Australian politics; Australia: the new 51st state; John Howard's servility to the US is even greater than Tony Blair's and has earned him the nickname Bush's deputy sheriff. The conspiracy between Washington, the media and politicians is eroding the coun
Cover story: After Bobby; Is this liberalism's last fighting?; Bobby Kennedy's campaign is the model for Barack Obama's. Both offer a false hope that they can bring peace and racial harmony to all Americans, New Statesman, 02 June 2008, pp. 32-34.
World Affairs; The politics of bollocks; Supporters of the new US president refuse to admit that the "man of change" is, in fact, changing very little. It's time the Obama lovers grew up, New Statesman, 09 February 2009, pp. 26-27.