Sean Gabb in the Media

You can see or hear various of my contributions to the electronic media by going to this page on the Libertarian Alliance web site.

Here is a selection of pies by me or about me published in the newspapers during the past two decades. It is not very distinguished, I know. If you can think of any way to increase the number of articles I get published for payment, I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Ed Caesar, "Do as I say??? the Government's GBP137m ad drive" The Independent, London 15th February 2007

Ed Caesar, "Kerb your enthusiasm: the world beneath our feet" The Independent, London, 14th November 2006

Celia Walden, "Spy", The Daily Telegraph, London, 1st August 2006

9. Sean Gabb "PERSPECTIVE: Why all true citizens need their own guns", The Birmingham Post, Birmingham, 7th June 2006  Shootings continue daily and knife crime has reached epidemic proportion. Here Dr Sean Gabb from the Libertarian Alliance explains why he believes we need more guns to make us safer The current debate on armed crime is depressingly predictable. Everyone agrees something must be done.

Jon Henley, "Comment & Debate: Diary", The Guardian, London, 6th June 2006

Marc-Henri Glendening, "Obituary: Chris Tame: Libertarian Alliance opponent of 'corrupt state capitalism', The Guardian, London, 5th April 2006

Edward Pearce, "Letter" re Sean Gabb's Obituary of Chris R. Tame, The Independent, London, 5th April 2006

Sean Gabb, "Obituary: Chris R. Tame", The Independent, London, 23rd March 2006

News article, "Casino war", Yorkshire Evening Post, Leeds, 6th March 2006

Oliver Bennett, "Cigarette, anyone?", The Times, London, 5th November 2005

Mark Howarth, "Road Rage as Big Brother uses chips to spy on drivers", The Sun, Scottish edition, 9th October 2005

Jacqui Thornton, "Locked up for being too fat", Sunday Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia, 27th February 2005

Jacqui Thornton, "The Fat Police", The Sun, London 22nd February 2005

Unsigned article, "Do these new legal orders meant to save our children from harm infringe human rights?", Lincolnshire Echo, Lincoln 16th December 2004

"Media diary", The Observer, London, 12th May 2002

News article "The Scurra", The Daily Mirror, London, 9th May 2002

Johann Hari, "Forbidden Love" - can sex between close relatives ever be acceptable? Johann Hari on the queasy issue of 'consensual' incest - The Guardian , London, 9th January 2002

Nick Spurrell, "Letter: Plenty to criticise in Lords changes", Bath Chronicle, Bath, 12th November 2001

Michael Gonzalez, "The New Thatcherites",
The Wall Street Journal, European Edition, Tuesday the 22nd May 2001

David Hencke, "Hague faces growing euro revolt",
The Guardian, London, Tuesday the 15th May 2001

Martin Bentham, "Conservatives rebel over policy on euro",
The Sunday Telegraph, London, Sunday the 13th May 2001

Mark Howarth, "Fury as child rape case is thrown out" The Sun, Scottish Edtion, 12th May 2001

James C. Bennett, "Anglosphere Beat: It's not the UN, it's the EU, stupid ",
United Press International, Saturday the 12th May 2001.

Sean Gabb, "William Hague, and the Race Relations Industry: A Few Words of Pity",
Free Life Commentary, London, issue 48, Monday the 30th April 2001
(This contains a brief discussion of The Daily Telegraph affair)

Blake Evans-Pritchard, "Eurosceptic website condemned as sinister"
EU Observer, Brussels, Monday the 23rd April 2001

Letters to the Editor, "Not us"
The Daily Telegraph, London, Friday the 20th April 2001

News in Brief, "Anti-euro group drops action",
The Daily Telegraph, London, Thursday the 19th April 2001

Robert Shrimsley, "Consumer group feared more than ministers", Financial Times, London 17th April 2001

Robert Shrimsley, "Consumer groups feared more than ministers",
The Financial Times, London, Tuesday the 17th April 2001

Benedict Brogan, "Pro-euro directors 'shamed'",
The Daily Telegraph, London, Monday the 16th April 2001

"One man's achievement with the Internet",
The Institute for Social Inventions, London, 2001

Shelagh Shepherd, "Political Pressure on the Web - a good thing or a bad thing?", WestminsterWatch, London, 14th April 2001

"City Diary", second item (about the Candidlist Roll of Shame),
The Times, London, Friday the 6th April 2001.

