Will Hutton
Will Hutton has written a weekly column for more than 15 years: six years at the Guardian and nine years at the Observer. He is principal of Hertford College, Oxford, and chair of the Big Innovation Centre.
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Britain has grown rich by chasing the cash. Now it has lost the scentOur instincts served us well during empire, but now we seem alone in a fast-changing world
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Good health is born of a good society. Little wonder that we’re sufferingRising death rates are grim reminders that we need to address the hopelessness that afflicts parts of the UK
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Aleppo’s horrors suggest the west is now impotent when confronted by savageryBombing hospitals is beyond the pale. If we do nothing else, we must insist humanitarian values are upheld
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In our youth, before the dream soured, we fell for Castro’s visionIn the idealistic 1960s, Cuba’s late leader seemed to offer a genuine alternative to oppressive regimes
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Foreign students are key to our economic and intellectual life. Let’s welcome themUniversities, one of our great national assets, will be the poorer for insistence on immigration controls
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As political discourse descends into rage, thank god for Michelle ObamaThe language adopted by Trump and hard Brexiters prevents politicians from finding common ground
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Let’s stand up for a vision of an open, tolerant and outward-looking countryTrue British patriots are proud of a country that was a pioneer of fairness and democracy
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Nissan is an early sign of the downturns and the divisions Brexit could bringCar-maker puts investment plans on hold and the immigration debate intensifies – is this life outside the EU?
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The BBC needs more courage to thrivePublic service broadcasting lives on in the draft charter, but commercial pressures will take their toll
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The gig economy is here to stay. So making it fairer must be a priorityAs the number of workers living in poverty grows, is it possible to have an ethically driven system?
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Don’t be fooled. There will be damaging fallout from BrexitBrexiters claim we have avoided Armageddon, but economies have slow responses. The reality of unravelling ties with the EU will hit Britain hard
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France’s liberal traditions won’t be helped by the burkini banWestern nations need to stop stigmatising Muslims as ‘other’ and champion institutions that speak to everyone
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Why Brexit may be a deadly experiment for scienceEU funding was a vital lifeline for our world-leading scientific research sector. That, and so much more, has now been blown away
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A new, well-led Labour party could make a differenceThere’s an obligation to keep the liberal social democratic tradition alive
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EU referendum: ‘This is now a battle for an idea of Britain’The sentiments over the EU referendum are very real, dividing the country into two hostile camps
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Would Britain be better off in Europe or going it alone?Two leading commentators argue the merits for and against staying in Europe
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Flirting with Trump? No, the US will vote for a Boulder solutionBoulder, Colorado, has been voted the US’s happiest city, thanks to its urban planning, high level of healthcare and burgeoning service jobs
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The way we use language in politics mattersBoris Johnson’s disregard for the truth is evidence of the depths to which Eurosceptics will sink
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To protect workers’ rights, the left should come out fighting for the EUEurope has enough critics in the Leave campaign without qualified, half-hearted advocacy from Corbyn
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George Osborne would fail his economics GCSE – he can’t even get the basicsOn the eve of a crucial budget, the chancellor is still wedded to a flawed interpretation of the economy
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