Jonathan Powell

The guilty men: the ideologues who undermine Britain

31 January 2026 9:00 am

When Britain handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, Tony Blair was in melancholic mood. The newly elected prime…

The questions the government must answer over the China spying case

18 October 2025 9:00 am

Exactly a year ago, this magazine warned that ministers were showing a dangerous naivety towards China. We revealed that the…

Here be dragons: the truth about Chinese espionage

18 October 2025 9:00 am

On 3 July a Chinese man, Xu Zewei, was arrested in Milan to face extradition on nine charges relating to…

Did Jonathan Powell torpedo the China espionage trial?

11 October 2025 9:00 am

The antics of Keir Starmer and his top security adviser over the collapsed China espionage case bring to mind the…

Saviour complex: Jonathan Powell is still trying to change the world

12 April 2025 9:00 am

In 2011, the Hampstead theatre put on an autobiographical play about a marriage strained by lies, betrayal and, as the…

Words on war

15 August 2015 9:00 am

It’s really hard to imagine now a world before 24-hour news, continually and constantly accessible in a never-ending stream of…

There will be blood

21 February 2015 9:00 am

LBC likes to tell us it’s ‘Leading Britain’s Conversation’, though in the case of weekday pre-lunch presenter James O’Brien you’ll…

The terror whisperer

18 October 2014 9:00 am

Jonathan Powell’s stance on negotiating with violent extremists is consistently inconsistent and slippery