Late in life, I have become a convert to the beautiful game
I was sceptical about a certain strain of middle-class fan, but now I know the thrill of belonging to the football tribe
Published by: The Guardian
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Ed Balls should ‘fall on his sword’? What madness
The shadow chancellor is a political powerhouse. For Labour's sake I hope he ignores Anthony Seldon's call for him to quit
Published by: The Guardian
Pope Benedict has to answer for his inaction on child abuse
The pope did too little to deal with sex offenders in the priesthood. He must be held to account – in this life, not the next
Published by: The Guardian
A-level history taught using ‘Eurosceptic’ textbook
Disadvantages of Britain joining the EEC in 1973 given more than five times the space over advantages in 'alarming' book
Published by: The Guardian
Will Ed Miliband be an Obama or an Hollande?
The Labour party leader faces a choice he's still not made: to keep ambitions modest, or to offer a genuinely radical vision
Published by: The Guardian
Gove U-turn on GCSEs: the moment cabinet’s golden boy dropped the ball
Once Gove could look on with disdainful pity at his colleagues' clumsiness. This U-turn will weaken his leadership chances
Published by: The Guardian
Chris Huhne resigns: this is a problem for all parties
A winter of discontent looms, with Lib Dems and Tories fighting for his Eastleigh seat, Labour watching on – and Nigel Farage as wild card
Published by: The Guardian
If the Chinese dragon is so mighty, why is it trembling inside?
Beijing's alleged hacking of the New York Times is a sign of both the regime's huge power – and its fear of a Chinese spring
Published by: The Guardian
It wasn’t bias, it was wrong polls
What matters about last month's Israeli elections is what kind of government they produce. Talk of how those elections were covered in the media is, I know, secondary. So forgive me if I focus on a view that has bubbled up here and there in the blogosp...
Published by: The Jewish Chronicle