The Wrath of Conservative Party Conference
Francis Beckett is taken to task for things he never said at Conservative Party Conference.
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Francis Beckett
Francis Beckett is a writer and journalist and editor of the book Prime Ministers Who Never Were.
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Why I Have Got To Cancel My RSA Subscription
Francis Beckett planned to attend a sensible debate on education, but was instead met by a lecture on privatisation.
Read moreDoes Oxford Discriminate Against Comprehensive School Pupils?
Francis Beckett questions whether Oxford University discriminates against bright comprehensive school kids.
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Why We Shouldn't Go Back To The 1950s
- Aug 14, 2011
Francis Beckett argues that some of the reactions to the riots have been knee jerk and simplistic.
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty
- Aug 8, 2011
Francis Beckett asks why the preacher condemned the dead man in Tottenham without any evidence?
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Is Ed Miliband the New Clem Attlee?
- Jul 27, 2011
Franicis Beckett is convinced Ed Miliband's victory at the next election will surpass that of Clement Attlee in 1945. No, really.
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The Top-down Culture of the Murdoch Empire
- Jul 20, 2011
In a brilliant article, Francis Beckett tells of his disbelief at the Murdochs' supposed "hands off" attitude. It's rubbish, he says.
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About Francis Beckett
Francis Beckett is an author, journalist and playwright. His recent books include The Prime Ministers Who Never Were, a series of counterfactual essays (Biteback), What Did the baby Boomers Ever Do For Us (Biteback) and Marching to the Fault Line (Constable and Robinson.)
His first two plays, Money Makes You Happy, and The Right Honourable Lady, are published by Samuel French, a third, Claim and Shame (about the MPs expenses scandal), had its first outing at Theatre 503 last year. He writes for the Guardian and New Statesman, and many other publications, most frequently about education, and he edits a national magazine published by the University of the Third Age.