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Adrian Wrigley

2009-05-11 01:03:23

Raising taxes on income at this time is absolutely perplexing. Income Tax is one of several taxes on economic production (the others being Corporation Tax, National Insurance and VAT). These are the taxes which are part of the cause of our economic woes.

A superior alternative would be to have increased the Council Tax on Band G and H properties. Currently they attract only double the average, in spite of being owned predominantly by very wealthy people. If the owners can't afford the Council Tax, they should move. If they are too old and frail to move, it should become a charge on the house.

The Government is trying to tax "the reach" while missing the target by a wide margin. Cutting and then eliminating taxes on production would be a bold way to revive the economy. All the revenue the Government needs can be obtained through Land Value Taxation (LVT). It was once a key part of Labour's economic policy, and should be restored.

Eliminating taxes on production would be simpler, cheaper and fairer. It would stimulate the economy, and eliminate this ridiculous bitching about so called "tax havens". It is what economist and politicians from across the political spectrum have been advocating for centuries (Confucius, Turgot, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Henry George, Leo Tolstoy, Sun Yat Sen, Winston Churchill, Bertrand Russell, Milton Friedman).

They only reason I can see for taxing incomes and production is ignorance of basic economics. For a primer on the topic, I suggest reading "Progress and Poverty" by Henry George (1879(. He explains housing bubbles, recessions and depressions, poverty.

Simon

2009-05-04 18:30:03

Dear Alastair

I think the new 50% tax rate if absolutely appalling. You, however, are devastatingly good looking,

All the best

S

Jane A

2009-04-29 21:56:22

@gary enefer - you've quite made my day, thank you.

Caroline Hett

2009-04-29 18:20:48

If the 50p tax rate is a measure to raise money and so pressing that it makes breaking a manifesto promise necessary, why is it not coming into force until a few days before Labour get voted out of office by the electorate?

Jonathan

2009-04-29 11:07:00

Stuart's idea of raising personal allowance and taking the low paid out of the tax net is an excellent one. At the moment, Mr Brown has given us an extraordinary bureaucracy that collects, tax sloshes it round the pipes a bit(with many leaks on the way) and recycles some of it back to the low paid in the form of tax credits.Even if it worked perfectly, this would be inefficient. But of course, run as it is by the State, it works much less than perfectly. There is fraud. There is also rank incompetence by HM Revenue & Customs who overpay credits massively and then can't get the money back.

Remember, this was one of Mr Brown's big ideas. People told him at the time that it wouldn't work, but our GB doesn't really like dissenting views terribly much so the scheme went ahead anyway. No doubt the naysayers found themselves on the end of a MacBriding as well. Stuart's idea is much better.

As to the 50% rate, I can at least understand the link between high tax and good services. But this country now has Scandinavian rates of tax without the services to match. No, the taxpayer is being asked to foot the bill for Mr Brown's incompetence. When times were good, Britain went on a massive borrowing boom all designed to con the electorate into thinking Labour could run the economy. Now it has all gone wrong and the Government waves the Union Jack and tells the wealthy that it is their patriotic duty to pay for these mistakes. What a load of balderdash.

All Labour Governments end the same way: by messing up the economy. This one is no different, it has just been better at pulling the wool over our eyes. Goodbye Mr Brown. I won't miss you.

John Willman

2009-04-29 09:37:33

The 50p tax rate was a political move to try and embarrass the Conservatives - and nothing else. The Institute for Fiscal Studies calculates it will raise little or nothing or even lead to a net loss of revenue.

And all this guff about patriotism is just that. Rich people can live anywhere they want (many of course aren't British). It is good for the UK that they live here, employ people here and spend money here - all of which boosts national income and tax revenues.

Denis Healey was derided for making the pips squeak, but at least he was honest about the need to put up taxes for everybody. They will have to rise to restore the public finances and ensure that the UK can continue to borrow the humungous amounts needed over the next 10 years. Taxing the rich - even if it yielded the revenue the government claims - is still a drop in the ocean. The sooner we get on with it, the better.

gary enefer

2009-04-29 08:46:55

Dear AC

I have looked at your blog for two days only and am amazed at the variety of contributors. I love the way Jane A writes. I fear for Keith. It is ok to rant but there were so many mistakes (and he did write rather late) I wonder if it was tiredness , or the wine ,talking. I recommend you see you GP for a full check up Keith in case there is something wrong - I am sincere
best wishes
gary enefer

CPW

2009-04-29 02:47:23

Re:Keith Bibby,

Possibly the most eloquent piece of inarticulateness I have ever come across. Don't mean to patronise, but it was almost Dickensian. Excellent, insightful and meant much more than it said. Sam Veller would be proud.

Bar Bar of Oz

2009-04-29 01:31:31

"Shifting of political landscale shown by Cameron having to pretend he is heir to Blair to have any chance of winning."

That's the nub of the problem isn't it? Even after TB'
s forced departure the wider electorate never saw Cameron as the heir to Blair until Gordon and the Brownites themselves anointed Cameron so. That was back in October 2007. Since then it has been the death of a thousand cuts with about half left to be taken.

keith bibby

2009-04-28 23:06:42

50% if over £150000 it’s the working class not the middle upper class that have paid the prise for this
Tory! lot in labour clothing.

Labour betrayed the working class of this country the minute they opened the boarders for the accession cheep 8 . Forcing down the wages of the poor

And it’s the poor that will desert them at the poles

The minimum wage as become the wage £228, for millions of ex labour voters
Priced out of the rental market, no chance of competing with the mass inflow.
Living 10 to a house

But the ones now complaining of tax rises are the ones that have enjoyed the masses of cheep labour supplied by Tory tony and his trousering friends

It’s the poor that have been squeezed till the pips squeak.
No wonder so many of them have sort asylum in the incapacity benefit trap




Alan Quinn

2009-04-28 21:08:22

Ally, the EU and the US should strive to stamp out tax havens. We could then use the money saved from the tax dodgers to get people into work.
When the top earners get their millions in bonuses it's because they deserve it because they're supposedly good at their job according to them.
It's the same old sorry excuses when they have to take the medicine like the rest of us. Let them piss off to Switzerland.

Jane A

2009-04-28 21:06:37

I am few thousand light years from being affected by the 50% tax rise, but I don't have an ideological problem with it.

In difficult times I hope the government I voted for will be flexible, agile and responsive enough to review the policies set in place years ago and if they are no longer appropriate for the times we find ourselves in, move to make the necessary adjustments.

