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Correspondents David Hayes 22 April 2015 Britain’s election is a blind date with destiny, says David Hayes
Correspondents David Hayes 6 April 2015 A spate of disclosures of child sexual abuse sets a challenging test for British society, writes David Hayes in London Essays & reportage Margaret Simons 23 March 2015 “There was nothing before Oxford, really,” says Malcolm Fraser in this extract from his political memoirs, written with Margaret Simons Correspondents David Hayes 5 March 2015 No foreign policy, mute diplomacy and a weak military, goes the mantra. In London, David Hayes tests the alarm Correspondents David Hayes 18 February 2015 A statutory five-year term has reset Britain’s political dynamics. But not in a good way, says David Hayes
Correspondents David Hayes 22 December 2014 A dynamic metropolis resented by the country it governs is exploring its own political options, says David Hayes
Books & arts Jack Waterford 31 October 2014 David Horner’s history of ASIO is a reminder of how “the Case” influenced ASIO for generations, writes Jack Waterford   Correspondents David Hayes 27 October 2014 Democracy’s decline always makes a good story. But like the country itself, British politics might be adapting rather than decaying, says David Hayes Correspondents David Hayes 29 September 2014 The ripples of an unlikely row over a parliamentary appointment reach from London to Canberra, says David Hayes Correspondents David Hayes 19 September 2014 A clear vote against Scotland’s independence closes a national argument but opens a UK-wide one, says David Hayes in Edinburgh
Correspondents David Hayes 15 September 2014 Scots hold the United Kingdom’s future in their hands. No wonder nerves are fraying, says David Hayes
Books & arts Angela Daly 11 September 2014 Angela Daly reviews Robert Crawford’s tale of two cities Correspondents David Hayes 31 August 2014 Dublin and London are finding common diplomatic ground just as politics is sweeping them off their feet Correspondents David Hayes 17 July 2014 The centenary of the 1914–18 war reveals Britain to be a country of permanent involution, says David Hayes International Geoffrey Barker 10 July 2014 Three-and-a-half decades after the winter of discontent, Geoffrey Barker revisits a warmer and more diverse Britain
Books & arts Frank Bowden 20 June 2014 A physician decodes an unsettling memoir of life in and beyond the operating theatre
Correspondents David Hayes 12 June 2014 The identity of Britain’s largest nation is a live question during every World Cup, says David Hayes Correspondents David Hayes 30 May 2014 The electoral victory of UKIP, an anti-immigrant and anti-Europe party, redraws Britain’s political map, says David Hayes Correspondents David Hayes 15 May 2014 The debate over Scotland’s future is being shaped by the pro-independence side, says David Hayes Correspondents David Hayes 8 April 2014 The Labour politician turned radical in mid-career and ended up a revered figure. His remarkable story can also reveal Britain to itself, says David Hayes
Correspondents David Hayes 18 February 2014 After more than three years in the job, where is Britain’s Labour leader taking his party, asks David Hayes
International Rodney Tiffen 13 February 2014 It’s now the defence’s turn to put its case in the News International phone-hacking trial in London. Rodney Tiffen untangles the testimony to date International Francis Beckett 12 February 2014 Christopher Pyne’s plan for “independent” public schools bears a family resemblance to the academies and free schools that have undermined British education,… Books & arts Tim Rowse 17 December 2013 As two Australian books show, the European Enlightenment rested partly on a global traffic of persons between widely separated spaces Correspondents David Hayes 16 December 2013 The polls say no, the mood yes. Scotland’s independence debate is a puzzle, says David Hayes
Correspondents David Hayes 3 September 2013 Syria’s war is opening new dividing lines in British politics, says David Hayes. Once the consequences play out, Ed Miliband might have lost more than has David Cameron
Correspondents David Hayes 28 August 2013 Britain’s media coverage of Australia’s election is lively but limited, finds David Hayes Correspondents David Hayes 25 July 2013 The scale of Britain’s problems leaves its party and electoral systems struggling to catch up, says David Hayes International Klaus Neumann 15 July 2013 Popular unease about US surveillance of German citizens could pose a problem for Angela Merkel as national elections loom, writes Klaus Neumann Correspondents David Hayes 17 June 2013 Although it’s widely disdained, the very vagueness of David Cameron’s ambitious idea gives it resilience, says David Hayes