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Alina Palimaru

2009-02-18 03:22:22

To: Selena Dreamy

IDIOT ALERT!!

Someone brought to my attention that you responded to my comments on Alastair’s blog. So I followed the link and lo and behold… the non-entity takes some time off her splendidly idiotic existence to strike back with even more nonsense. Well, shoot me again, because I am not dead yet!!

Any person who does not have a single-digit IQ should have understood that I was merely addressing your ad hominem attacks against Alastair Campbell. As I made clear at the beginning, I respect other people’s opinions, especially when they are convincingly expressed and corroborated. But you went beyond that, implying that because Alastair used to have a drinking problem etc his professional merits were inexistent. You apply the same unadulterated nonsense to your judgment of Bill Clinton. Completely illogical! That was my only point.

You, instead, went on yet another rant about Iraq and other policies. My post has nothing to do with Iraq or Alastair’s job in that sense.

Regarding you labeling me a “political toady:” for your information, there are a few policy areas where I actually disagree with Alastair Campbell. But that does not make him any less brilliant a political communicator, and it certainly does not make him any less worthy of my praise for his professionalism, strength, character, and public service. To quote Barack Obama, “we can disagree without being disagreeable.” But such principles far surpass the comprehension levels of an amoeba like you.

Furthermore, about your suggestion that I am a Bunny Boiler… Forgive me for stating the obvious, but you are clearly a low-life… And given the fact that you actually looked me up on google, and searched my entire Facebook profile demonstrates the true identity of the Bunny Boiler. Get a life!

It seems to me that your judgment is clouded by some degree of religious fervor. You comparing yourself to Virgin Mary borders on the hysterical.

A couple of other issues: I never stated or intimated in any way that I was an authorized moderator for the blog, so you should make the correction.

In addition, next time you want to make a point, spare your readers the saccharine language and say it. My eyes were bleeding! Your demonstration of how language corrupts thought and vice-versa most likely made Orwell spin in his grave at 100 rotations per minute.

Finally, I should remark your ingenuity about posting your comments interspersed with pornographic images… The content was boring to tears, so had it not been for those I am not sure people would have made it through to the end of the bloody thing.

Eat this!

Alina

Selena Dreamy

2009-02-14 18:27:39

Thank you, Elmira, for your the courtesy of your considered reply. It will be replicated, in a day or two, on my own blog:

MOONSHINE MEMORANDA

Alina Palimaru

2009-02-13 20:50:59

To Selena Dreamy:

First of all, your hyperlink does not work, so you may want to go back to school for some computer workshops!

Eventually, I did find your blog page with your views about Alastair Campbell...much to my dismay! I know there are people who disagree with his political views, and other personal aspects of his life. We are all entitled to our opinions. Unfortunately, we are not entitled to our own facts!

Let me just copy a passage from your meaningless diatribe, to demonstrate what a sick, depraved and pathetic little brain you have!

Selena Dreamy: "Alastair’s past history was an unbroken chain of disaster, his blunders ranging from minor tactical gaffes to major strategic errors, to say nothing of his psychotic breakdown, clinical depression and
uncontrollable outbursts."

For your information, Alastair is a brilliant political communicator and strategist, and his fanclub includes, among little people like myself, Bill Clinton, Gen. Wesley Clark and many other prominent international figures. He also happens to be the "architect" of one of the most spectacular political comebacks in England's history. He may have made a few mistakes along the way, who hasn't? He actually did assume responsibilty for some of them.

But your passage seems to imply that Alastair himself is entirely responsible for his breakdown and depression. You should be ashamed of yourself!

You are welcome to visit this blog and submit constructive criticism. I always enjoy a healthy policy debate. But if you intend to return with more unsubstantiated junk, just to brag about how much venom you harbor, then I will only say that you and your blog are a fraud!