That's what we expect of them - to govern - and not to sit on their hands saying "Well, a while ago we said...so we can't..."

It's not about broken promises per se - it's about doing the right thing in difficult times. Inflexibility is the enemy of solution.

And I am not being a hypocrite - despite it not applying, if me paying a bit more tax for a while fixed the problems of many others, why wouldn't I? I would.

Dongbal McRumples

2009-04-28 19:07:22

Look at this poll even you laboury types are bailing, why dont you go and cast your vote AliC?

http://www.labourhome.org/story/2009/4/28/82152/3125

Kenneth

2009-04-28 18:33:33

Reading the Blair Years - am working in Libya for six moths and your tome is filling in the quiet evenings! Insightful on all levels - but the fashion critiques of TB are best!

Elliott Burton

2009-04-28 18:02:45

But Alistair, it wont raise any money. It will lead to MORE tax avoidance, not less. The measures in the budget to close up loopholes that lead to tax avoidance amounting to £1 billion are made redundant by this tax rise. The rich will now only pay their accountants more to find new loopholes or just leave the country. I think you know this, but good attempt to put a positive spin on things. Are you back in the fold or what?

www.thesocialmediaforum.org

Alina Palimaru

2009-04-28 17:39:38

Alastair, very interesting analysis. Well said, these are extraordinary times which require extraordinary decisions.

Excellent point on the fact that many other countries are implementing equally tough taxing plans for the wealthiest people (the 1% in the top of the income scale). Thus, except for maybe Africa, I am not sure where they could escape. (I hear real estate in Angola is going through the rough... here's hint! :-) ).

The Washington Post had a very interesting analysis of the British budget, and it looks like the revenue from these earners will be substantial and very welcome to support welfare programs. A real patriot doesn't threaten to leave when times get tough. A real patriot stays and shoulders the burden alongside everyone else, wealthy or poor. However, the New York Times pointed out that the revenue may not be collected after all because most of these high earners will hire accountants to find legal loopholes and avoid paying the tax. This is a widespread practice in the United States, which is expected for a culture that values rapacity, greed and individual success at any possible cost there is (to the individual and to society). If those UK top-earners stoop to it as well, they'll be purely pathetic.

Here are some other excerpts from the WP article, since their positions and those of the interviewees coincide with mine.

"The trouble for Lloyd Webber (whose wealth is estimated at $1.1 billion in the Sunday Times Rich List) and other well-heeled critics is that the tax increase is popular. A YouGov-Daily Telegraph poll found that 68 percent of Britons supported it, and a Populus poll in the Times newspaper found 57 percent in favor."
...
Anthony King, a professor of government at the University of Essex argues that "if the wealthy are basing their decision on whether to live in the country purely on taxation, people will start to wonder, 'Who are these people, anyway?'"
...
Richard Portes at the London Business School said he doubts there will be a "mass exodus" from Britain. "Any exodus will be a few loud-mouth people, and they catch the media's attention," he said, "but the fuss will peter out."

Finally, the New York Times remarked that "The British government's deficit would not be exceptionally high by global standards, however. Total federal debt in the United States is projected to rise to around 70 percent of G.D.P. by 2011, according to estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, and Japan’s is threatening to exceed 200 percent."

Stuart

2009-04-28 17:23:53

I'm a tory, and I was amazed that the Personal Allowance wasn't raised to £15K or even more. Take the low paid out of the income tax and benefits system and think about the incentives that arise as well as the hugely reduced admin costs. Some of the black market would disappear at a stroke. GDP would rise. VAT takings would rise. I would do this tomorrow.

A far more honest approach than 50% + NI + VAT + car tax + TV tax + tax tax...

wyrdtimes@forengland.org

2009-04-28 15:50:44

Another Labour promise broken.

What our vote on the EU Cons... sorry "treaty"?

I want my vote.

woolfie

2009-04-28 15:18:46

This is just one of a whole series of broken manifesto pledges, the biggest being the lack of a referendum on Lisbon Treaty.

As someone else said, it's not about the 50p tax rate ( anyone earning £150k + has an accountant that will get them out of paying most of it any way)it's about the huge taxes we ALL pay. I don't earn even a third of that, I've worked all my life and am nearing retirement, but GB stole my pension, I can't get an NHS dentist for love nor money, I live in a rural area and need my 14 year old car but can't afford to run it and you are totally joking if you think my bank will lend me any money to buy a new one.

Sorry that is the end of me and Labour, unless we bring back TB

Paul Marshall

2009-04-28 14:41:09

I would willingly pay 50 pence in the pound, provided you and Eddie Izzard wear each other's clothes and make-up.

gary Enefer

2009-04-28 14:35:03

I don't believe we should forget that labour did keep a lot of the pledges they made and improved the NHS and Education. My son is 17 and had a very good State Education thanks to TB and his government. 50p Tax is a good idea and the threshold is reasonable.

With thanks
gary enefer

James

2009-04-28 14:32:45

The 50p rate is a diversion.

The real issue is taxes are too high for EVERYONE, not just the top 1%. The real issue is to clean up the tax system, how to reduce the cost of collecting taxes, how to direct taxpayers money to those who need it most, how to reduce waste and inefficiency in the public sector.

Explaining the 50p rate is an easy option. More difficult to explain why, after 12 years of Labour rule, we still have inefficient and poor quality services and layers upon layers of bureaucracy.

Labour can't talk about making every penny count as this would admit to 12 years of failure.

terry evans

2009-04-28 13:49:23

i hope eddie doesn't mention Michael Caine. I did and didn't get published

Wayne ODell

2009-04-28 13:11:23

Ali,
Your blog is very interesting and i have thought a lot about it. But to me, this isnt just a broken manifesto promise its much more than that - its ripping up the 'New' Labour rule book and taking the party back years. To me, its a huge betrayal and however we spin it - its a massive slap in the face for anyone wanting to 'make it' Lets give those who do nothing and take away from those that do the most - its wrong. I am so dissillutioned with the party at the moment. It seems like a Iife time ago that i watched and celebrated when TB won the first time. This is a move back to the days of penalising free enterprise and it upsets to say that i no longer want to be part of it.

Jonathan Cook

2009-04-28 12:57:54

Gordon Brown has become an complete and utter embarrassment to the country.

Can't you or Peter do the decent thing and plant the old silver bullet in Brown's forehead?

