Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Great piece by Mary Riddell on the larger picture of the Greengate affair in today's Telegraph.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Fascinating Newsnight last night on the Damian Green affair. Ken Macdonald, who has just stepped down as the DPP was sharp and impressive. He made it
The global financial crisis exposes anew the flaws of a British polity that resists democratic modernisation. In a long, sweeping overview, Gerry Hassan & Anthony Barnett declare the United Kingdom
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The arrest of Damien Green, early blogged by Tom (below), included a police search of his office in the House of Commons. Let's assume
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): This argument heads Britain in the direction of a presidential system - but without an independent legislature:
Parliamentary rules should be changed to allow Lord Mandelson
In the sixth part of his exchange with KA Dilday, Anthony Barnett realises that Obama's victory was hardly as comprehensive as it seemed. Catch up with part 1,
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): In a brief post in the Times David Lammy MP, the Minister for Skills, who met Obama some years back at Harvard writes about the impact
In the fourth part of his exchange with KA Dilday, Anthony Barnett argues that Obama sees the US as part of the world, not apart from it. Catch up with
This article was first published on 6 February 2008 and republished on the eve of the US Presidential election that year.
Barack Obama moved in the astonishing month of January
In the second part of an exchange with KA Dilday, Anthony Barnett argues that the novelty of Obama's candidacy places the Democratic nominee in the company of leaders
There is something of a winge over in the Guardian by Harold Evans. Great editor though he was it strikes me that his judgement on the media coverage of Obama
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I congratulated David Elstein on coming out immediately saying there was a systemic problem with the culture of the BBC. His language is now being used
