It’s not enough for Labour to protest against austerity | Peter Hain
Jeremy Corbyn must deliver a credible economic alternative grounded in a new, modernised KeynesianismJeremy Corbyn’s extraordinary surge to the Labour leadership is part of the same revolt against...
View ArticleWhoever follows Peter Robinson will need to be a strong leader | Peter Hain
Northern Ireland’s first minister steps down after a deal saved power-sharing. His successor will need courage to ensure the progress continuesOnly a day after striking an agreement with Sinn Féin and...
View ArticleMandela’s rainbow nation has gone from hero to zero. Can it reclaim his...
Jacob Zuma has allowed corruption to flourish in South Africa. The ANC must forge a new social compactLast year I was awarded South Africa’s highest honour – the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo. It...
View ArticlePeace in Ireland depends upon an open border | Peter Hain
Years of progress could be wiped out by a hard BrexitNamed as bandit country at the height of the Troubles, the mountains and fields of south Armagh, marking the border between Northern Ireland and the...
View ArticlePeter Hain: Theresa May must call a Northern Ireland summit – or risk a...
I thought I’d be the last minister to govern from London. But after the collapse of power-sharing, and now this seismic election result, I’m not so sure.It was an it-will-never-ever-happen moment when,...
View ArticleGibraltar once rejected a deal on its status. It will have to think again |...
I tried to negotiate a co-sovereignty arrangement with Spain in 2002. This is still the best way forwardIn the latest ratcheting up of tensions over Gibraltar, the Royal Navy has ordered a Spanish...
View ArticleA deal with the DUP will be painful for Theresa May, and put peace at risk |...
Will the government be able to say no to the unionists? In Northern Ireland it must be seen to act in good faith, as I learned in bringing together Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinnessIn Northern Ireland,...
View ArticleLabour should lead the drive to stay in the single market. Here’s why | Peter...
Putting jobs and the economy at the top of the Brexit agenda means staying in the single market. Such a move would now attract cross-party supportAs Jeremy Corbyn has argued over Brexit, Labour must...
View ArticleHow to avoid a bad Brexit? Rediscover the art of British diplomacy | Peter Hain
At this historic moment, Theresa May’s team seems not to grasp the most basic rules of negotiationApart from the hard right political trajectory of the government’s Brexit stance, what worries me most...
View ArticleParalysis has gripped Northern Ireland. But politicians are just looking...
Power-sharing requires compromise – but the mutual obdurance of Sinn Féin and the DUP is bringing Stormont to its knees. Theresa May needs to step in nowFor those who put years of hard work into...
View ArticleWinnie Mandela helped Nelson become the radical that he was | Peter Hain
At a pivotal point in South Africa’s history, Winnie urged Nelson to risk ANC alienation and embrace young activistsDuring Nelson Mandela’s 1962 trial in Pretoria, before he was sent to Robben Island,...
View ArticleAs former Northern Ireland secretary I support the Irish backstop | Peter Hain
Nothing is more important than the peace process – Theresa May must reject the hardline Tory dogma and abide by the lawIt comes as no surprise that the EU withdrawal negotiations are going to the wire...
View ArticleAn invisible Irish border is crucial. That’s why we support the backstop |...
Whatever happens with Brexit, it is vital we protect what we’ve achieved in Northern Ireland together• Peter Hain and Paul Murphy have both served as secretary of state for Northern IrelandLife has...
View ArticleHugh Lewin obituary
South African writer and member of the clandestine African Resistance Movement who was jailed for seven yearsIn 1959, Hugh Lewin, who has died aged 79, joined the South African Liberal party: shortly...
View ArticleI've been spied on by undercover police. The system is too open to abuse |...
The new intelligence bill will do nothing to protect the innocent campaigners who’ve been wrongly targeted by covert officersI am due to give evidence to the official inquiry into undercover policing...
View ArticleHow Black Lives Matter exposed old wounds in South African cricket
When Lungi Ngidi said the national team should address racism it led to a backlash from white former players but ensured major change was coming, as this extract from a new book explainsSouth Africa...
View ArticlePutting Extinction Rebellion activists on trial isn’t in the public interest,...
After the recent acquittal of climate activists by a crown court jury, it’s clear public sentiment is on their sideIn the face of resistance by juries, surely there is a strong case to halt all the...
View ArticleI negotiated a Northern Ireland deal that worked. Johnson’s Putinesque...
The 2007 settlement I worked on aimed to deepen the peace process – the vandals now in charge of Britain don’t care about itThere is something Putinesque about the government’s framing of its Northern...
View ArticleThe signs are clear. Our destiny lies with Europe, not a ‘sovereign global...
There is a path out of this prosperity-killing shambles and Labour can lead the wayIt’s now official. Brexit has caused lasting damage to the UK economy and, with the Tories in denial, Labour needs to...
View ArticleThanks to Brexit, 25 years on, the Good Friday agreement faces its toughest...
Despite Rishi Sunak dropping the Northern Ireland protocol, more challenges to the peace process are on the horizonPeter Hain was secretary of state for Northern Ireland 2005-2007When those bitter...
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