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Will Hutton

Will Hutton writes for the Observer and is co-chair of the Purposeful Company

December 2021

  • Michael Portillo

    To topple Johnson, now it’s time for all good progressives to come to the aid of... the Lib Dems

    Will Hutton
    This week’s byelection in the Tory stronghold of North Shropshire can be a turning point

November 2021

  • canary wharf, east london, skyline

    As buyer’s remorse begins to stalk even ardent Brexiters, they can no longer indulge in fantasy

    Will Hutton
  • A Rivian electric truck is seen as it drives through 44th Street in Times Square on 10 November 2021 in New York City. Rivian, an electric truck maker, floated for more than $100bn.

    Where voters and consumers lead on the climate crisis, businesses will have to follow

    Will Hutton

October 2021

  • Thousands of people take part in a pro-EU demonstration in  Krakow, Poland on 10 October.

    The EU is locked in a momentous fight with Poland. And the UK is backing the wrong side

    Will Hutton
  • Gordon Brown, left, and Tony Blair during the 1997 election campaign.

    I rejoiced in Blair’s triumph in ’97. Will I ever get the chance to cheer again?

    Will Hutton
  • TOPSHOT-BRITAIN-HEALTH-VIRUS-HOSPITAL-PPE<br>TOPSHOT - A member of the clinical staff wears personal protective equipment (PPE) as she cares for a patient at the Intensive Care unit at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, on May 5, 2020. - NHS staff wear an enhanced level of PPE in higher risk areas such as critical care to minimise the spread of infection between staff and patients. Britain's death toll from the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has topped 32,000, according to an updated official count released Tuesday, pushing the country past Italy to become the second-most impacted after the United States. (Photo by Neil HALL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NEIL HALL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

    Shutdown by Adam Tooze; After the Virus by Hilary Cooper and Simon Szreter – review

  • BRITAIN-POLITICS-PETROL-SHORTAGES<br>'Out of Use' signs are displayed on the fuel pumps at a filling station in Baker Street, central London, on October 2, 2021. - Troops are expected to be deployeed within days to help ease the crisis, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisting this week that the situation was returning to normal. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

    Panic at the pumps could herald a brave new Brexit order. I have my doubts

    Will Hutton

September 2021

  • Piers Morgan presents 'Good Morning Britain' on 13 September 2017.

    Britain’s broadcast media is too valuable to be the toy of politicians and moguls

    Will Hutton
  • Abba are reforming to release their first album in 40 years.

    Baby boomers are the winners who have taken it all – now it’s time they gave some back

    Will Hutton

August 2021

  • Sun sets behind tower cranes and the skyline in the city financial district of London

    As the UK economy bounces back, do we sceptics need to say we got it wrong?

    Will Hutton
  • The Bayeux Tapestry

    The view from Wensleydale: old paths, dry-stone walls and Norman subjugation

    Will Hutton

July 2021

  • SCARBOROUGH, 15 July 2021 - Tourism businesses in Scarborough getting ready for a busy summer after the government’s nest phase of easing lockdown measures take effect on 19 July. Christopher Thomond for The Guardian.

    There is a way to save our coastal resorts… welcome to Zoomtown-on-Sea

    Will Hutton
  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Pension Equality web version

    Ending pension lock is a start, but there’s no easy fix to the yawning generation gap

    Will Hutton

June 2021

  • Dom Mckenzie The Observer Comment Brexit 5th Anniversary flaming European flag

    The case for Brexit was built on lies. Five years later, deceit is routine in our politics

    Will Hutton
  • Wembley is insisting on evidence that football fans are either vaccinated or have tested negative, and this should be made universal.

    It’s too soon to end lockdown. But give us the best route to early freedom – Covid passports

    Will Hutton

May 2021

  • Illustration by Dom McKenzie

    From Minsk to Hong Kong, people power just isn’t working any more

    Will Hutton
  • From left: David Cameron, George Osborne, Danny Alexander and Nick Clegg.

    Cameron, Alexander, Osborne, Clegg: how the austerity ‘quad’ sold their souls

    Will Hutton
  • Tees Valley mayor, Ben Houchen, aims to turn the region into a hub for complementary industries.

    Houchenism – the brand of can-do Tory threatening the left and right old guard

    Will Hutton
  • Communication satellite, Comsat above Earth, lit by the rising Sun on a black starry sky background.

    Fifty years after Apollo, space is about to transform our life on Earth beyond recognition

    Will Hutton

April 2021

  • Prince Philip

    The night Prince Philip told me he was a ‘European mongrel’, and happy that way

    Will Hutton
    Invited to dinner to muse on the EU, I found little to suggest a latent Brexiter
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