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Stewart Wood

Stewart Wood (Lord Wood of Anfield) is the current chair of the United Nations Association – UK. He is a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford University, and was an adviser to Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband. He tweets at: @StewartWood

December 2022

  • Keir Starmer. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

    Politics Weekly UK
    What would a Labour government feel like? – Politics Weekly UK

    Labour looks closer to power now than it has done for more than a decade. The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by columnist Gaby Hinsliff and Stewart Wood, a Labour peer and former adviser to Miliband and Brown, to discuss the party’s prospects.

January 2022

  • Boris Johnson and David Davis, who has urged Johnson to resign.

    Politics Weekly UK
    Should he stay or should he go? Politics Weekly podcast

    Jessica Elgot and Polly Toynbee look at what lies ahead for Boris Johnson after a chaotic prime minister’s questions

July 2020

  • Rishi Sunak delivers his statement in the Commons

    Politics Weekly UK
    Sunak spends as Johnson defends: Politics Weekly podcast

    Jonathan Freedland and Kate Proctor look at what Rishi Sunak announced in the summer statement. Rajeev Syal speaks to Sir Peter Soulsby, the mayor of Leicester, about what the government got wrong with the city’s local lockdown. Plus, Kate Andrews and Stewart Wood discuss the politics of a second wave

January 2020

  • EU Withdrawal Bill Is Considered In The House Of Lords<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 21: The Lord Speaker Lord Fowler (C) listens inside the House of Lords as the European Withdrawal Agreement Bill is debated at House of Lords on January 21, 2020 in London, England. Britain's House of Lords is considering the European Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which is due to pass through its final stages before returning to the House of Commons. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

    Politics Weekly UK
    Johnson jumps over House of Lords hurdles: Politics Weekly podcast

    Rowena Mason is joined by Katy Balls, Stewart Wood and Lisa O’Carroll to discuss the latest on the prime minister’s Brexit withdrawal bill, and Jess Phillips’s decision to drop out of the Labour leadership race. Plus Larry Elliott rings in from Davos, and Kate Proctor sits down with Gina Miller

September 2019

  • Luxembourg's prime minister, Xavier Bettel

    Politics Weekly UK
    The EU takes back control – Politics Weekly podcast

    Heather Stewart is joined by Polly Toynbee, Ryan Shorthouse and Stewart Wood to discuss the supreme court prorogation hearing, Brexit talks and conference season

September 2018

  • A London newspaper is sold near the offices of Lehman Brothers in Canary Wharf in London in 2008

    Politics Weekly UK
    The great crash of 2008: how a crisis went to waste – Politics Weekly podcast

    Heather Stewart is joined by historian Adam Tooze and a panel of experts including Larry Elliott, Catherine Colebrook and Stewart Wood. Plus: Jessica Elgot checks in at the Lib Dem conference and Vince Cable’s ‘march of the moderates’

April 2017

  • The sun sets behind the Houses of Parliament as seen from Lambeth.

    May wants a hard Brexit without scrutiny. It’s Labour’s job to stop her getting it

    Stewart Wood
    This is a Brexit election – not a rerun referendum, but an election about what kind of parliament we have for this seismic moment in Britain’s history

July 2016

  • Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli

    Britain’s global place is at stake – are we going to speak up?

    Stewart Wood and Jeremy Greenstock
    The Brexiteers insisted there would be no retreat from the world stage. Now we need to see the proof

January 2016

  • George Osborne on a visit to the Tata Steel factory in Port Talbot, South Wales. ‘There are problems in the engine-room of the UK economy.’

    The economy isn’t working. This could be Labour’s chance

    Stewart Wood
    Google, crony capitalism and zero-hour contracts are just some of the things fuelling public anger. We need to channel that rage into reform

July 2014

  • Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger celebrates after beating Brazil

    Whisper it softly: it's OK to like Germany

    Stewart Wood

    Stewart Wood: Many Britons will be cheering for Germany in the World Cup final because we admire their football. But there is much more we can learn from them too

October 2013

  • David Cameron Launches The Education Sector Of Mending Broken Britain

    Ed Miliband's energy price freeze policy has sent the Tories into a tailspin

    Stewart Wood
    Stewart Wood: Branding Labour's plan an act of Marxist extremism doesn't work – talk of the cost of living resonates with the British public

October 2012

  • David Cameron speech

    The panel
    David Cameron speech: panel verdict

    Tim Montgomerie, Stewart Wood, Ian Birrell and Frances O'Grady: How has David Cameron done in his speech to the Conservative party conference? Our panellists give their views

January 2012

  • A Lehman Brothers employee leaving its Canary Wharf building

    Responsible capitalism is Labour's agenda

    Stewart Wood
    Stewart Wood: David Cameron is now desperately trying to prove he wants a better kind of capitalism, but it won't work
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