Drypoint

2009-04-28 12:35:48

Malcolm, the budget has completely demolished Labour's reputation for economic competence. It's like claiming you've won a football match just because you were ahead at half time.

james

2009-04-28 11:54:02

I completely agree with you on the importance of recognising the breach of the manifesto pledge. I can't understand why Ministers don't seem to be able to see that and I think it will majorly come back and bite Labour on the backside in a years' time - ie 'why should we believe you after last time you ended up changing leader, putting up tax and fudging the european referendum?'

But I also think Labour need to address this issue about scepticism over how much money it will raise - this is important because if the public believe those people who say it won't raise anything significant, then they will feel that it's a political sop to the left and therefore does in fact represent what Labour politics are now about.

And on top of that a cast-iron guarantee that it won't rise above 50% - don't underestimate the cynicism now over the fact that it went from 45% to 50%, so what's next etc.

Simon Leonard

2009-04-28 10:21:44

Alastair,

Ask Eddie Izzard if he'd run for London Mayor in 2012. The debates with Boris would be hilarious.

maas101

2009-04-28 10:04:13

Given that the increased rate will only bring in a very small amount by the time those who will leave have left and the accountants of those who stay have been let loose on it, it seems strange to breach a manifesto promise.

Unless of course it had nothing to do with raising revenue but was a political maneuver to try and paint the Tories as the 'party of the rich'. Surely not, this government wouldn't play with peoples lives and the economy just for their own advantage......

AC

2009-04-28 10:01:28

Paul - thanks for the grammar check. Dreadful mistake. Duly corrected. Re economic success - the longest period of growth you and I can remember. Bank of England independence, helped deliver low inflation and low interest rates as promised. Economic management helping create record investment in public services. Govt showing eg via new Deal that govts can make a difference in job creation.
politics - three election wins. Shifting of political landscale shown by Cameron having to pretend he is heir to Blair to have any chance of winning.
Could go on but am running out for a meeting and if there is one thing I hate more than bad grammar it is being late. Thanks again.

Janice

2009-04-28 09:54:43

I don't agree we should be sympathetic to people threatening to go overseas. If their patriotism is dependent only on tax rates, then it is not even skin deep

Malcolm Speed

2009-04-28 09:53:35

Part of the argument also has to be that even with the crisis as bad as it is, most people are still better off than they were under the last lot. There is a danger we allow the current situation to eradicate the fact that the Labour economic story is a good one. The crisis does not change that. I wish our ministers would stop being so defensive about it all

sas

2009-04-28 09:39:17

It is more disappointing aspect of the tax rate announcements is that the tax-freethreshold was not raised as well.

Paul Allan

2009-04-28 09:31:29

"Also, the maintenance of Labour's promises on income tax have been a very important part of our success, politically and economically."
Just what political and economic success would that be then? Name any!
(By the way, shouldn't that be "has been" as maintenance is singular?)

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Explaining the 50p top tax rate

2009-04-28 09:22:53

I'm out at an event with Eddie Izzard later, one of a series the Labour-supporting entertainer is doing to help the Party.

And I've been thinking - how best to deal with questions about the 50p tax rate.

The first thing to say is that we, even more than the Tories, are the ones who should be pointing out that it is a breach of a manifesto commitment, making clear we did not want to go against the manifesto, and that we understand how serious that is. 

Politicians, contrary to what some may think of them, do not like to break promises. Also, the maintenance of Labour's promises on income tax has been a very important part of our success, politically and economically.

The fact of the new top tax rate is therefore evidence of how serious the economic situation is. That too is best openly stated rather than understood. Governments have to make choices about where and how to raise money and, at times, where and how to cut. And to be fair to the public, they get that.

Rightly ministers want to highlight the help for the unemployed, the support for training, the continued commitment to invest through the recession, all the measures aimed at enabling Britain to emerge stronger when recovery comes. But all of the difficult decisions have to be constantly explained alongside.

The new top rate was bound to get disproportionate coverage in the national media, as all editors and most commentators will be on the new top rate, which means it requires more not less explanation, on economic grounds. Otherwise, as seems to have happened, people who threaten to leave the country because of having to pay higher tax are presented as patriotic heroes, driven away by a red in tooth and claw Labour government.

So part of the argument has to be that this is a long long way from Denis Healey's threatened squeeze till the pips squeak. This is a global financial crisis, in which all countries, all businesses, all families are having to deal with some of the fall out in different ways. As part of the national response, everyone helping out must be part of a call to arms to help Britain through the crisis.

What we should not be doing is giving any sign whatever that somehow this is what Labour politics is all about. We regained electoral success by understanding that to meet our social  justice objectives, we had to  understand and appreciate enterprise too. Neither the banking crisis, nor the new top rate, changes that. The worst of business may have helped get the world into the crisis. But the best of business is going to have to help the world out of it. 

So our reaction to those threatening to leave Britain should not be 'piss off to Switzerland then', but that we understand there may be a link between tax rates and the desire to invest in the UK economy, which is why this should be seen not as an ideological shift but as a neccessary and difficult measure in extraordinary times, at the end of which we are determined to ensure Britain will emerge strong.

Finally, how to deal with questions about the future. The honest answer, when asked if we can be 100 per cent sure about growth forecasts and debt predictions, is No. Again, the public get that. They want a mix of confidence - signs that the government has done the best possible analysis based on all the information available - and  candour.

So in a nutshell 'the new top rate is a manifesto breach, and nobody likes to break manifesto  promises. That we have done so is a sign of how extraordinary are these economic times. This is a measure to raise money, not a shift in our stance on enterprise, because business and enterprise are central to national recovery. It has to be seen in the round, with all the other measures we are taking to  try to lead Britain through the recession. These are uncertain times and we cannot guarantee success, but we believe this is the best response at this time to deal with the worst effects of a global crisis and its impact on Britain.'

I'll let you know if Eddie nods or shakes his head; and address another day the issue of how I think we should deal with the Tory response.

 

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Publish date: 2010-03-17 11:38:52

Why Sir Trevor did no favours for Cameron

Publish date: 2010-03-16 10:57:18

Support the Street Kids World Cup

Publish date: 2010-03-15 11:25:17

Bumping into Peter M on the fundraising campaign trail

Publish date: 2010-03-14 00:27:35

Adonis shows the way on transport, and debates

Publish date: 2010-03-12 12:22:05

The record needs a better hearing - Labour and Tory

Publish date: 2010-03-11 08:50:51

What happened to the detoxification of the Tory brand?

