilemma

The Lib Dem dilemma

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Sons of Cuba

Sons of Cuba (PG)

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Fat Man in a White Hat

Fat Man in a White Hat

John Gray

Anarchism's failure

The World That Never Was: a True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents

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