Martin Waller, "Gabb's gift", The Times, London, 5th April 2001

"Media Diary", third item (about Boris Johnson),
The Times, London, Friday the 23rd March 2001

Andrew Wren, "Lessons Of The Past", The Times Educational Supplement, London, 1st December 2000

Emmanuel Goldstein, "The Glorious Departure of Bill Newton Dunn"
Airstrip One, London, 27th November 2000

Melissa Kite, "Pro-EU Tory may be sacked",
The Times, London, Saturday the 18th November 2000

Letter to the Editor, "Risks of federalism"
The Western Morning News, Plymouth, 15th November 2000

News article, "All is not well with the EU whatever MEP says", Western Morning News, Plymouth, 15th November 2000

Sean Gabb "One Year of Candidlist: An Appraisal",
Free Life Commentary, issue 45, Friday the 3rd November 2000

Andrew Pierce, "Tories select Eurosceptics to fight marginals",
The Times, London, Thursday 19th October 2000

Andrew Grice, "Tory candidates demand a tougher line on Europe ",
The Independent, London, Thursday 19th October 2000

Nicholas Watt, "Tories 'lurch to right' over euro",
The Guardian, London, Thursday 19th October 2000

Andrew Sparrow, "Half of all target seat Tories 'are anti-euro' ",
The Daily Telegraph, London, Thursday 19th October 2000

Bob Roberts, "Winning more seats 'would make Tories more right wing'",
Press Association Newsfile, Wednesday the 18th October 2000

Allister Heath, "No, no, no: Thatcher's grandchildren reject the superstate",
The European Journal, London, October 2000
(NB The link given above is to a long pdf version of the whole journal in which the cited article appears)

Peter Kellner, "Hague versus the Tory party",
The Evening Standard, London, Monday 7th August 2000

Roland Watson, "Website adds Labour hopefuls to 'candidlist'",
The Times, London, Monday 7th August 2000

"Correction: Dr Sean Gabb",
The Daily Mirror, London, 20th July 2000 - a correction of the March article

Benedict Brogan, "New Tory intake more sceptical than Hague",
The Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 6th June 2000

Paul Starling, "Tories Hit by Euro-split Survey",
The Daily Mirror, London, 11th March 2000 

"Pandora".
The Independent, London, 1st March 2000

Sean Gabb, "Reflections on the Current State of British Politics",
Free Life Commentary, issue 39, Saturday the 19th February 2000
(This is the article that inspired the Roland Watson article immediately below, and provoked an uproar within the some reaches of the Conservative Party)

Roland Watson, "Sceptic website sets out to topple Hague",
The Times, London, Monday 28th February 2000

William Rees Mogg, "Opinion:  Changing Clubs",
The Times, London, Monday 27th December 1999

David Wighton, "Hague says europhile MPs 'will not be driven out'"
The Financial Times, London, Friday 24th December 1999

Michael White, "Hague olive branch on EU reform",
The Guardian, London, Friday 24th December 1999

Sean Gabb, "Politics and the art of deception",
The Times, London, Monday 20th December 1999

Londoner's Diary: "Web of  Intrigue"
The Evening Standard, London, Monday 13th December 1999

Maja Pawinska, "Tory anger over cyber Euro labels",
Pr Week, London, London, Friday 19th November 1999

"MP threatens court action at 'europhile' claims on net",
The Southern Daily Echo, Southampton, Tuesday 9th November 1999

"Tories up in arms over website",
BBC Web News, London, Monday 8th November 1999

Roland Watson, "Tory Net row over Europe",
The Times, London, Monday 8th November 1999

Mark Inglefield, "Michael Ancram; Times Diary" (fifth item),
The Times, London, Wednesday 27th October 1999

Andy McSmithand and Patrick Wintour, "Portillo defies Hague by ruling out euro",
The Observer, London, Sunday 24th October 1999

Paul Waugh, "Sleaze rules force sitting MPs to face reselection",
The Independent, London, Tuesday 5th October 1999

Tom Baldwin, "Activists put question mark over MPs' commitment to euro",
The Times, London, Monday 4th October 1999

Julian Myers, Letters to the Editor, “Thin end of the privacy wedge" Connected, The Daily Telegraph, London, 5th March 1998

Sean Gabb, Letter to the Editor: "More guns, less crime" The Sunday Telegraph,  London, 6th April 1997

Jenny Shields, “Rightwingers tell Cullen adults should have all guns they want" The Sunday Times, London, 23rd June 1996

Paul Goodman, “Focus on Drugs: Legalise it .. all of it", The Government has declared war on drugs. But the gangs seem to be winning. Paul Goodman argues that their success menaces the very fabric of society - and that legalisation is the only answer, The Sunday Telegraph, London, 7th May 1995

James Langton, "Focus: ID Cards - Identity charade",   Nearly 50 resolutions at next month's Tory conference call for the reintroduction of identity cards. Would they - as John Major thinks - help the war on crime? Or would they be easily abused by law-breakers and police?, The Sunday Telegraph, London, 18th September 1994

James Langton, "ID cards raise British hackles, again Civil libertarians and others claim identification system could lead to abuses", Globe and Mail, Canada, 23rd September 1994

Andrew Moncur, "Diary", The Guardian, London, 5th February 1991

Andrew Brown, "The Conservatives in Bournemouth: Revelations prove no more than a flash in the pan: Conference Sketch", The Independent, London, 11th October 1990

Andrew Rawnsley, "Cops and floggers dangle rope but minister gets off", The Guardian, London, 11th October 1990

Martin Linton, "Conservatives at Bournemouth: Simone's Attractions Fail to Win Case Against Sex Censorship - on the Fringe", The Guardian,  London, 11th October 1990