Stephen Bates
Articles by Stephen Bates
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Society
Doing the splits
- 10 July 2008
- 9 comments
Like Mr Rochester's first wife, the misogyny and homophobia of the Church of England's factions keep leaping out of the attic to scare off decent folk
Religion
Fundamental change
- 10 April 2008
- 3 comments
Both politically and theologically, conservative Christianity is now a militant and rapidly growing force, in Britain and globally
Politics
Brussels? You couldn't make it up . . .
- 27 November 2000
. . . but journalists often do. Stephen Bates reveals how the press finds its Euro scares
Politics
Prodi plays his role in a French farce
- 17 April 2000
Stephen Batesfinds that whoever plotted against the EC President, it was not the British
Politics
Eurosceptic? Moi?
- 06 March 2000
Hogarth's caricatures of corrupt and weak Continentals are alive today, with a little help from new Labour
Politics
The faceless ones are in a flap
- 12 March 1999
In Brussels, allegations about corruption, guns and astrologers threaten some glittering careers, reports Stephen Bates
Politics
Goodbye to a marvellous racket
- 19 February 1999
Stephen Bates welcomes the end of duty-free and sees in it a rare victory for social justice over the power of corporate lobbying
Politics
Good friends slip on a banana skin
- 08 January 1999
Iraq is not the only target for US sanctions; so is Britain, at least as far as sheep's milk, candles and folding cartons are concerned. Stephen Bates explains
