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Do we need to see our politicians cry?

I didn’t watch Piers Morgan interview Gordon Brown last night. I had seen the clips, and the pre-briefing, and the rolling back from the ‘floods of tears’ at the beginning of the week to the ‘welling up’ on Thursday and … Continue reading

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Was Mrs Pritchard right?

In 2006, an email with a very limited distribution list was leaked from inside CCHQ. It wasn’t a very important email and didn’t let out any big secrets so it wasn’t really the end of the world. But quite interesting … Continue reading

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Remembering October 2005

During David’s leadership campaign, the small group of us working on his campaign would gather together each time there was another milestone negotiated – the launch of the campaign, the Conference speech, the Newsnight interview, Question Time… Thanks to the … Continue reading

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The North can do without Jamie Oliver’s lecturing

One of my least favourite Government Ministers (with Ed Balls coming a very distant last) is Dawn Primarolo.  I cannot abide her constant attempts to lecture people about how much and what they should eat; how much and whether they should … Continue reading

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