The Independent 1997 Donald Macintyre - Abstracts

The Independent 1997 Donald Macintyre
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A Blair landslide would sweep all politics before it. (future Labour government in the UK will have to face sensitive issues)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
A fateful day, under a different kind of justice. (final stage of trial in Saudi Arabia of two British nurses accused of murder)(Ghazi Algosaibi, Saudi Arabian ambassador in London, England)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
A few tips if we take Cook's tour. (UK shadow Foreign Secretary Robin Cook)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
A final swipe at the last Governor goes wide of the mark.(inquiry into former Hong Kong governor, Chris Patten)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
After the voters, the vultures. (possible candidates for leadership of UK Conservative party)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
A good time to help Ashdown and start on PR. (UK Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Anatomy of a gaffe reveals a Tory tartan dilemma. (UK Conservative party split over devolution)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
A new formula: let the state pay for politics. (doubts about future of private sector funding of political parties in United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
A seismic shift in the political landscape. (UK)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Ashdown finds reason to forge a strange alliance. (United Kingdom Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown seeks alliance with Labour party)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Ashdown ran away from telling the harsh truth. (United Kingdom Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Blair will play it cool on electoral reform. (UK Labour party leader Tony Blair)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Blunkett's long road to the Class of '97. (UK Secretary of State for Education and Employment David Blunkett)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
British Airways becomes a campaign issue. (UK clashes with European Commission over British Airways' plans for alliance with American Airlines)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Brown plans a Budget worthy of his hero. (United Kingdom Chancellor Gordon Brown admires David Lloyd George)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Can he bring back Tory smiles? (UK chancellor Kenneth Clarke)(Interview)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Can we trust the judges to make our laws? (courts' powers to overturn parliamentary statutes)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Clarke and Brown's common currency. (UK chancellor Kenneth Clarke and shadow chancellor Gordon Brown in agreement that UK is unlikely to join single European currency at outset)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Consumers are fed up with a diet of Whitehall rubbish. (end of domination of UK ministry of agriculture by food producers)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Earthquake in Enfield: the night Middle England turned red. (reflections on election victory of United Kingdom Labour party in May 1997)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Euro elections could break the Tories' patched-up party. (United Kingdom Conservative party likely to be negatively affected by shift to proportional representation for European elections in 1999)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Even before they lose, the Tory knives are out. (attributing blame for likely defeat of UK Conservative party in forthcoming general election)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Flash Gordon gets off to a flying start. (new UK Chancellor Gordon Brown)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Flying the flag for a lower Scottish grant.(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Freedom of information gets caught in the spin. (United Kingdom government in confusion about disclosure of internal deliberations)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
General election dawns early in Sunlight's suburbs. (Wirral South by-election will be strong indicator of forthcoming general election in the UK)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Gordon Brown crosses the monetary Rubicon.(United Kingdom policy on European monetary union)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Hague has lost the vital glue of compromise.(performance of leader of the United Kingdom Conservative party, William Hague)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
How can the Tories deal with Tony now? (UK Conservative party considers how to deal with Labour party leader Tony Blair)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
How long can Blair wait for Sinn Fein? (United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
How the Cabinet wrote its script for the new Scotland. (United Kingdom government's approach to Scottish devolution)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
How Ulster marched into a new crisis. (Orangemen's march through Portadown, Northern Ireland, holds back peace process)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
If Labour wins big, what happens to the Lib Dems?(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Is this the end of the brothers' political clout? (changing views on political activity by United Kingdom trade unions)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
