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Hugo Young

June 2016

  • Jan. 1, 2012 file photo, cheering Romanians cast shadows on a giant European Union flag

    Hugo Young: why Britain never sat comfortably in Europe

  • In or out … British tourists in Benidorm, Spain

    ‘The Eurosceptics’ Little England is a claustrophobic timewarp’ – why I’m glad to be a European

February 2015

  • John Thaw in The Absence of War at the National Theatre in 1993.

    Hugo Young: the lethargy of Labour in the absence of war

    From the archive: In this article first published on 28 September 1993, during Labour’s party conference in Brighton, Hugo Young contemplates David Hare’s play

April 2013

  • Margaret Thatcher

    Margaret Thatcher left a dark legacy that has still not disappeared

    Hugo Young

    Hugo Young: Several strong women on the continent have risen to the top, but this woman, in Britain of all places, became a phenomenon

May 2010

  • From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 25 May 1995: Architect of Labour's ruined inheritance

    Originally published in the Guardian on 25 May 1995: Harold Wilson was one of the men who ruined post-war Britain. He was a small, posturing, visionless politician, personally pleasant to his friends and even to his enemies. But his public work was a long, strung-out disaster

May 2009

  • From the Guardian archive
    From the archive: 'The leader is dead, long live the leader'

    Hugo Young
    Hugo Young: John Smith did not have the chance to be a great leader of the Labour Party. But he was the necessary, probably the inevitable, leader in his time and place

January 2009

  • From the Guardian archive
    Mrs Thatcher serves her time

    From the archive, 2 January 1988: Tomorrow, Mrs Thatcher becomes the longest-serving prime minister since Asquith, a moment worth noting. Such longevity in office is a very large fact. Eight years and eight months

November 2008

  • Hugo Young at The Media and Europe Conference in London in 2002

    Hugo Young: 1938-2003
    Hugo Young's meetings with Gordon Brown

    Exclusive extracts from a new book of Hugo Young's private papers lay bare the alliances, rivalries and hatreds that followed the 1997 election

  • Hugo Young next to Douglas Hurd, talking to Peter Hain

    Hugo Young: 1938-2003
    Duly noted

    In more than 30 years as a journalist, Hugo Young met everyone who mattered in British politics - and recorded every encounter. These exclusive extracts from a new book of his private papers lay bare the alliances, rivalries and hatreds that followed the 1997 election. Introduction by David McKie

  • Hugo Young: 1938-2003
    Inside track

    When Hugo Young died he left behind detailed notes of 30 years of conversations with the stars of the political scene. They are now to be published. Here we present an exclusive extract, covering the early years of New Labour

July 2008

  • From the Guardian archive
    Bob Geldof, prince of darkness

    From the archive, July 18 1985: Governments, none more than this one, believe their voters to be bottomlessly mean. They tend to take a dim view of people all round, but in giving aid to poor countries their estimation is at its lowest

September 2003

  • It is as an outsider that I write

    Hugo Young
    Hugo Young, 1938-2003: He didn't write for politicians, but he couldn't avoid being read by them

  • He left us with a burst of brilliant fury

    I'm deeply grieved at Hugo Young's death. What a terrible loss to his family and friends, to your paper, to journalism, to politics, to society and to high standards everywhere.

    • Under Blair, Britain has ceased to be a sovereign state

      Hugo Young

    • Blair will never resign if it means Brown gets his job

      Hugo Young

    • How Tony Blair climbed the foothills of the big lie

      Hugo Young

August 2003

  • Bush may yet fall victim to the electors' revenge

    Hugo Young in Vermont

  • American voters have two choices: Bush or Bush-lite

    Hugo Young in Vermont

July 2003

  • Every prime minister must have an Alastair Campbell

    Hugo Young

  • If politicians want power, they must give some away

    Hugo Young
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