jonathanfreedland.com- Articles http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ en-us jonathan@jonathanfreedland.com 2009-07-01T08:20:13+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Now we have seen Iran's human face, a military attack is unthinkable http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000599.html Once cast as part of the 'axis of evil', Iranians have shown they are real people, not collateral damage in waiting Published in the Guardian... 599@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-07-01T08:20:13+00:00 After a global howl of outrage, we have returned to business as usual http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000597.html The nation watches and either feels its veins bulge with rage or shrugs with resignation, despairing at society's inability to change Published in the Guardian... 597@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-24T07:01:54+00:00 Seismic events in Iran and Israel have set a critical test of Obama's resolve http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000596.html One weekend has seen the Middle Eastern landscape transformed – and the US president's critics are already circling Published in the Guardian... 596@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-16T09:10:48+00:00 Gordon Brown can sigh with relief http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000595.html Though it may not last, the prime minister is finally back on the terrain he likes best – the issue of spending plans Published on the Guardian's website... 595@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-11T08:53:10+00:00 Recovering cannot be done through theatre. Action is the only solution http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000594.html To win back the voters of the broken heartlands, Labour must remind the public what it's for. But I fear it won't be enough Published in the Guardian... 594@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-10T09:49:58+00:00 Gordon Brown lives to limp on, but no one pretends the threat is gone http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000593.html Published on page 1 of the Guardian's Top stories section... 593@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-09T09:58:03+00:00 Plotters and plotted-against are both weak http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000590.html Published on page 1 of the Guardian's Top stories section... 590@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-06T07:51:36+00:00 Barack Obama in Cairo: the speech no other president could make http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000591.html Published in the Guardian... 591@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-05T07:57:01+00:00 Big test of settlement attitudes http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000592.html If Barack Obama means business, we will now see if our criticism of settlement policy was merely token Published in the Jewish Chronicle... 592@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-04T08:04:02+00:00 Senior minister accuses No 10 of smearing Hazel Blears http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000589.html Opponents of Gordon Brown claim Downing Street smeared the communities secretary after she quit this morning Published on the Guardian website... 589@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-03T13:40:46+00:00 Vote Green tomorrow but beware of getting rid of Gordon today http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000587.html A coup d'etat, a Johnson coronation, an early election – all the options for saving Labour are now fraught with risk Published in the Guardian... 587@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-06-03T09:12:41+00:00 A Whiff of Revolution in the London Air http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000588.html An essay on the expenses affair in Britain, published in Der Spiegel... 588@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-05-29T19:10:56+00:00 Reform of parliament: 'The power in the land shouldn't be at the centre, but with the people' http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000586.html Jonathan Freedland on what should be reformed in parliament Audio report published in the Guardian... 586@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-05-21T13:43:59+00:00 The Speaker exits with revolution in the air. I say, bring it on http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000585.html The great expenses fraud is a symptom of a larger disease. We need a new constitution, with the people as sovereign Published in the Guardian... 585@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-05-20T09:13:00+00:00 A new politics: Elect the second chamber http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/archives/000584.html At present, people have no say over half the legislature that governs their affairs. The time for putting off reform is over Published on the Guardian's website... 584@http://www.jonathanfreedland.com/articles/ 2009-05-20T09:10:29+00:00