David Goodhart, the editor of Prospect magazine, has just written a pamphlet for Demos where he argues that “A progressive, civic British nationalism – comfortable with the country’s multi-racial character and its European commitments – is the best hope for preserving the collective values embodied in the welfare state and a thriving public realm. Progressives, [...]
Prospect, June 2006. David Cameron has joined in the Tesco-bashing, but the OFT should leave it alone. And the IMF is proving better at spin than at giving poorer countries votes
Posted 23 May 2006 in Global Economy, Prospect, Published articles
President Bush is trying to have it both ways in America’s great immigration debate. To placate anti-immigration conservatives, he plans to send 6,000 National Guard troops to patrol the Mexican border temporarily while the civilian Border Patrol recruits 6,000 new staff. To keep pro-immigration businesspeople on side, he proposes a temporary guest-worker programme that would [...]
Posted 16 May 2006 in Blog, Immigration, United States
