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'When he spoke, people listened': tribute to Colin Pickthall
Obituaries
By Jack Straw
'When he spoke, people listened': tribute to Colin Pickthall
Loyal, dependable and comfortable in his own skin, Colin Pickthall was a quiet man – but a wise one
Iran has been the loser in this conflict – but its isolated leader may still reject a deal
Defence
By Jack Straw
Iran has been the loser in this conflict – but its isolated leader may still reject a deal
It is the Iranian leadership's almost pathological hatred for Israel, rather than the possession of nuclear weapons per se, which has made it imperative that Iran should never possess such weapon systems
Labour must always be prepared to fall short of victory
Political parties
By Jack Straw
Labour must always be prepared to fall short of victory
As the chimes of Big Ben rang out on Thursday 1 May 1997 at the beginning of the 10 o’clock news, my family and I crammed into our living room in Blackburn.
Jack Straw pays tribute to Janet Anderson
Obituaries
By Jack Straw
Jack Straw pays tribute to Janet Anderson
Motivated by a detestation of social and economic injustice, Janet Anderson had a lust for life and a talent for cutting observations
Mikhail Gorbachev introduced freedoms his country had never seen before – or since
Foreign affairs
By Jack Straw
Mikhail Gorbachev introduced freedoms his country had never seen before – or since
Feted in the West but widely reviled in Russia, Gorbachev's profound changes restored human values to a country previously held together by repression
The Home Office always was a graveyard for aspiring ministers
Home affairs
By Jack Straw
The Home Office always was a graveyard for aspiring ministers
Google “Home Office” and “failings,” and a long list will emerge of failures of every description: staff allegedly not caring; new IT systems delayed and inadequate; the Home Office castigated by senior judges for failures to disclose documents.
The education of a generation of girls and thwarting of al-Qaeda means Britain's role in Afghanistan was worthwhile
Defence
By Jack Straw
The education of a generation of girls and thwarting of al-Qaeda means Britain's role in Afghanistan was worthwhile
A few months after the mid-November 2001 defeat of the Taliban, I made the first of many trips to this benighted country.