Steve Richards

Steve Richards

Steve Richards is chief political commentator for the Independent and a contributing editor of the New Statesman. He writes a monthly column on British politics for the magazine. He is also a popular broadcaster and a presenter of Radio 4's The Week in Westminster. His new book Whatever It Takes: The Inside Story of Gordon Brown and New Labour will be published this autumn.

Articles by Steve Richards

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Our future in their hands

  • 05 November 2009

It is a myth that David Cameron and George Osborne have no ideas – from elected police chiefs to parents setting up “free schools”, they have armed their party with policies that match their vision of a smaller state

The real hustle

  • 01 October 2009
  • 4 comments

The Tories have conjured a trick – appearing progressive and yet Thatcherite. What is the truth behind this illusion?

The fight of their lives

  • 24 September 2009
  • 1 comment

A Labour conference would not be the same without a debate over its leader, but not since 1982 has the party been so scared of electoral defeat

The election will not be televised

  • 20 August 2009

The internet will revolutionise the parties’ general election campaigns. For our leading politicians, it is a great leap into the unknown.

Too little, too late

  • 30 July 2009
  • 1 comment

Even as the government has lost all confidence, its policies have grown bold. But is anybody listening now?

The cutting edge

  • 02 July 2009

The endless reports of cabinet infighting ignore the close “inner circle” of Mandelson, Balls and Brown – and how busy all three are, sharpening their swords for the final battle.

Squish. Splat. Wallop?

  • 14 May 2009
  • 5 comments

The Prime Minister is exhausted, abused and hapless. Labour MPs have one final opportunity to remove him this summer, or accept the consequences. But do they have the will to act and, if they did, what would the outcome be?

The curse of Callaghan

  • 09 April 2009
  • 1 comment

The G20 is over and Labour is still behind in the polls. So why are cabinet ministers considering an election this year?

Our age of hysteria

  • 05 March 2009
  • 3 comments

The death of Ivan Cameron, bankers’ bonuses, Brown in America: now raw emotion is the driving force of our politics

It's not all over, yet

  • 05 February 2009
  • 2 comments

The Conservatives are ahead in the polls yet their isolationist policies could still be their undoing, but only if Labour make a fight of it

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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