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The Propaganda of the Victor

How the poor were airbrushed from history

An unsentimental appraisal of our energy choices doesn’t boost your popularity.

You don’t have to be a nationalist, or English, to accept the case for an English parliament.

An open letter to Hazel Blears MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Today I launch a prestigious and coveted award. Who will the lucky winner be?

A new mobilisation could revitalise politics in the UK – but only if you get involved.

This is how a government elected to stamp out sleaze became worse than its predecessor.

Here’s how we could solve the credit crunch without giving anything to the banks.

A spectacular confrontation over climate change

Here are the first five of my aggressive interviews with policy-makers, conducted for the Guardian.

In the fifth and final interview in the first series of fierce encounters with policy makers, I give the chief executive of easyJet the third degree.

How did Marxist class warriors end up fighting for the bosses’ right to fly?

The freeze got me on my skates, and brought the loonies out of their holes.

I grill the chief executive of Shell in the fourth of my aggressive interviews with policy makers.

Why good people do bad things

Dr Beeching helped turn the country I’ve come to love into an outpost of empire. Now his legacy can be reversed.

A British police unit is demonising peaceful protesters to stay in business.

This is the third of my investigative interviews with policy makers.

Why does the UK retain a handful of colonies? To destroy the world’s taxation systems.

This is the second of my bare-knuckle interviews with policy makers.