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Will Straw Articles

Falling behind

Why Britain is losing the global race By Will Straw David Cameron and George Osborne have set out their stall for the next general election. Britain is in a ‘global race’ with rapidly growing countries like China and India. The phrase appeared twice in the prime...

Ed should have called for EU referendum

Ed Miliband is right today to warn that Britain is ‘sleepwalking’ into leaving the EU. He is wrong, however, to rule out a referendum which is the only means by which pro-Europeans will be woken from their slumber. As set out in IPPR’s new report Staying In: A reform...

The Republican Brain

The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science – and Reality Chris Mooney Wiley | 336pp | £17.99 Understanding why the US elected George W Bush not once but twice will fascinate Europeans for years to come. Understanding how to stop something similar...

For the many, not the few

New rules, not protectionism, is the answer to the challenge of globalisation, argues Will Straw IN his 2005 party conference speech Tony Blair said: ‘In the era of rapid globalisation, there is no mystery about what works: an open, liberal economy, prepared...

The Third Wave of Globalisation

Jan 26, 2012 | Section: Web exclusive

The ongoing elections in the US and France have exposed an electorally popular strand of protectionism in both...

Plan G for growth

Mar 31, 2011 | Articles, Section: Progress Magazine

Standing at the dispatch box on 23 March, George Osborne presented his budget as ‘reforming the nation's...

Going for growth

Mar 21, 2011 | Articles, Section: Progress Magazine

After raising Gladstone's red box on March 23, George Osborne will claim that he has delivered a budget for jobs and...

Obama’s path to greatness: socialism in one country?

Jun 19, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

For the last two years I have lived, studied, and worked in the United States. I arrived in the country two years ago...

As Obama settles down to his presidency, Will Straw takes a break from politics and discovers a different side of Washington

May 13, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

Washington, D.C. is the home to ambitious politicos, world class museums, and since 1995 La Barra Brava (“the...

One-term wonder?

Apr 29, 2009 | Articles, Section: Article

A series of recent articles have prematurely called time on Barack Obama’s presidency. Bartle Bull, in...

American Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party

Apr 15, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

15 April has been proclaimed the American Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party. The date coincides with country’s tax...

Labour must cut through false choices and be realistic about reform

Mar 26, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

Barack Obama has been fond of cutting through false choices, whether between national security and “our...

Weathering the storm

Mar 6, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

Politicians are fond of nautical metaphors to help explain the troubled economic times in which we live so it was...

Politics as usual in Washington

Feb 11, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

President Obama is just days away from signing the world’s largest ever peace-time stimulus plan. But his dream...

The wait is over

Jan 20, 2009 | Obama's 100 days

709 days after Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States of America, he will finally...

What to expect from Obama’s inaugural address on 20 January

Dec 18, 2008 | Obama's 100 days

There is no equivalent in British politics to the American inaugural address. New prime ministers returning from...

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