Publish date: 2010-03-06 12:00:38

Support, activism and hope returning to Labour

Publish date: 2010-03-05 09:46:34

Happy Birthday Lord Ashcroft HB2U

Publish date: 2010-03-04 10:59:48

Michael Foot ... above all else a lovely man

Publish date: 2010-03-03 14:22:46

Elvis support for Labour lifts the mood further

Publish date: 2010-03-03 10:16:30

Hoovergate - the rebuttal amid hope of Labour win

Publish date: 2010-03-02 13:00:35

At least Britney knows what she is singing about

Publish date: 2010-03-01 10:57:28

News blackout on Olympian success story

Publish date: 2010-02-28 14:52:49

Kseniya Simonova's got talent

Publish date: 2010-02-27 21:14:58

Debate expectations in a good place for GB and Clegg

Publish date: 2010-02-26 10:21:53

We all agree - Carlisle is cleverer than DC

Publish date: 2010-02-25 11:59:11

On News International phone-hacking and Cameron

Publish date: 2010-02-24 09:40:08

GB, temper or not, a better leader for Britain than DC

Publish date: 2010-02-23 10:24:48

Cameron inquiry call says more about him than GB

Publish date: 2010-02-22 15:15:59

Some great stuff in The Observer today

Publish date: 2010-02-21 11:00:46

Game definitely on. If polls narrow more, Tory jitters set in

Publish date: 2010-02-20 14:35:40

Cameron so right about pigs in pokes

Publish date: 2010-02-19 09:12:50

How twitter is changing balance of power in film indsutry

Publish date: 2010-02-18 12:00:19

Thanks for the thanks. Is online shopping not always like this?

Publish date: 2010-02-17 10:44:30

There'll be another New Big Idea along in a moment

Publish date: 2010-02-16 09:53:22

People may listen more to the political GB having heard the personal GB

Publish date: 2010-02-15 13:11:57

Happy Valentine's Day. My present to you is Jacques Brel

Publish date: 2010-02-14 12:06:54

A celeb fest in my weekend of culture

Publish date: 2010-02-13 10:38:58

Alan Johnson right to stand up for security services

Publish date: 2010-02-12 14:27:56

Time to turn up volume on sport schools revolution

Publish date: 2010-02-11 10:17:54

Let's give Cameron a Doris Day moment over Ashcroft

Publish date: 2010-02-10 10:29:05

Time for Maya's voice to be heard amid the non-tears

Publish date: 2010-02-09 09:04:22

Marr needs to explain his 'sexed up' question re casualties

Publish date: 2010-02-08 13:55:36

On GB's tears with Piers, and my emotional moment with Marr

Publish date: 2010-02-07 16:04:56

On NI, Tory fears of Labour spinsters, and headbands in sport

Publish date: 2010-02-06 10:00:25

Daily Mail tells truth shock horror

Publish date: 2010-02-05 08:54:36

Welcome to the virtual Maya launch party

Publish date: 2010-02-04 10:38:44

Public ahead of press on the mess that is Cameron

Publish date: 2010-02-03 13:52:26

Cameron winning on media support but losing on leadership

Publish date: 2010-02-02 10:47:50

Buy The Blair Years and raise cash for Labour

Publish date: 2010-02-01 09:00:00

A lesson in campaign mindset from young Labour students

Publish date: 2010-01-31 13:14:19

Media tweets show the real agenda

Publish date: 2010-01-29 21:18:59

TB made a judgement, and is defending it well

Publish date: 2010-01-29 14:04:38

On inequality, special advisers, Ireland, and TB/Iraq

Publish date: 2010-01-28 13:45:08

Message machine Mandelson on form today

Publish date: 2010-01-27 12:15:42

Only one place to be tonight

Publish date: 2010-01-26 09:20:26

Cameron and tweeting ought to be natural fit

Publish date: 2010-01-25 11:55:58

Big bucks campaigning not what it's cracked out to be

Publish date: 2010-01-24 10:28:57

A life in unemployment statistics

Publish date: 2010-01-22 09:39:21

Learning the wrong Iraq lessons for Afghan war

Publish date: 2010-01-21 10:24:46

Denis MacShane MP on the rewriting of history re Iraq war

Publish date: 2010-01-20 10:44:07

Darling v Gove, Osborne and help the rich squad is No Contest

Publish date: 2010-01-19 10:12:27

Dacre's Downfall

Publish date: 2010-01-18 03:30:21

Rebutting the good and the bad, and support from football fans

Publish date: 2010-01-17 12:45:38

Mandela is a great man, Invictus a great film

Publish date: 2010-01-16 08:54:48

Is Paul Dacre hiding a guilty secret that explains his deranged paper?

Publish date: 2010-01-15 09:56:24

What's the real fight to be had?

Publish date: 2010-01-14 10:20:20

On Owen Coyle and Brian Laws

Publish date: 2010-01-13 18:27:58

Thanks to friend and foe alike for helping yesterday go by

Publish date: 2010-01-13 08:49:25

So far so good in campaign to remove discriminatory law

Publish date: 2010-01-11 09:48:15

Thanks to Will Hutton for talking sense on 'class war'

Publish date: 2010-01-10 12:56:48

In defence of airbrushed posters

Publish date: 2010-01-09 16:45:29

Fire is always best turned on the Tories

Publish date: 2010-01-07 15:41:19

On Hoon-Hewitt and John Prescott

Publish date: 2010-01-07 00:55:10

Sad and baffled to see Coyle go

Publish date: 2010-01-05 16:26:05

Cameron's wobble the product of his team saying what their audiences want to hear

Publish date: 2010-01-05 10:50:58

New Tory slogan - if you've got the cash, splash it on crap ads

Publish date: 2010-01-02 12:11:18

And the musicians of the decade were ... The Beatles and The King

Publish date: 2009-12-31 18:52:25

Prepare for avalanche of Ashcroft posters for Tories

Publish date: 2009-12-30 15:06:06

Here's Good Luck to you, Mrs Robinson

Publish date: 2009-12-29 12:22:42

One man's White Christmas joy is another's football disaster

Publish date: 2009-12-24 13:36:05

My favourite fact of the day - a French decimal time system

Publish date: 2009-12-23 16:48:00

A few crisis management tips for Eurostar

Publish date: 2009-12-22 11:49:35

Do we need same approach to booze as smoking?

Publish date: 2009-12-19 09:13:28

Prepare for tears, tantrums and an imperfect but miraculous Copenhagen conclusion

Publish date: 2009-12-18 10:23:03

London 2012 and Copenhagen today ... different approaches to tight deadlines

Publish date: 2009-12-16 11:13:21

Tiger cut off at the knees. I bet he'll be back

Publish date: 2009-12-14 11:03:17

Cameron Shameron on the need for new laws to clarify Ashcroft tax status

Publish date: 2009-12-13 17:06:56

When poor mental health creates great art ...

