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Paul Richards Articles
The ‘big society’ lies at the bottom of the ocean
The world may not have ended this week, but the 'big society' did. It was born in David Cameron’s Hugo Young memorial...
Imagine no chicken tikka masala
Last Sunday I attended the Bangladesh Caterers’ Association awards. The UK ‘Indian’ restaurant and take-away trade...
Deputy prime minister’s progress
Taking out Lib Dem MPs and councillors, their families, and people directly employed by the Lib Dem machine, a poll...
Political Christmas diairies
In 1895 the Fabian Society's Beatrice Webb could look back over a year which saw the creation of the London School of...
Student demos are part of our history
As the wreckage is cleared away from Westminster and the West End, the young people who braved the cold, batons and...
What happens if you say the word ‘Thatcher’?
His comedy is about comedy - deconstructing his own material, his audience's reactions to it, his comedic devices (the...
Miliband should lead on AV
One is that there was no chance of Labour forming a coalition with the Lib Dems. Nick Clegg's personal animus towards...
Not the 1980s again
It is not a left-right issue. Nor is it a Trojan horse for people who want to break the union link, do a deal with the...
March now, vote later
Sixty-eight was a year of student protests across the capitals of the world. They chanted ‘London Paris Rome...
The Tories can’t believe their luck
Politics is about winning the argument. In 1945 and 1997, the Labour party convincingly won the argument about what...
Operation Dented Shield
When New Labour first began to plant its size nines all over the centre-ground of politics, you heard people...