It's Cook's tour, says Robin. (new UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook visits Paris, France, and Bonn, Germany)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Just a storm in a Whitehall teacup. (mixed views about political appointments in UK Civil Service)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Labour becomes a people's party at long last. (UK Labour party)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Labour goes boldly where the Tories feared to tread. (United Kingdom Labour party to abolish free university tuition for middle and upper classes)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Labour's new pragmatism is on the right track. (United Kingdom government considers privatization of London Underground)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Labour's offer to Sinn Fein was not naive or a gaffe. (UK Labour party considers possibility of Sinn Fein joining inter-party talks)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Labour taskforce to help underclass.(United Kingdom Labor party seeks to help socially disadvantaged (includes related articles))Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Lawyers, watch out - court fees are just the beginning. (United Kingdom Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine set to take firm line with lawyers)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Let the City moan - the people's Budget is still a winner.(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Michael Portillo misjudged politics and public.(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Mightier than the sword. (Lord McAlpine's new book creates problems for UK government)(Interview)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Montenegro moderniser fights Serbia's grip. (Milo Djukanovic may win presidential elections in Montenegro)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Neil Hamilton should resign or be sacked. (UK Conservative MP Neil Hamilton)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Never mind the clear blue water. (UK Conservative party must act for the nation)(former foreign secretary Douglas Hurd)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Never mind the Nerd, vote for Old Rustbucket. (Kenneth Clarke should win leadership of United Kingdom Conservative party)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
New Labour, new Lord Chancellor. (Lord Alexander Irvine)(Interview)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Now Hague must win the left and rebuild the party. (William Hague, new leader of United Kingdom Conservative party)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Obstacles to the road to stopping another Drumcree. (Independent Review of Parades and Marches recommends new commission to deal with disputed march routes in Northern Ireland)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
On education, Blair means business. (UK Labour party leader Tony Blair)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
One hundred days can be a short time in politics.(first 100 days of the United Kingdom Labor government)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Paddy and the Holy Grail of voting reform. (UK Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Paris and Bonn hail Britain as equal partner.Retail industryDonald Macintyre, Imre Karacs
Poverty's the problem, work is the solution. (links between employment and social cohesion in the UK)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Six fashionable cliches about new Labour.(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Sleight of hand from a would-be Chancellor. (UK Labour party promises no increase in tax)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Striking a balance between Whig and Tory views. (mixed views on the role of the UK House of Commons)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Ten reasons why Blair can't afford to relax. (UK Labour party leader Tony Blair must avoid complacency)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Thatcher's spectre haunts the feast. (legacy of former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The bells toll once more for the established C of E.(likelihood of disestablishment of the Church of England)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The campaign has paused, but the worries go on. (concerns about independent Scottish parliament)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The future face of the Tory party. (electing a new leader of the UK Conservative party)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The left's last supper. (traditional Labour supporters express doubts)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The left that's left in New Labour. (ways in which a future Labour government in the UK would differ from a Conservative government)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The man who would be president - until he's elected. (problems with UK prime minister John Major's campaigning style)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The master of spin goes in to bat.(views of United Kingdom Labor party politician, Peter Mandelson)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The political luck of the youthful pretender. (William Hague, candidate for leadership of UK Conservative party)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The Tory message gets a little help from Super Mac. (UK Conservative party campaigns on basis of economic success)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
The who's who of Blair's top team. (UK Labour party leader Tony Blair's Cabinet appointments if he becomes Prime Minister)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Tony and Gordon: the continuing saga of a beautiful friendship. (United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Too big for his boots? Inside the court of Lord Irvine. (United Kingdom Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Tough love: How to flirt with tycoons and stay a virgin. (new approaches to political party funding in United Kingdom)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Unlock the secret services - the key is transparency.(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Want to close the class gap? Try taxing the rich when they're dead. (inheritance taxes)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
What makes Harriet Harman tick? (United Kingdom Social Security Secretary faces challenges over cut in lone parents' benefit)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Where will Blair find the critics in this Parliament? (new UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will not face opposition from united Conservative party)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Who's afraid of the West Lothian question? (problem of Scottish MPs being able to vote on policies which apply only in England and Wales)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Why Norman's feeling bullish again. (former UK Chancellor Norman Lamont campaigns in Harrogate, England)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
Why we still need the Lib Dems in British politics. (role of the UK's Liberal Democrats)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
William and his troublesome aunt. (challenges facing United Kingdom Conservative party leader William Hague)(Column)Retail industryDonald Macintyre
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