Publish date: 2009-12-12 15:21:13

Giggs gets my Sports Personality vote, but I'll miss the big moment

Publish date: 2009-12-11 13:56:15

Tough day for Labour, but tough questions for Tories too

Publish date: 2009-12-10 10:03:13

Alistair Darling's quiet authority key part of recovery.

Publish date: 2009-12-09 11:03:25

Clegg risks squeeze as election nears

Publish date: 2009-12-08 15:30:58

Copenhagen really matters. Guardian front page sets scene well

Publish date: 2009-12-07 10:26:33

Four years on, what do we think of Cameron's leadership?

Publish date: 2009-12-06 13:55:17

Boris and Waddles, an everyday tale of Tory croneyism

Publish date: 2009-12-05 09:53:35

The Speaker's wife is a credit to him, and spot on about Cameron's Toryism

Publish date: 2009-12-04 10:52:37

PMQs win for GB was a direct result of Cameron's strategic failure

Publish date: 2009-12-03 08:21:10

Cameron's conkers add to his problem with serious opinion

Publish date: 2009-12-02 10:59:45

Sarko at risk of riling Obama and GB. Cameron on conkers

Publish date: 2009-12-01 10:29:48

The life and death of the man who made the link between exercise and health

Publish date: 2009-11-28 11:37:29

Even top Tories think Dave and Co can't do piss up in a brewery

Publish date: 2009-11-27 20:51:29

Well done BBC Inside Sport. Shame on media for news blackout on Coulson bullying case

Publish date: 2009-11-26 13:59:57

Well done BBC in Mental Health Media awards. Looking forward to Inside Sport on depression tonight

Publish date: 2009-11-25 10:26:22

BBC main bulletin blackout on leaders' speeches bizarre

Publish date: 2009-11-24 10:17:48

Business right to be worried about Tory axe on RDAs

Publish date: 2009-11-23 10:17:12

Why should Brown and Cameron apologise for being seen to pay tribute to the war dead?

Publish date: 2009-11-22 11:12:38

Beware climate change denial dressed up as 'commonsense'

Publish date: 2009-11-21 12:54:27

Something for the weekend - a long lazy blog lifted from interviews

Publish date: 2009-11-20 12:35:23

If France and FIFA won't act on Thierry Henry, let's have a boycott of Gillette razors

Publish date: 2009-11-19 10:09:00

Never in the history of human taxation has so much been promised from so many to so few

Publish date: 2009-11-18 18:32:39

Tories far from 'effete and unfamiliar' when it comes to twisted tax priorities

Publish date: 2009-11-18 09:52:12

Two very different stories of depression

Publish date: 2009-11-17 17:17:11

Congrats to Ellie on PPB campaign, and Willy Hague on getting van Rompuy

Publish date: 2009-11-17 11:40:14

Private schools worse than State schools - unless it's drugs you're after. Discuss

Publish date: 2009-11-16 12:10:25

Fiona Millar 5 Toby Young 0

Publish date: 2009-11-15 13:18:38

Where we fight we win

Publish date: 2009-11-13 11:22:00

Good luck to Number 10 on 'lobby' review. And a big NO to the other PR

Publish date: 2009-11-12 14:39:11

Robert Enke RIP. May his death increase understanding of depression

Publish date: 2009-11-11 17:59:53

On the exploitation of grief to get Gordon

Publish date: 2009-11-11 08:59:01

Why Tories are not home and dry, and wrong to call GB callous

Publish date: 2009-11-10 13:00:20

Labour needs more of the winning mentality

Publish date: 2009-11-09 10:30:44

The scandal of friendship and the shame of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Publish date: 2009-11-07 10:53:53

US clarity of strategy required for full explanation on Afghanistan

Publish date: 2009-11-06 10:31:48

Just because he is French doesn't mean he's wrong

Publish date: 2009-11-05 10:58:46

Congratulations to David Cameron and Trevor Kavanagh

Publish date: 2009-11-04 10:34:36

Is there a Sun blackout on Cameron's dumping of 'cast iron guarantee' on Europe?

Publish date: 2009-11-03 20:37:04

Johnson seems to get it on immigration. Right on advisors advising too

Publish date: 2009-11-03 11:58:59

Public opinion on climate change - the public might be the problem

Publish date: 2009-11-02 11:37:23

In praise of Stephen Fry, who should tweet or not as he sees fit

Publish date: 2009-11-01 09:29:34

John Sergeant spot on re TB. TB's Olympics legacy. Liam Gallagher's generosity

Publish date: 2009-10-30 11:50:44

Conservative contortions on Europe and Blair

Publish date: 2009-10-29 11:44:12

Two-jobs Osborne suffering credibility deficit

Publish date: 2009-10-28 09:14:22

Canaries win AC spin award with dark nights productivity survey

Publish date: 2009-10-27 09:41:48

Blair - dead big in Japan!

Publish date: 2009-10-26 17:21:17

No complacency, variants on a theme

Publish date: 2009-10-24 09:48:46

Griffin may have been dreadful, but there can be no complacency

Publish date: 2009-10-23 11:57:29

Margaret Hodge MP on how to fight the BNP

Publish date: 2009-10-22 16:48:39

Thanks to Charlie Falconer and Dominic Grieve - yes, I know he is a Tory

Publish date: 2009-10-21 17:24:18

On Biscuitgate, barmy Tory policy, and BNP v Generals

Publish date: 2009-10-21 10:36:15

More on Obergruppenfuhrer Dacre, Biscuitgate and Bullingdon Conservatism

Publish date: 2009-10-20 12:16:37

Biscuitgate and Susan Boyle, no win territory for GB

Publish date: 2009-10-19 12:31:00

Hating the Mail - a mindset worth having

Publish date: 2009-10-17 11:28:12

A line by line guide to the Mail statement on Gately article outrage

Publish date: 2009-10-16 19:12:36

Hit the Mail where it hurts

Publish date: 2009-10-16 16:36:02

Talking Cameron and Obama with US Democrats. Progressive Convervatism? No, he can't

