The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

* Tories in turmoil as candidates defy Hague over joining the
euro 13/05/01 B 2 1>6 Photograph
* Britain is to impose a cap on the number of people granted
asylum as part of a government clampdown on one of the most
delicate issues facing politicians - see Asylum Seekers 20/05/01
* Britain's top nursing leader has launched a savage attack on
Labour's recruitment of nurses, a centrepiece of its strategy to
improve the NHS - see National Health Service 20/05/01
* Election focus on The Euro - see Euro, The 20/05/01
* Labour is planning to launch a sweeping review of the sources
and security of Britain's energy supply as an urgent policy
initiative if it wins the election - see Energy 20/05/01
* More stealth taxes likely as Labour lays off incomes - see
Personal Finance 20/05/01
* Vodafone executive and lifelong Conservative Chris Gent has
fallen out with William Hague over his position on Europe and
the single currency 20/05/01
* Oliver Letwin, the Tory Treasury spokesman at the heart of
last week's gaffe over tax cuts, may pay for his mistake with his
seat 20/05/01 B 12 7>8
* The political week 20/05/01 B 13 1>6 Photographs
* Election 2001 special 20/05/01 B 13>18 1>8 Photographs
* The Big Issue No 2: Asylum 20/05/01 B 15 6
* William Hague faced an embarrassing row over his campaign
strategy as opinion polls revealed that Labour has lengthened its
lead to 19 points 20/05/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph
* An Iraqi-born British billionaire has been helped by Foreign
Office Minister Keith Vaz in his attempts to avoid extradition -
see Fraud 27/05/01
* Cherie Blair's visit to a hospital yesterday was in danger of
backfiring after a consultant paediatrician criticised the health
service - see Blair, Cherie 27/05/01
* Investment in hospitals, schools and transport infrastructure
sunk to its lowest sustained level since the Second World War
during Labour's four years in power, a new analysis reveals
27/05/01 N 1 1>3
* The strange case of Keith Vaz, the Iraqi tycoon and Interpol
27/05/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs
* Election 2001: Interview with Charles Kennedy, the Lib Dems'
self-deprecating Scot 27/05/01 B 14>15 2>6 Photographs
* Election 2001 special 27/05/01 B 14>20 1>6 Photographs
* The Big Issue No 3: The euro 27/05/01 B 17 5
* Tony Blair is to join the list of party leaders who have made
themselves the star of the show 27/05/01 B 2 2>7 Photographs
* Tory businessmen to desert William Hague over anti-euro
stance 27/05/01 B 2 2>7
* Behind the electoral dogfights an unspoken consensus on the
role of the private sector in rescuing ailing public services has
emerged 27/05/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs, graphs
* Election 2001: How to make sense of the tax debate 27/05/01
N 8>9 1>6 Photographs
* The BBC was on a collision course with the Labour Party over
a Panorama programme which alleges that the Government has
'cooked the books' on the number of people being treated by the
NHS - see BBC 03/06/01
* The Government should abandon university tuition fees,
according to William Straw, the Home Secretary's son - see
Education 03/06/01
* Tories switch tack in face of poll rout 03/06/01 B 1 5>8
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* Election 2001: 8-page special 03/06/01 B 13>22
* The big issue No. 4: Privatisation 03/06/01 B 14 1
* Blair's blueprint for new term with schools and law shake-up
03/06/01 B 2 2>8
* Portillo is ready to put Tory leadership bid on hold 03/06/01 B
2 2>7 Photograph
* The race debate that ignores black people's hopes 03/06/01 B
21 1>5 Photographs
* The Greens 03/06/01 B 22 1>4 Photograph
* Robin Marris says the maths of the election makes stealth taxes
the only hope for the poor 03/06/01 N 3 1>5 Photographs
* Under Labour macro policy is disappearing 03/06/01 N 3 1>5
Photographs, graphs
* Sex, drugs and drink are par for the course for any teenager,
but if mum and dad happen to be called Blair, or maybe Bush, it
doesn't half cramp your style - see Families & Family Life
10/06/01
* Union leaders who represent millions of public sector workers
are to launch a campaign against Government plans for greater
private involvement in health and education - see Trade Unions
10/06/01
* The Government is looking at radical plans to raise billions of
pounds from the part-privatisation of the airwaves 10/06/01 N 1
1>5
* Election 2001: The Verdict, 16-page special 10/06/01 X 1>16
1>8 Photographs
* Tony Blair axed Robin Cook from the Foreign Office because
he feared a major row was about to erupt between the former
Foreign Secretary and the chancellor, Gordon Brown, over entry
to the euro 10/06/01 B 1>2 1>6 Photographs
* The British Iraqi-born tycoon, Nadhmi Auchi, who is wanted
for questioning in France over his alleged role in the Elf-
Aquitaine scandal, has given thousands of pounds in political
donations 10/06/01 B 10 1>6
* Election 2001: How the PM has surrounded himself with
loyalists for the battle to come on the euro 10/06/01 B 13>14
1>6 Photographs
* Election 2001: Blair's Cabinet 10/06/01 B 14 7>8 Photographs
* Election 2001: Mary Riddell sees the designer labels of the last
term go, replaced by the Blair clan, 1950s style 10/06/01 B 14
1>6 Photographs
* Election 2001: The Tories: By jumping before he was pushed,
Hague hoped to save his party from a messy fight, he was wrong
10/06/01 B 15 1>6 Photographs
* Greens at War: environmentalists said our planet was doomed
to die, now one man says they are wrong 10/06/01 B 16 1>8
Photographs
* Ann Widdecombe will make a determined pitch for the Tory
leadership today by staking out her claim to lead the party on a
strong right-wing agenda 10/06/01 B 2 2>4
* Profile on the millionaire philanthropist, John Paul Getty, who
has just donated £5m to the Tory Party - see Getty, John Paul
17/06/01
* John Major will today back Tory leadership challenger
Michael Portillo 17/06/01 B 1, 3 1
* Tory battles: Michael Portillo's leadership quest 17/06/01 B
14>15 1>6 Photographs
* The Government is braced for a major clash over Franco-
German plans for a European tax to support institutions based in
Brussels 17/06/01 B 2 2>6