Alina

Selena Dreamy

2009-02-13 19:54:57

With compliments - a rave from the grave:

THE RETURN OF THE JEDI...
>ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

Fugitive Ink

2009-02-13 18:34:34

Heavens, no, Alina! I don't think it takes a particularly close and subtle reader of texts to see that you are - quite rightly - an unabashed, passionate and vociferous fan of the Diaries. I was just preaching to all the unconverted, who, you'll perhaps agree, are rather more numerous than they ought to be.

Alina Palimaru

2009-02-13 18:18:23

To Fugitive Ink:

I hope you know I was not intimating the Diaries were vulgar. I just addressed AC's excusing the language he used.

The Blair Years has become a political bible for me, and can't wait to read the rest of his work. Unfortunately, AC's fans in the U.S. have to wait longer for that joy...

Alina

Fugitive Ink

2009-02-13 18:09:36

The Diaries vulgar? Heavens, no!

The Diaries in their published form constitute a very much better book, as well as a more interesting historical record, than virtually anyone admits.

As someone who once worked, albeit extremely briefly, in publishing, I can see the advantages of refusing to send them out in proof copy form - as expected, this did create an enormous buzz around them - but it did so at the cost of ensuring that too many high-profile readers simply filleted them for the scandalous bits, missing out on the overall texture, narrative and character development. (And yes, in discussing them this way, I do realise that they are 'real' diaries, unlike e.g. Edwina Curry's ex-post-facto sub-Mills & Boone construction, but given how much editing clearly went in to trimming them down to their present svelte shape, there's surely more than a little literary construction involved.)

The Diaries are, in fact, excellent. Some people have, in print, sneered a bit at the notion that Mr Campbell has ever read, let alone enjoyed, 'Madame Bovary'. Such people simply cannot have spent much time with the Diaries. Aside from everything we learn about the court politics of the Blair regime, Peter Mandelson's ego, John Prescott's usefulness, etc - jolly interesting, by the way - there's a truly moving story of seduction, idealism, disillusionment, anquish, loss, reconciliation, jealousy, visceral hatred and, well, love there.

Clearly, plenty of critics will wish to be cynical about Mr Campbell's motives for telling the story this way - but, despite being a Tory (no, really!) I'm not one of them. Nor do I think, as so many profess to do, that Mr Campbell is a clunkingly bad prose stylist. That persistent flat tone in the diaries, the journalistic directness, the lack of high-flown rhetoric and, yes, the generous amount of swearing tells its own story. Vulgar? Really, anyone who thinks that either hasn't read the 'Diaries', or else has read them through such a thick filter of prejudice as to have missed their qualities entirely.

So, Mr Campbell, swear away - especially if you're in the midst of reminding us that Bojo's reign in London is a microcosm of what his marginally more repulsive mate Dave will doubtless turn out to be, once in power.

Alina Palimaru

2009-02-13 17:43:04

Crikey! I agree with Alastair, I find swearing to be a precious little pressure vavle sometimes. And curses often pass the LAPSE test (for literary, artisitc, political, scientific and educational value), so no worries about the Diaries being vulgar.

In Johnson's case it looks like the F-word has outlived its use for any of the above and became his exclusive tool for political discourse. This indicates his language is as clear and clean as his brain must be. If this is how he reacts to pressure...oh well, nobody cares about the tears of a clown.

To Mark Martin, thanks for the excellent quote by Lenny Bruce!!

Fugitive Ink

2009-02-13 16:48:03

Surely Boris is just feeling a bit tense these day, what with having produced four different accounts of conversations between himself and his old mate Dave regarding the arrest of Damian Green, three if not four of which must logically be, to use another f-word, fibs?

There's plenty of evidence to suggest that Bojo regards various aspects of the criminal law, conventional morality, basic attention to professional detail and so forth as rather beneath him - but formal enquiries into what Dave knew abou the Green arrest, and when, may decide otherwise.

