Last hope for the left
The liberal, secular world view may hold sway over western elites, but it is struggling to answer the conservative challenge
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Exclusive: Tory chair aimed for BNP votes
Sayeeda Warsi, the Conservative party chair who recently warned that the alternative vote could lead to politicians “pandering to extremism,” appears to have appealed to BNP voters herself when she was standing for parliament back in 2005. Campaign material for her bid to become Tory MP for Dewsbury urged BNP... -
Who will win Prospect’s think tank of the year award?
The winner of Prospect‘s coveted think tank of the year award will be revealed at an awards ceremony tomorrow evening; full details are to be posted on this blog shortly after. We received a record number of entries this year—which should come as little surprise. Since the prize was started... -
Tony Judt: a man of his word
Peter Jukes discusses history, life and justice with the late Tony Judt—a master of morally charged rhetoric -
Why be squeamish about pension cuts?
Some pensioners are poor. But lots of people are poor. Pensioners, though, have big political advantages: they vote, and are perceived to have “paid in all their lives”. Politicians meddle with pensioners’ income at their peril. How else can we explain that even in the most austere budget for a... -
An Asian whitewash
Ziauddin Sardar's latest book touches on many of the most troubling questions at the heart of what it means to be a British Asian in the 21st century. But his blinkered adherence to the politics of resentment means it contains few useful answers
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