Mary Dejevsky
One of the country’s most respected commentators on Russia, the EU and the US, Mary Dejevsky has worked as a foreign correspondent all over the world, including Washington, Paris and Moscow. She is now the chief editorial writer and a columnist at The Independent and regularly appears on radio and television. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham and the author of the introductory essay to
Mary Dejevsky: A strong government refuses to countenance failure
If civil servants act to thwart measures they dislike or deem contrary to their interests, this raises the very serious question of the Government's power to govern
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The power balance is shifting, for better and for worse
Friday, 10 December 2010
Mary Dejevsky: The last word might still rest with the authorities. But the “outlaws” have acquired a certain capacity to wreck. The stakes arenot nearly as unequal as they were.
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Friday, 3 December 2010
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Mary Dejevsky: Everything else is being cut, so why not student numbers?
Friday, 26 November 2010
Much of the recent expansion reflects a dubious 'academicisation of skills', as entry to nursing, accountancy and, yes, journalism now requires a degree
Mary Dejevsky: A nation's success is defined by much more than its GDP
Friday, 19 November 2010
If I were a French politician, I would demand an apology from the US and Britain for the self-righteous lectures about economic growth they delivered during their credit-fuelled boom
Mary Dejevsky: Whither Britain? The choice is starker than it has ever been
Friday, 12 November 2010
Mr Duncan Smith recognises that it is mostly not vanity or laziness that keeps people from work, it is an informed calculation of their interests
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