Fool? Nasty piece of work, more likely, all that rather theatrical 'bumbling' notwithstanding.

john lewis (no, not the store)

2009-02-13 16:04:15

well, if Boris is a fool, then what does that make the electorate of Greater London? Like it or not, you can argue that he has (as did Ken before him) a bigger personal mandate than any other elected politician and that includes GB and TB!

wonderfulforhisage

2009-02-13 15:02:48

Boris a fool, I think not. Methinks that this might be a case of what psychotherapists would call projection. Ask your mate Dolly D.

stewartfinn

2009-02-13 12:44:42

I dont think swearing is a problem as long as it is not overused. Leaders swearing in public is really dependent on the situation but if the need is there - use it.

I heard Tony Blair swear a few times (in private) and to be honest it was funny and endearing in a 'he is human and is pissed off' way. But if leaders were to do it often in public it would be crass.

My mild mannered, overly optimistic and positive girlfriend would rank the f and even c word as her favorite most descriptive words. She is right under the right circumstances there is nothing more satisfying than uttering f...

*In the interests of transparency Tony Blair's swearing came waiting on a lift in the TATE and on the phone while at Northern Ireland peace talks at Leeds Castle - which would have made anyone swear.

Caroline Hett

2009-02-13 11:53:58

The word cunt is not beyond the pale. But it is beyond the pale that men with no imagination use the word cunt believing it to be the ultimate insult.

Paul Walker

2009-02-13 11:08:07

I agree totally with this blog (from a personal perspective). I myself am found to be guilty of the odd 'f' word.
For me, if the context of Boris' use of the 'words' is exactly as you have outlined in your first paragraph, then this is totally unacceptable.
Swearing is fine; an expressive, emotive, humanesque quality even. But when it develops into a vicious attack on a fellow citizen, that is when the line is crossed and the swearing is used in an unacceptable manner.
As for Boris himself, he has always struck me as lacking common sense and now, it seems that the pressure of his role is finally getting to him.

Marcus Dillistone

2009-02-13 10:54:25

The swearing seems to me secondary, of more concern is Boris Johnson's behavior under the pressure of serious scrutiny.

Boris's appeal as an affable middle-aged 'fogey' hides a deeply in-bred arrogance of considerable proportion. It rarely surfaces because Boris's life is easy, there is no pressure and he gets away with what he wants; work, affairs, etc., as he flows with the gravy of privilege.

However, he will become increasingly exposed as the honeymoon fades and he fails to achieve much. Once he becomes truly accountable, expect to see a less affable Boris.

Nikki O'Reilly

2009-02-13 09:40:07

Love the political correctness rant. There is a group about this on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=6123279258

As I mentioned on this group, when the Prince Harry/racist story hit the news a few weeks ago, my (rather drunk) friend said (quite innocently): 'How can Sooty be racist? He's f***ing orange!'
Kept me going for hours, that one.

Nikki O'Reilly

2009-02-13 09:30:23

Absolutely agree about use of fuck and other words. I hardly notice them coming out sometimes, which is probably a bit sloppy. But when they're needed they can have great effect.

I remember when I was in the last year of infant school and I got really angry, I used to call people 'a horrible bastard bitch'. The teachers were shocked so my mum took me aside and explained that some people didn't like those words and perhaps I could use other ones instead. This obviously didn't wash with me, seeing as she was the one I'd learnt most of them from. She spent a while trying to persuade me to at least use 'drat' instead of 'shit'. I remember saying that drat was ridiculous, as it just didn't have the same impact as shit. She gave in eventually. Fucking result!

