Stuart Weir
Articles by stuart weir
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Politics
Promises, promises
- 21 October 2002
An audit of new Labour's record reveals a democratic deficit at the heart of government
Politics
The quangos just grow and grow
- 09 April 2001
Despite the promise of a people's government, the country is increasingly run by unaccountable, secretive crony networks
Politics
The great white shark of Whitehall
- 05 February 2001
Forget about Tony Blair's "presidential" powers. It is HM Treasury that now dominates government. Its role should be diminished, argues Stuart Weir
Politics
We're all liberals now
- 20 November 2000
Support for human rights goes far beyond the metropolitan elite, reports Stuart Weir
Politics
Dirty deeds in deepest Devon
- 17 July 2000
Labour's latest ideas for electoral reform are a dangerous stitch-up, argues Stuart Weir
Politics
The long war against democracy
- 10 April 2000
The real battle in Zimbabwe is not against white farmers. Mugabe's target is a black middle-class committed to modernity and rock music
Politics
We stopped Boadicea's chariot
- 27 November 1998
Stuart Weirargues that the success of Charter 88 (aged ten this week) proves that people are not weary of democracy, just of Westminster