Publish date: 2009-10-16 10:02:40

Inspired by kids' green passion

Publish date: 2009-10-14 18:24:13

Good news on leukaemia, good news on student activism

Publish date: 2009-10-13 08:24:21

Musings from Bertie Ahern, and how I won the Nobel prize for literature

Publish date: 2009-10-12 09:26:18

Continuing double standards in the media

Publish date: 2009-10-11 11:36:21

The best policies in Cameron's speech were those of Labour Big Government

Publish date: 2009-10-08 17:07:40

Tongues slipping all over the place

Publish date: 2009-10-08 09:00:07

Cameron confuses strategy and tactics and puts Union at risk

Publish date: 2009-10-07 10:29:26

Osborne inspires apathy at BBC Leeds

Publish date: 2009-10-06 16:01:59

Let's see more of the Tory candidates please

Publish date: 2009-10-06 09:23:11

Labour needs to fight on record to stop Tory vandalism

Publish date: 2009-10-05 14:28:40

VacuDave goes all peevish at difficult questions. Bring on the debates

Publish date: 2009-10-04 23:33:52

Lots of joking around in Jersey, though nothing as hysterical as Dave's Europe position

Publish date: 2009-10-03 10:31:22

On The Sun, Obama in Copenhagen and Alistair McGowan on the loo

Publish date: 2009-10-01 10:59:49

Sun switches ain't wot they used to be

Publish date: 2009-09-30 10:17:14

Darling and Mandelson show what I mean by authenticity

Publish date: 2009-09-28 16:28:18

Serious Politics 1 Low Journalism 0

Publish date: 2009-09-27 11:55:54

Media's love for Cameron should be turned into a weakness

Publish date: 2009-09-26 10:30:03

Time for ministers to stand up and fight

Publish date: 2009-09-25 09:40:26

Today's media double standards watch

Publish date: 2009-09-24 09:29:45

Breaking News - GB wins award, Lib Dems face all ways

Publish date: 2009-09-23 09:43:49

Why authenticity is the key to comms, and why Merkel will win

Publish date: 2009-09-22 08:29:13

Why I love NHS walk-in centres

Publish date: 2009-09-21 12:13:03

Here goes with the smoked Salmond

Publish date: 2009-09-20 10:40:21

Breaking News - Cameron's vacuousness an impersonator's nightmare

Publish date: 2009-09-19 11:06:09

Cameron has an army of spin doctors - aka journalists

Publish date: 2009-09-18 10:07:06

On Scottish independence, Cameron's short-termism, and Jimmy Carter being right

Publish date: 2009-09-17 09:56:56

Is Cameron Alex Salmond's Trojan Horse?

Publish date: 2009-09-15 10:13:42

On the TUC, Roy of the Rovers and Anna Wintour

Publish date: 2009-09-14 11:04:46

Memo to Apple boss Steve Jobs

Publish date: 2009-09-13 17:36:31

A day in the life of a (crap) City trader

Publish date: 2009-09-11 17:52:25

Defend record with pride, attack Tories with gusto

Publish date: 2009-09-10 11:06:36

Cameron's Conservatism beyond parody

Publish date: 2009-09-09 10:38:00

On transforned cities, and tales of Princess Di and Laura Bush

Publish date: 2009-09-08 09:45:54

Labour should put minister up against Griffin on Question Time

Publish date: 2009-09-06 12:39:56

School speech the latest source of right-wing frothing at Obama

Publish date: 2009-09-05 08:23:02

More horse's mouth, less Beeb blah please

Publish date: 2009-09-04 22:49:20

Real respect for sport can be Olympic legacy

Publish date: 2009-09-04 09:27:34

First ladies watch out for Japanese bombshell

Publish date: 2009-09-03 10:47:19

TV debate - good idea in theory, but ...

Publish date: 2009-09-02 15:37:43

'No worries' - the new response to thanks

Publish date: 2009-09-01 12:25:19

Tremors of Japanese political earthquake will be felt far and wide

Publish date: 2009-08-30 15:50:54

Pressure on Ed Miliband can help get a climate change deal

Publish date: 2009-08-28 13:39:08

Why Tories and media cannot stomach GCSE success story

Publish date: 2009-08-27 16:03:34

Exposing the absurdity of Chris Grayling

Publish date: 2009-08-26 13:20:19

Joy and beauty and a night of magic

Publish date: 2009-08-20 10:55:11

Twitter NHS backlash good for Obama

Publish date: 2009-08-14 15:44:49

A lifetime's ambition fulfilled

Publish date: 2009-08-08 16:59:02

Breaking the blog-a-day spell as warm up to holiday

Publish date: 2009-07-20 17:44:49

No hiding place from Twitter, me on the bike, JP in DC

Publish date: 2009-07-17 18:17:09

At last - something Obama cannot do well

Publish date: 2009-07-16 10:05:47

Will MPs take the lead in the debate on euthanasia?

Publish date: 2009-07-15 12:30:01

Berlin brothel leads the way to a greener world

Publish date: 2009-07-14 10:57:25

A time for GB to explain the whole picture

Publish date: 2009-07-13 12:37:54

All hail Monty, Jimmy and Collie!

Publish date: 2009-07-12 20:06:36

First triathlon of the summer for me, education award for Fiona

Publish date: 2009-07-12 09:43:06

Of Burnley's friendly and Obama's wandering eye

Publish date: 2009-07-11 12:38:52

Two great early morning moments

Publish date: 2009-07-10 10:27:07

Cameron had better be sure he's right

Publish date: 2009-07-09 11:06:22

Guardian scoop has big questions for press, cops and Cameron

Publish date: 2009-07-08 20:40:54

Divisive legend: Lance Armstrong

Publish date: 2009-07-07 10:38:23

First hug a hoodie, now grab a gay

Publish date: 2009-07-06 12:57:09

Mail on Scumday's wonderful account of Lansley's kipperdom

Publish date: 2009-07-05 13:14:51

Ecclestone undermines his own success with alarming views on Hitler

Publish date: 2009-07-04 14:04:04

When the conmen move more quickly than the council

Publish date: 2009-07-03 10:19:52

Andrew Lansley done up like a kipper

Publish date: 2009-07-02 10:10:52

A day spent interviewing footballers, then being interviewed by a transvestite comedian

Publish date: 2009-07-01 14:47:40

When the power of black eyes fades

Publish date: 2009-06-30 09:24:59

Farewell to Henry Hodge

Publish date: 2009-06-29 20:41:12

Honouring the power of sport to do good

Publish date: 2009-06-29 14:49:42

Andy Murray is a winner. Is that why some Brits don't like him?

