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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 Correspondents David Hayes 28 April 2013 The renowned director’s new film, which uses the socialist mood of 1945 to assail the world Margaret Thatcher created, is bad history and worse politics, says David Hayes International Carmela Ferraro 17 April 2013 Australian journalist Natalie Bennett has big ambitions for Britain’s Green Party. Carmela Ferraro talked to her in London
Correspondents David Hayes 12 April 2013 The grim conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have dulled the instinct for armed intervention. But it still runs deep in British political culture, writes David Hayes
Books & arts Richard Johnstone 3 April 2013 Richard Johnstone reviews Richard Hughes’s The Fox in the Attic National affairs Kerry Ryan 5 March 2013 Like Australia, Britain decided to make it harder for new arrivals to become citizens. Kerry Ryan looks at the mixed results Correspondents David Hayes 25 February 2013 The roots of ambivalence in Britain’s relationship with the European Union go deep, says David Hayes International Rodney Tiffen 6 December 2012 The Leveson report's case for more rigorous press accountability was immediately undercut by David Cameron, but despite the cheers from the tabloids, the prime minister has backed…
Correspondents David Hayes 3 December 2012 An endless recession has changed politics and livelihoods. But in a many-sided national argument there is no consensus about its lessons, says David Hayes
Correspondents David Hayes 4 October 2012 The halfway point of Britain’s five-year parliament finds all of the parties under pressure to adapt to a changing environment, says David Hayes Correspondents David Hayes 3 August 2012 A thrilling opening ceremony turned London’s mood from cynical to euphoric. But after artistic seduction comes political reduction, says David Hayes in London International Rodney Tiffen 10 July 2012 It’s a year since News Corporation’s cover-up of phone-hacking in Britain began to unravel. Rodney Tiffen takes stock of the damage so far, assesses the News… Correspondents Brian McFarlane 25 June 2012 Brian McFarlane reviews a classic theatrical revival, a new play paired with an old one, and a musical adapted from a film for the stage
Correspondents David Hayes 18 June 2012 Britain’s season of high spectacle offers only a temporary respite from economic and political troubles, writes David Hayes
International Rodney Tiffen 3 May 2012 Comparisons with Watergate raise worrying prospects for News Corporation, writes Rodney Tiffen From the archive David Hayes 19 April 2012 The celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s sixty years on the throne coincided with the best of recent times for the British monarchy Books & arts Frank Bongiorno 11 April 2012 The language of class distinctions tells us a lot about Britain and Australia, writes Frank Bongiorno Correspondents David Hayes 22 February 2012 A high-stakes constitutional tussle over the future of the United Kingdom is under way. The political transformation of Scotland since the 1950s will help to shape the outcome,…
Correspondents David Hayes 12 January 2012 A sympathetic film portrayal of Britain’s most divisive modern prime minister fits a broader mood of reappraisal of her years in power, says David Hayes
Correspondents David Hayes 7 December 2011 London’s mayoral election might be overshadowed in 2012 by royal and Olympic pageants, but it’s more revealing of the city’s heartbeat Correspondents David Hayes 1 November 2011 An encampment around St Paul’s Cathedral in London casts a new light on this icon of British wartime defiance. But the epic days of the 1940s may have something to teach the… Correspondents David Hayes 18 September 2011 The tendency to press reality into a heritage mould traps England in political aspic, says David Hayes Essays & reportage Rodney Tiffen 15 September 2011 With the Leveson inquiry into the British press starting work in London, Rodney Tiffen looks at what the phone-hacking scandal has revealed so far about media, politics…
National affairs Frank Bongiorno 21 August 2011 On the anniversary of the 2010 Australian election, Frank Bongiorno – just back from London – contrasts the challenges facing Britain and Australia
Correspondents David Hayes 16 August 2011 Four days and nights of riotous disorder are a potent argument for social repair. But lack of agreement on fundamentals could soon prove fatal to the chances, says David Hayes Correspondents Frank Bongiorno 10 August 2011 Despite defeating his brother in a long and hard-fought leadership campaign, it’s still not clear what British Labour leader Ed Miliband stands for, writes Frank Bongiorno Correspondents Frank Bongiorno 26 July 2011 Frank Bongiorno looks at the growing influence of Labour peer Maurice Glasman on the British opposition party Correspondents Frank Bongiorno 21 July 2011 Is “merit” the new demarcation line in British society, asks Frank Bongiorno in London