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David Hayes

David Hayes, Inside Story’s UK correspondent, was a co-founder of openDemocracy. He has written textbooks on human rights and terrorism, and was a contributor to Town and Country (Jonathan Cape, 1998). His work has been published in PN Review, the Irish Times, El Pais, the Iran Times International, the Canberra Times, the Scotsman, the New Statesman and The Absolute Game. He has edited five print collections of material from the openDemocracy website, and edited Fred Halliday’s Political Journeys: The openDemocracy Essays (Saqi, 2011).

International David Hayes 30 March 2018 How a poison attack in an English cathedral city became an international diplomatic crisis
International David Hayes 10 January 2018 Britain’s liberal beacon is scaling down but thinking big International David Hayes 12 December 2017 The novelist’s week in Stockholm was an experimental opening towards a new public voice International David Hayes 6 December 2017 How the post-Weinstein furore shook British politics International David Hayes 10 October 2017 Letter from London | A Nobel award gives the British novelist’s voice as well as his work a new authority
International David Hayes 16 August 2017 Britain has spiralled into political failure since voting to leave the European Union. What happened, and what happens next?
David Hayes 19 June 2017 A hulking ruin stands in judgement over a country adrift David Hayes 9 June 2017 Labour has averted catastrophe, but the stunning result leaves the country with no way to negotiate Brexit David Hayes 5 June 2017 A dizzying election campaign, split this time by terror attacks, might be part of a new political normal David Hayes 30 May 2017 The favourite trashes her brand, the underdog relishes his. Our correspondent is perplexed
International David Hayes 24 May 2017 The horrific massacre in England’s second city creates a wider sense of threat
David Hayes 22 May 2017 British Conservatives have history, nation, ability, luck and opponents on their side David Hayes 19 April 2017 Brexit’s titanic tests have forced the prime minister’s hand David Hayes 30 March 2017 A Conservative chancellor turned newspaper editor may influence politics, and Brexit, in unexpected ways From the archive David Hayes 3 March 2017 A Scottish island with links to Australia is a key to the modern world
David Hayes 26 December 2016 Letter from London | Britain’s divisions over Europe fester in a political swamp. But there is a way out
Books & arts David Hayes 2 December 2016 Cinema | The veteran director’s tender dive into the indignity of Britain’s welfare system tries too hard to avoid complication David Hayes 10 November 2016 America’s rage revolution echoes Britain’s referendum uprising. But does it bring the old allies closer? David Hayes 1 October 2016 The long walk to equality in Britain is embroiled in cyberbullying and a party’s civil war David Hayes 16 August 2016 Britain is paralysed by its decision to leave the European Union, says David Hayes
David Hayes 29 July 2016 The anatomist of Britain and ally of South African freedom, born ninety years ago, was a pioneer in journalism, says David Hayes
David Hayes 14 July 2016 The post-Brexit rise of Theresa May is fleeting balm for a troubled country, says David Hayes David Hayes 5 July 2016 Britain’s media finds in Australia’s drama some relief from the country’s own, says David Hayes David Hayes 1 July 2016 British Labour’s MPs are mutinous, its leader defiant, its members divided. What now, asks David Hayes David Hayes 27 June 2016 Europe, outsiders, parties, experts, London, the United Kingdom itself – all were rejected in Britain’s referendum, says David Hayes
David Hayes 24 June 2016 Britain’s vote to leave the European Union propels an old country into a new world, says David Hayes
David Hayes 20 June 2016 An MP’s murder sheds a harsh light on a polarised country, says David Hayes David Hayes 16 June 2016 Dublin’s commemoration of the Easter 1916 rising against British rule had an inclusive message but a political undertow, says David Hayes David Hayes 3 June 2016 The duel over Britain’s place in Europe is a feast of acrimony, says David Hayes in London David Hayes 13 May 2016 A troubled start to this week’s anti-corruption summit revealed some home truths about Britain, writes David Hayes in London