Jul 17, 2001
International Socialism Journal, Summer 2001 John Rees is right, in International Socialism 90, to highlight the reactionary record of the Wilson-Callaghan government, and to warn against sentimentalising Labour governments of the past. But he tells only part of the story, and as a result his account of the changes in the Labour Party is incomplete…. Read more
Feb 17, 2001
Socialist Outlook, February 2001 When I recently left the Labour Party, after twenty years of active membership, I was surprised at how few people asked me to explain myself. For comrades outside the party, it seemed a step that needed no explanation, and was indeed long overdue. For comrades remaining in the party, it seemed… Read more
Feb 2, 2000
Aaj Kay Naam, February 2000 On a rural road in southern Punjab I saw an official government sign sporting a curious message. “My Dear Countrymen, Army will never disappoint you like the past.” It was signed: Pervez Musharraf. Musharraf is the military dictator of Pakistan who, in Blairite-style, has rebranded himself as the country’s “Chief… Read more
Jul 2, 1998
The Henderson affair and the British media Extracted from Anyone but England: Cricket, Race and Class, 1998. The Saturday of the Lord’s Test against West Indies, 1995. I was sitting high up in the Mound Stand with my friend, Suresh Grover, perusing the July issue of Wisden Cricket Monthly, which had just hit the news-stands…. Read more
Sep 6, 1997
Frontline, 6 September 1997 POLITICIANS and family members were quick to put the blame for Princess Diana’s death on the overzealous attentions of the tabloid press, in particular the ‘paparazzi’, the roving squad of photographers who will, notoriously, go to any lengths in their pursuit of celebrity snaps. Viscount Althorp, Diana’s brother, bitterly declared that… Read more
