Peter Wilby

Peter Wilby

Peter Wilby was editor of the Independent on Sunday from 1995 to 1996 and of the New Statesman from 1998 to 2005. He writes a weekly column for the NS.

Articles by Peter Wilby

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Tony’s mate Muammar, Marr the monarchist and my poetry triumph

  • 31 October 2011

Idealists in tents, murky lobbyists and the Mail getting it wrong

  • 24 October 2011
  • 1 comment

Peter Wilby peers at lobbyists working the corridors of our parliaments, government attempts to play politics with power, Occupy London, the right Mail and rugger bugging.

Fox’s friendship, newspaper revamps and getting lost in Westfield

  • 17 October 2011
  • 1 comment

Knox’s trial by Dacre, Rio’s own goal and Tory (dis)appointments

  • 10 October 2011

Easing the economy, rooting out the banksters and Miliband’s shades of Ted Heath

  • 06 October 2011

Peter Wilby puts the social case for quantitative easing, wonders if Ed is the next Ted, the future of financial regulation, time travel and Leicester.

£3m for the Dowlers, conference memories and proper rugby new­­­­s

  • 26 September 2011

After Gaddafi, before Blair and farewell to Wapping

  • 12 September 2011

Cameron’s about-turn on Libya, lip-service to human rights, News Corp’s caring and sharing ethic and musical chairs in English schools.

Why the rich want more tax, Tory tape and the story of that leader

  • 05 September 2011
  • 4 comments

Misreading the riot act, the ghosts of 1981 and Bullingdon boys at play

  • 15 August 2011
  • 1 comment

Policing the People's Jury, the spirit of cricket and passing the buck

  • 08 August 2011

Peter Wilby sizes up the fight against the “feral elite”, sympathises with Charles Moore, shouts as England move the stumps against India and hails the Chinese worker.

A turbulent priest

The turbulent priest intervenes

Loses appeal

Assange loses extradition appeal

The growth myth

The UK hasn't grown at the same rate as the US

Campaign chaos

Herman Cain denies sexual harrassment allegations

Last words

On Occupy London

Occupy London urgently seeks direction

Regressive or progressive?

Why VAT really does hit the poorest hardest

A false ending

False ending
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