Publish date: 2009-06-28 09:19:20

New Parliament will look very different. The younger the better

Publish date: 2009-06-27 17:34:26

Two nice surprises, sad end to day

Publish date: 2009-06-26 09:16:33

Apology from the Spectator on Iraq boosts Henry Hodge fund

Publish date: 2009-06-25 19:57:26

Thanks to Mr Harper on mental health, rebuttal of Mr Hague on Iraq

Publish date: 2009-06-24 23:47:54

Glad to find Eric Cantona in a quiet cinema ...

Publish date: 2009-06-24 00:46:23

By Dave's friends shall we know him?

Publish date: 2009-06-23 11:30:20

The Speaker has to balance tradition and change - but defend Parliament

Publish date: 2009-06-22 11:58:44

Less a blog than an apology for not having done one

Publish date: 2009-06-21 20:07:43

The day Lions skipper Paul O'Connell took my trousers down

Publish date: 2009-06-20 11:48:28

On the Iraq inquiry, Independent article wrong

Publish date: 2009-06-19 20:28:24

Thank you to three readers, now please get involved

Publish date: 2009-06-19 09:13:35

A tribute to a lovely man

Publish date: 2009-06-18 17:19:40

Bad times in Belfast, great day for Burnley, odd statement from Ed Balls

Publish date: 2009-06-18 10:04:47

A plea for five-figure cyber-donations

Publish date: 2009-06-17 07:40:42

On two inquiries

Publish date: 2009-06-16 08:57:39

From India to Iran to Labour wit

Publish date: 2009-06-15 10:13:17

Memories of Princess Diana

Publish date: 2009-06-14 09:54:55

A House Divided?

Publish date: 2009-06-13 02:53:47

A humbling NHS experience, a media row and a good GB speech

Publish date: 2009-06-12 10:48:46

Psychiatrists heading for relegation in 'disease prestige' league table

Publish date: 2009-06-11 10:25:35

The shrinks await

Publish date: 2009-06-10 09:44:16

As Obama fights for healthcare, let's celebrate the record here

Publish date: 2009-06-09 12:52:55

Anger at BNP seats must be turned into activism

Publish date: 2009-06-08 14:11:10

Can today be as frenzied as Friday?

Publish date: 2009-06-07 10:31:04

Take heart from a win in Lambeth

Publish date: 2009-06-06 18:46:40

JP is right there was no proper campaign but Tories still weak

Publish date: 2009-06-05 13:47:20

Do we care more about the NHS or moats?

Publish date: 2009-06-04 00:21:23

Guardian of social justice or attention-seeker?

Publish date: 2009-06-03 10:19:33

Who says Britain can't deliver the best?

Publish date: 2009-06-02 08:08:38

Mainstream has a duty to vote against BNP

Publish date: 2009-06-01 11:03:29

Let Diversity inspire a vote against the hate-filled BNP

Publish date: 2009-05-31 12:24:20

White House whack at UK media well-timed but sure to be ignored

Publish date: 2009-05-30 13:41:00

Elvis has a plan to make MPs King again

Publish date: 2009-05-29 12:09:44

At least there's a campaign on in Italy

Publish date: 2009-05-28 09:04:32

A blow to gay rights and a boost for Cameron's short-termism

Publish date: 2009-05-27 11:27:41

It's my blog and I'll be a big kid if I want to

Publish date: 2009-05-26 23:25:58

Highs feel better after so many lows

Publish date: 2009-05-26 10:13:12

Only one present counts

Publish date: 2009-05-25 11:05:46

Contrast Cheney and Bush

Publish date: 2009-05-24 12:11:45

Sex (or at least the female form) obsessed Britain

Publish date: 2009-05-23 20:49:57

Sport at both ends of the financial spectrum

Publish date: 2009-05-23 09:57:23

Stronger together - whether Scotland or expenses

Publish date: 2009-05-22 10:22:36

Back to Number 10, familiar faces, familiar arguments

Publish date: 2009-05-21 10:14:34

Speaking up for Parliament

Publish date: 2009-05-20 11:44:17

Peace in the Middle East - yes he can

Publish date: 2009-05-19 09:37:35

Breaking news - one frenzy at a time

Publish date: 2009-05-18 10:34:30

Getting a good look at Vince Cable

Publish date: 2009-05-17 09:36:55

How do you solve a problem like Silvio?

Publish date: 2009-05-16 09:32:21

It was the internet wot won it

Publish date: 2009-05-15 10:04:57

There now follows ... a good whack at Cameron

Publish date: 2009-05-14 17:21:28

They got their kit off - so you get your cash out

Publish date: 2009-05-14 07:41:11

Expenses row must not obscure Tory intentions on minimum wage

Publish date: 2009-05-13 16:12:08

We love you Burnley, we do ... what a night

Publish date: 2009-05-13 02:37:17

A tweet cannot express the wonders of TGV

Publish date: 2009-05-12 08:48:31

It's Mind week - Get it off your Chest with me and Stephen Fry

Publish date: 2009-05-11 06:29:15

Hate the Mail, love Obama

Publish date: 2009-05-10 10:04:00

Burnley 1 Reading 0 - a biased report

Publish date: 2009-05-09 21:26:32

MPs expenses - time for party leaders to meet again

Publish date: 2009-05-09 09:50:19

Should happiness replace prosperity as national goal?

Publish date: 2009-05-08 08:43:23

Musings from a sleepless night

Publish date: 2009-05-07 07:33:49

Darren Fletcher - an injustice that has to be righted

Publish date: 2009-05-06 09:52:29

Maggie's legacy not as great as she thinks

Publish date: 2009-05-05 08:33:02

Here's hoping Cardiff is metaphor for Cameron

Publish date: 2009-05-04 09:38:30

More Mr Benn and Co please

Publish date: 2009-05-03 10:03:00

Going Fourth with JP

Publish date: 2009-05-02 18:25:41

Journalism - print first, think later

Publish date: 2009-05-02 09:10:01

In praise of two poets

Publish date: 2009-05-01 10:26:36

JP hits the road again

Publish date: 2009-04-29 18:52:11

My night with Eddie Izzard

Publish date: 2009-04-29 10:53:25

George Best and Martin McGuinness

Publish date: 2009-04-27 09:02:35

Cameron confused over indepdendence and impartiality

Publish date: 2009-04-26 12:20:56

Guide ro Marathon running part 2

Publish date: 2009-04-25 11:01:34

Good signals on coal and the Olympics

Publish date: 2009-04-24 10:45:28

Tips for the London Marathon

Publish date: 2009-04-23 17:29:27

Missed the Budget, saw why it mattered

Publish date: 2009-04-22 23:09:31

Football good, politics bad. Allegedly

Publish date: 2009-04-22 00:00:24

The Great Wall gets greater

Publish date: 2009-04-21 09:55:22

Two sides to police story

Publish date: 2009-04-20 11:39:54

Budgets, Balls, billionaires and Susan Boyle

Publish date: 2009-04-19 12:31:45

Do muscles have memories?

