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The meaning of Margaret

David Willetts — 4th May 2009 — Issue 158

One of Margaret Thatcher’s young ideologues from the 1980s—and now a senior Conservative thinker—reflects on where Thatcherism came from and why he is no longer a Thatcherite

Subject: British domestic politics, Business & economics, People & populations

To thine own self be true

David Willetts — 29th June 2008 — Issue 147

Political hypocrisy finds its modern expression in the creation of “narratives.” Blair mastered it, but it could be Brown’s downfall

Subject: Books & literature, Law & government

The penny drops

David Willetts — 21st October 2006 — Issue 127

Blair ran rings around us, but we have finally learnt to deal with New Labour

Subject: British domestic politics

A Tory community

David Willetts — 22nd October 2005 — Issue 115

The Conservative party has traditionally combined two great principles—personal freedom and public service. It now needs a new idea of community

Subject: Books & literature, British domestic politics, People & populations

Too many kids

David Willetts — 20th October 2003 — Issue 91

Why are some societies more violent than others? Because they’re too young

Subject: Law & government, People & populations

Human capital

David Willetts — 20th February 2001 — Issue 60

Does welfare to work make any more sense than tax and spend?

Subject: British domestic politics, Business & economics, Employment & unions

The paradox of class

David Willetts — 20th February 1999 — Issue 38

Britain’s famous obsession with class is, paradoxically, the result of an unusually high level of social mobility

Subject: Books & literature, British society, Business & economics

Previous convictions

David Willetts — 20th April 1998 — Issue 29

I want a mother’s benefit.

Subject: British domestic politics, Employment & unions

Conservatism now

David Willetts — 20th October 1997 — Issue 23

Labour says it can combine social cohesion with economic efficiency but so far it is just being bossy. Tories understand real institutions, not abstract communities

Subject: British domestic politics, People & populations

The Millbank moralist

David Willetts — 20th May 1997 — Issue 19

Tony Wright is an impeccable New Labour Blairite, argues David Willetts, but his book has little to offer beyond outdated admiration for the German model and moral denunciation

Subject: Books & literature, British politics