Mark Martin

2009-02-13 09:28:21

If I hear the phrase "It's Political Correctness gone mad" I swear....well, I just swear. Its one of those phrases that makes me want to stick two fingers up at the person saying it and shout "**** off, you narrow minded ****!" to see what reaction I get. There has always been a strange alliance between the right and the left on this issue. Ever since the so-called morality of the Victorians and Edwardians. There was the traditionalists on the right and the reformers like the Webbs and the Fabians on the left who both shared the view that the "working classes" needed to be taught the purer things in life. From the right, so that they would be harder working and from the left so that they would be protected from themselves.
This all seemed to come to a head in the 1980's with the rise of the "Moral Majority" - the bunch that kept Reagan in power to wreak havoc on the world (think Bush was bad, then you don't remember Reagan!) and so emboldened Thatcher. At the same time, left wing politics gave rise to the "alternative" comedians who did so much to sweep away the "mother-in-law/"darkies"/"paddy"/"pufter" material that was the staple of prime time TV like "The Comedians" (and STILL is of people like Jim Davidson). According to Andrew Marr's "History of Britain", Thatcher was tying herself in knots throughout the 1980's trying to reconcile her belief in "freedom" with the rising tide of social freedoms and the need to deal with the issues of the day such as sex education. Her sidekick, the sinister Norman Tebbit, used to utter the term "1960's" as though he had a turd in his mouth. Remember the ban on Clause 28? At the same time, I remember a near riot at an anti-racist gig in Bradford when due to a power failure, a guy got up on stage and told a joke that the feminists in the audience judged as "sexist" and stormed the stage, ending the gig and playing into the hands of the far Right. We had the ban on the "Black and White Minstrels" as well which was one of the first times I heard the phrase "political correctness gone mad". It still pops up nowadays when local theatre groups want to do a tribute. Personally I thought the show was weird anyway - middle aged, middle of the road, middle class white guys blacking up in velcro wigs cavorting with white dancers half their age. If that's your bag, there's plenty of websites out there to fulfill THAT particular fantasy, I'm sure.
Strange times.
Towards the end of the 70's, I remember giggling myself stupid at Jasper Carrott's b-side to "Funky Moped" which was a sweary version of "Magic Roundabout" and the newly emerging Billy Connoly. And there was always the Pythons, of course. Then there was the reaction to the release of "Never Mind The Bollocks", how I was attacked by both the Deputy Head and a posh Tory boy at school for wearing a "Rock Against Racism" badge (the deputy Head to his credit was enforcing the zero tolerance of "political" badges in school which was equally applied to to the prevalent wearing of NF badges, the posh Tory boy was a just a right wing ****!) and my own emerging politics from listening to bands like Gang of Four, Delta Five and The Raincoats.
So, over the last few months there has been a lot of these strange double standards. There was the Ross/Brand/Sachs saga (wrong because it was RUBBISH and UNFUNNY), the complaints against Gordon Ramsay's swear count and more recently the sacking of the spawn of Thatcher from "The One Show" for alleged racist comments (a wonderful example of the sins of the Mother being visited on the child!). Most of which has come from the "Daily Mail" - on the one hand wanting to "Stop this rising tide of filth" and on the other saying "Another Victory for the PC brigade". Two sides of the same coin, that also condemns the so called "Health and Safety/Compensation Culture" that has allegedly led to the banning of everything from conkers (NOT TRUE, incidentally!) to snowball fights and sledging and then expresses moral outrage when someone is blinded by a snowball or, as happened the other day in South Yorkshire, someone dies in a sledging accident.
The same papers that take great delight in mocking Britney Spears and Kerry Katona, two kids who may not be to everyone's taste, but are clearly in need of psychiatric help! So it's okay to poke fun at black people, gay people, Irish people, mentally ill people but NOT point out that people who make ill judged and ill informed statements and acts are wrong and stupid.
My point being that when people complain about "political correctness gone mad", just be aware of whose hands you may be playing into.
As Lenny Bruce said; "Take away the right to say fuck and you take away the right to say 'Fuck the Government'."

Mike Dailly

2009-02-13 09:03:22

Perceptive analysis. BJ has made a virtue (and career) out of being a bumbler. While those skills might make be amusing on HIGNFY they don't lend themselves to good leadership; and certaining not running the biggest city in the UK. It's clear Boris is out of his depth. A walking illustration of the Peter Principle.