Publish date: 2009-04-18 09:44:44

Bring back standing at football

Publish date: 2009-04-17 14:50:22

When Facebook friends fall out

Publish date: 2009-04-16 12:29:16

Guardian sightings and the email and bath plug agenda

Publish date: 2009-04-15 11:32:16

The spin is all in the prism

Publish date: 2009-04-14 09:22:41

A setback, not a crisis

Publish date: 2009-04-13 12:55:19

The real lessons from Damian McBride

Publish date: 2009-04-12 10:49:47

Will English always be the dominant language?

Publish date: 2009-04-11 10:02:02

On the pipes and what makes a Scot

Publish date: 2009-04-10 11:06:20

John Prescott lazy? NO WAY

Publish date: 2009-04-09 09:11:31

David Frost is seventy

Publish date: 2009-04-08 08:48:38

The Speaker, BBC2, tonight and tomorrow 8pm

Publish date: 2009-04-07 14:25:31

Obama, colds and being woken by Korean missiles

Publish date: 2009-04-06 11:59:24

When a call matters more than protocol

Publish date: 2009-04-05 11:33:42

Green Cities Champions League

Publish date: 2009-04-04 10:19:53

Could Cameron have delivered the G20 deal?

Publish date: 2009-04-03 10:11:59

Of Benn and Bono

Publish date: 2009-04-02 08:21:16

Memo to Sarko - allez vite a Londres

Publish date: 2009-04-01 08:46:17

Happy April Fool's Day

Publish date: 2009-04-01 01:44:05

Eurostar, Le Monde and a thought for the G20 sherpas

Publish date: 2009-03-31 09:17:22

Why Kevin Rudd made an impact

Publish date: 2009-03-30 10:24:41

Pre-G20 hype matters less than post-G20 process

Publish date: 2009-03-29 13:17:28

The Damned United

Publish date: 2009-03-28 10:37:04

A hobby horse, a plug and a bit of sport

Publish date: 2009-03-27 10:22:23

Cloughie - he had a lot to be big-headed about

Publish date: 2009-03-26 09:38:36

A sad sight of the old fearing the young

Publish date: 2009-03-25 17:03:07

Post-modern, post-structural, or bullshit?

Publish date: 2009-03-25 08:18:02

Learning the right lessons from Obama

Publish date: 2009-03-24 08:53:15

Lazy Dave needs to keep an eye on lazy Ken

Publish date: 2009-03-23 11:16:14

Farewell favourite restaurant, hello hometown

Publish date: 2009-03-22 08:18:09

Dave, Danny and have the Tories really changed?

Publish date: 2009-03-21 08:55:13

Life beyond Dover ...

Publish date: 2009-03-20 10:11:21

My friends in The New Statesman - Fergie, Fiona, Tony, Sarah, Kevin, 'Dacre,' and a great GB idea for the G20

Publish date: 2009-03-18 10:38:22

Iraq, Iran, GB, Obama and diplomatic chess

Publish date: 2009-03-17 10:07:13

The Age of Stupid

Publish date: 2009-03-16 08:27:13

Is all change good?

Publish date: 2009-03-15 10:00:06

The pressure of being a post-modern sex god

Publish date: 2009-03-14 10:00:55

Cameron still hasn't sealed the deal with business

Publish date: 2009-03-13 09:21:49

Stand up for social workers

Publish date: 2009-03-12 08:31:17

Surely Malcolm Tucker could have told Armando Ianucci ... You can't spin a spinner

Publish date: 2009-03-11 10:58:25

Start of a new approach from Labour?

Publish date: 2009-03-10 09:54:12

A peace process still strong

Publish date: 2009-03-09 08:21:05

Day of destiny for the real footballer of the year

Publish date: 2009-03-08 09:21:06

Private advice to Peggy Mitchell - the leaked note in full

Publish date: 2009-03-07 08:17:21

Boris, the Tories and the tummy-tickling poodle press

Publish date: 2009-03-06 09:49:37

A day in the life of the self-obsessed TV reporter

Publish date: 2009-03-05 07:55:47

GB - good speech, well delivered

Publish date: 2009-03-04 19:31:05

Notes on the environment, a role in EastEnders

Publish date: 2009-03-04 10:58:56

She may be my 'wife' but it is time to rebut!

Publish date: 2009-03-03 10:52:59

Some speeches matter more than others

Publish date: 2009-03-02 12:04:45

Mental health and the Carling Cup Final

Publish date: 2009-03-01 09:08:17

Inside the chocolate factory

Publish date: 2009-02-28 10:23:59

GB on the G20, JP on Jeremy Kyle

Publish date: 2009-02-27 09:14:36

Charity and the credit crunch, please give generously!

Publish date: 2009-02-26 08:55:12

Why oh why are the Tories not home and dry?

Publish date: 2009-02-24 09:44:59

Me, Dermot and ten top songs

Publish date: 2009-02-23 10:02:19

Names round-up

Publish date: 2009-02-22 08:43:39

What's in a name?

Publish date: 2009-02-21 09:58:14

Editing the New Statesman

Publish date: 2009-02-20 11:42:36

Salute Peter M’s proper use of the F word

Publish date: 2009-02-19 09:58:58

Labour's communications challenge for the NHS

Publish date: 2009-02-18 10:34:39

In praise of Keighley

Publish date: 2009-02-17 14:33:57

A night at the Emirates

Publish date: 2009-02-17 00:06:51

When marriage is tested

Publish date: 2009-02-16 13:36:35

Spare me the myths and the whining

Publish date: 2009-02-15 13:29:50

Dave Cameron - is that all there is?

Publish date: 2009-02-14 11:11:55

Boris Johnson: F is for ...

Publish date: 2009-02-13 07:55:10

The Cameron vacuum

Publish date: 2009-02-12 14:48:33

Lincoln, Obama, Blair and the 24 hour media culture

Publish date: 2009-02-11 10:28:47

Eighteen interviews later ...

Publish date: 2009-02-10 19:24:45

Time to talk about Time to Change on Newsnight

Publish date: 2009-02-09 22:47:49

So that’s what they mean by online community?

Publish date: 2009-02-08 12:12:51

First blog

Publish date: 2009-02-05 15:23:57