Minister said ‘elements’ in UK security services hostile to NI peace process
Notes from 2002 record John Reid saying there was a potential ‘coalition’ trying to frustrate peace process in Northern Ireland
June 2021
The Audio Long Read
Cruel, paranoid, failing: inside the Home Office – podcast
Something is badly wrong at the heart of one of Britain’s most important ministries. How did it become so broken?
May 2021
The long read
Cruel, paranoid, failing: inside the Home Office
The long read: Something is badly wrong at the heart of one of Britain’s most important ministries. How did it become so broken?
May 2015
Humble and obedient? How ministers defied etiquette in replies to Charles
Marina Hyde's campaign trail
Political zombies pick over election bones on Lawn of the Dead
Marina Hyde
June 2014
Scottish independence yes campaign attacked by John Reid as race tightens
Former Labour minister accuses yes campaign of 'fantasies and wishful thinking' as polls show two sides almost neck and neck
May 2014
Labour brings in 'big beasts' to beef up Better Together campaign in Scotland
John Reid and Jim Murphy in move to target male working class voters after complaints about party's slow response
October 2013
Labour demands 'go home' text costs
Party dismisses anti-illegal immigration text scheme as gimmick despite it having been started in 2007 by Labour home secretary
September 2013
Greenslade
Why the journalistic elite is failing to hold power to account
Roy Greenslade
Damian McBride: the ministers I smeared
May 2013
Steve Bell's If ...
Steve Bell's If ... on Cameron's holiday Cobra tactics
Steve Bell
Steve Bell's If ...
April 2013
Labour's Lord Reid says party needs to offer solutions, not just protest
Former home secretary disagrees that polticial centre has drifted left and echoes Tony Blair comments about Miliband's direction
December 2012
UCL thinktank backed by arms firm raises concern
Institute for Security and Resilience Studies is supported by Ultra Electronics, which is involved in drone technology
September 2012
The lies about aid and Afghanistan
Conor Foley
Conor Foley: The closure of British-built Afghan schools is a reminder of how the public has been misled about the west's intervention
May 2012
Leveson inquiry: Lord Reid 'not briefed about phone hacking' – video
Leveson inquiry: Lord Reid denies being briefed about phone hacking
February 2012
Steven Poole's non-fiction choice
Et cetera: non-fiction roundup – reviews
Out of Sight, Out of Mind by John Podmore, Historical Capitalism by Immanuel Wallerstein and The Company They Kept: Writers on Unforgettable Friendships edited by Robert B Silvers
December 2011
Wintour and Watt blog
UK's future lies in hands of Labour party as it falls asleep in Scotland
Nicholas Watt: Labour's Scottish heavyweights spurn Holyrood, leaving future of UK in hands of new leader Johann Lamont
June 2011
Tech Weekly
Tech Weekly podcast: John Reid's cyber doctrine
Lord Reid explains why cyberspace requires new thinking on policy, politics, law and security
May 2011
Reaction to AV defeat - video
Chris Huhne, Lord Reid and Danny Alexander give their views as the referendum on the alternative vote slides towards defeat