Daniel McGuinness

2009-02-13 08:55:31

Great post! It's about time the people of London started to see what kind of man Boris really is. Completely incapable with dealing with scrutiny. Can anybody tell me what he's achieved in the past 8 months other than a monumental piss up on the tube and the cancellation of vital public transport expansion.

Boris Johnson: F is for ...

2009-02-13 07:55:10

I never read any of the freesheets handed out in London on the grounds that I am unsure which are pouring more money into the evil that is Paul Dacre and his Mail newspapers. But as I travelled on the tube last night it was impossible to escape front pages about Boris Johnson and the f word. From what I could gather, he had launched a tirade at Labour MP Keith Vaz, and used the f word many times during the process. And so it proved.

This is quite interesting, possibly revealing of something important. I have had many conversations with Boris down the years, particularly when we were journalists, and he has never come over to me as a swearer. I can remember many occasions on which he said crikey, cripes, corker, blimey, gosh, whizzo and the like but I do not recall him using the f word, the c word, or the w word.

I cannot say the same for myself. I am neither proud nor ashamed to admit I am a terrible swearer. All of the above, especially f and w, regularly leave my lips. The f word in particular lends itself to so many different shades of description and emotional expression that I tend to defend its use, provided it is not entirely gratuitous. On the c word, I know it is considered beyond the pale by many, but I am afraid there are some people for whom it is the only one that will do.

There is a fair amount of swearing in my diaries - indeed my lawyer felt it necessary to defend the principle of swearing in diaries at the Hutton Inquiry - though I have yet to match the creativity of my uncle Jim who once, confronted with a piece of farm machinery that refused to perform, kicked it and screamed 'fuck it, the fuckin' fucker's fucked tae fuckin' fuckery.' I simply do not accept this was the refuge of someone not good with words. It was a superb piece of emotional expression.

My uncle Jim, sadly no longer with us, was an otherwise mild-mannered, gentle, teetotal Ayrshire farmer. His f word tirade was the result of f for frustration. I imagine the same must have been the case with BJ. But I think there may be something else going on here, namely Boris's inability to take criticism or pressure. When the going gets tough, he lashes out.

Not a good sign in a leader. But then what have we really seen to indicate a leader is what he is? It's less his use of the f word that bothers me - more that I have seen little to dispel the view I developed during his campaign for mayor, namely that the f word which best applies to Boris rhymes with tool.

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Publish date: 2010-04-05 11:33:17

Key election questions remain the same and the answer is still Labour

Publish date: 2010-04-04 17:43:56

Osborne should heed his own words

Publish date: 2010-04-03 16:01:39

The 25th Hour

Publish date: 2010-04-02 11:13:31

Hardly surprising if business prefers tax cut to waste

Publish date: 2010-04-01 11:43:48

Tories really ought to listen to TB and Mr Kaletsky

Publish date: 2010-03-31 09:59:37

TB's return to fray a reminder of Cameron strategy failure

Publish date: 2010-03-30 10:44:34

A chance to design Labour's next poster

Publish date: 2010-03-29 09:47:29

Right pledges, at the right time

Publish date: 2010-03-27 11:32:06

Can't wait to hear what George's tax wheeze is

Publish date: 2010-03-26 14:55:00

Darling credible, Mandy exciting, Tories panicking over ads

Publish date: 2010-03-25 11:21:25

Today is all about credibility

Publish date: 2010-03-24 09:38:11

Obama's win good news for politics everywhere

Publish date: 2010-03-23 10:11:13

I take my hat off to a genius briefer

Publish date: 2010-03-22 17:21:23

With Hague disabled, Labour team v Tory team even more important

Publish date: 2010-03-19 11:43:25

Tory lack of clarity gets candidates jittering

Publish date: 2010-03-18 10:12:25

Is Kate Winslet's split more important than Michael Foot's funeral?

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

Explaining the 50p top tax rate

Publish date: 2009-04-28 09:22:53

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

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

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