CHARLES CLARKE
- Nov 23, 2015
- 1 min
London, Paris and the Future of Communications
After the Paris attacks of November 2015, Charles Clarke discusses government responses to terrorism. The interview covers parallels with...
- Nov 13, 2015
- 1 min
The Challenge of Political Leadership Symposium
Held at Churchill College, Cambridge, Charles took part in a one-day event on leadership in the modern day. Discussions were held on...
- Nov 9, 2015
- 1 min
Who's Looking after the World?
Global instability and organised terror; mass flows of people across states; economic stagnation and environmental danger - the...
- Nov 8, 2015
- 1 min
- Oct 27, 2015
- 1 min
Podcast: Charles in the Cambridge Politics Department
As the University of Cambridge's Politics Department podcast returns for a mid-year special, Charles talked to Professor David Runciman...
- Oct 8, 2015
- 1 min
New Leader, Old Problems: Is 2020 Tory Victory Inevitable?
Speaking at the University of East Anglia, Charles explored the possible ways forward for Labour under Corbyn's leadership. He draws on...
- Oct 8, 2015
- 1 min
Local Government Needs a Unitary Revolution
Local authority structures are stuck in the twentieth-century, and have lost power to central government accordingly, Charles Clarke...
- Sep 25, 2015
- 1 min
Total Politics Reviews British Leaders
"Rigorous and satisfactory" is Total Politics' judgement on the Labour and Conservative volumes, edited by Charles. The books bring a new...
- Sep 24, 2015
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The Independent Reviews British Labour Leaders
Gordon Brown gets a rough deal, concludes Andy McSmith, in his review of Charles' latest volume. That is the result of the innovative...
- Sep 24, 2015
- 1 min
Corbyn Is Safe - For Now
No convincing candidate nor programme exists for Labour moderates at the present time, argues Charles Clarke as he stresses the need for...
- Sep 24, 2015
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Stop Apologising for Successful Policy, Clarke tells Corbyn
Charles takes aim at Jeremy Corbyn's apology for tuition fees in the Times Higher Education supplement. Click here to read the full text.
- Sep 17, 2015
- 1 min
"Successful Tory Leaders Become Champions of Moderate Reform"
Looking over the themes running through the new book on British Conservative Leaders, John Rentoul judges the marks of the successful...
- Sep 13, 2015
- 1 min
Corbyn's Labour Is on a Path to the Political Margins
The Labour Party's leadership race lacked a candidate of real change, which enabled Jeremy Corbyn's purity-over-power campaign to...
- Sep 10, 2015
- 1 min
The Cam, Cicero and Willy Brandt
Charles does a one-minute interview for the Independent. Click here to read his thoughts on literature and the portrayal of politicians...
- Sep 6, 2015
- 1 min
NATO-Russia Accord Needed to Prevent New Conflict
A paper on co-operation in Europe has been stamped on the agenda as 75 foreign policy grandees. Click here to view.
- Sep 6, 2015
- 1 min
Book Extract: Tony Blair Reflects on Leadership
In British Labour Leaders, one of three new volumes assessing the people who've headed Britain's major political parties, Charles Clarke...
- Sep 5, 2015
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- Sep 3, 2015
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We Failed on UK Identity: Blair in British Labour Leaders
Interviewed in British Labour Leaders, Tony Blair has admitted his government's attempts to build a cohesive UK identity in the aftermath...
- Sep 2, 2015
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Clarke v Livingstone on the Future of Socialism
Charles Clarke and ex-London Mayor Ken Livingstone debate the best path for centre-left politics in Britain and Europe, in a post-Jeremy...