Six Nations: Wales Win A Grand Slam
Gareth Knight reviews the final weekend of the 2012 Six Nations Championship.
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Six Nations: Italy vs Scotland, Wales vs France, England vs Ireland
Gareth Knight looks forward to the final weekend of the 2012 Six Nations Championship.
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Boundary Review: Why Is Grimsby No Longer ‘Great’?
- Mar 8, 2012
Gareth Knight takes a look at some of the boundary review responses.
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Six Nations Preview: France v Ireland
- Mar 3, 2012
Gareth Knight previews the rescheduled game in Paris.
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Six Nations: Wales Take The Triple Crown
- Feb 27, 2012
Gareth Knight reviews the third weekend of the 2012 Six Nations Championship.
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Six Nations Preview
- Feb 24, 2012
Gareth Knight looks forward to the weekend rugby.
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Table Manners: Making Stupid Noises And Holding Cutlery
- Feb 20, 2012
Gareth Knight’s final article in the series on basic etiquette
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Six Nations: Joy For England And Wales, More Misery For Scotland
- Feb 13, 2012
Gareth Knight reviews the second weekend of the 2012 Six Nations Championship.
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Six Nations: Italy vs England, France vs Ireland, Wales vs Scotland
- Feb 11, 2012
Gareth Knight looks forward to the second weekend of the 2012 Six Nations Championship.
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Six Nations: France, England and Wales Take The Points
- Feb 6, 2012
Gareth Knight reviews the first weekend of the 2012 Six Nations Championship.
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Six Nations Preview
- Feb 4, 2012
Gareth Knight previews the first weekend of the Six Nations rugby.
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Table Manners: Wine Glasses And Wine
- Feb 3, 2012
Gareth Knight doesn’t understand so many don’t have a basic knowledge of one of the oldest of foods.
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Fantasy Six Nations
- Feb 1, 2012
Gareth Knight invites you to join the Dale & Co Fantasy League.
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Table Manners: Wasting Food and Fussy Eaters.
- Jan 30, 2012
Gareth Knight thinks we should be more grateful.
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Table Manners: Eating Like A Pig
- Jan 25, 2012
Gareth Knight wishes we’d take time over our food.
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Table Manners: Mobile Phones and Condiments
- Jan 22, 2012
Gareth Knight waits for the texts to come through while splashing ketchup on his plate.
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Manners, Respect and Practical Education: Five Years On
- Jan 20, 2012
Gareth Knight looks back at an article he wrote five years ago and sees progress.
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Marriage Policy: One Way Or The Other, The System Has To Be Consistent
- Jan 11, 2012
Gareth Knight looks at the recognition of marriage in the tax and benefits system.
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2011 in 11 Stories
- Dec 24, 2011
Gareth Knight reviews the last year.
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Feltham and Heston by-election: the pressure’s on Ed
- Dec 15, 2011
Gareth Knight previews the Feltham and Heston by-election.
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Fat People Are Not The Only Problem
- Dec 14, 2011
Gareth Knight reminds us why plane travel is far from glamorous.
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Christmas Decorations Are Not For Life, They’re For Christmas
- Dec 5, 2011
It’s not even a week into December and Gareth Knight is already sick of Christmas.
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Why We Need an Exchange Rate Policy
- Nov 17, 2011
Gareth Knight wonders if it’s time to consider the value of Sterling in economic policy.
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Hotel Standards – Do We Really Care?
- Nov 4, 2011
Gareth Knight wonders why we continue to have bad hotel service.
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Rugby World Cup: What Now For The Home Nations?
- Oct 28, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at the World Cup post mortem for the home nations and to the 2013 Lions Tour.
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What on earth is happening to Sky News?
- Oct 27, 2011
Gareth Knight is dismayed at the Jacko trial coverage.
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Rugby World Cup: Making It Even Better
- Oct 26, 2011
Gareth Knight says the Rugby World Cup was a great tournament that could have been even better.
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Rugby World Cup: Glory for the All Blacks
- Oct 25, 2011
Gareth Knight reviews the last two games of the Rugby World Cup.
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Rugby World Cup: All Blacks Set For Glory
- Oct 22, 2011
Gareth Knight looks forward to the World Cup Final.
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Rugby World Cup: The Biggest Psychological Test Of All
- Oct 19, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at Friday’s third place play-off.
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Rugby World Cup: Fortune Favours the French, Destiny Favours the All Blacks
- Oct 17, 2011
Gareth Knight reviews the World Cup semi finals.
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Rugby World Cup: Semi Final – Australia vs New Zealand
- Oct 14, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at Sunday’s semi final.
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Rugby World Cup: Semi Final - Wales vs France
- Oct 13, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at Saturday’s semi final.
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Rugby World Cup: We Are All Welshmen Now
- Oct 10, 2011
Gareth Knight reviews the World Cup quarter finals.
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Party Conferences: Reform is Now Inevitable
- Oct 9, 2011
In the final part of his series on party conferences, Gareth Knight notes a significant shift towards reform
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Rugby World Cup: South Africa vs Australia, New Zealand vs Argentina
- Oct 8, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at Sunday’s quarter final matches.
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Party Conferences: How Reform Will Benefit All
- Oct 7, 2011
In the seventh and penultimate part of his series on party conferences, Gareth Knight explains how his proposed reforms will benefit everyone from the media to the party activist.
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Rugby World Cup: Ireland vs Wales, England vs France
- Oct 7, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at Saturday’s quarter final matches.
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Party Conferences: A Big Pre-election Conference
- Oct 6, 2011
In the sixth article of the series, Gareth Knight outlines a mammoth 2014 party conference.
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Party Conferences: Smaller But More Often
- Oct 5, 2011
In the fifth article from the series, Gareth Knight proposes to replace most autumn party conference with smaller policy-focused conferences.
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Rugby World Cup: Wales and Ireland breeze through while England grind out Scotland
- Oct 3, 2011
Gareth Knight runs through the final home nations performances of the group stage.
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Party Conferences: Bad For Politicians, Bad For Politics, Bad For Party Finances
- Sep 30, 2011
In the fourth article from the series, Gareth Knight argues that conferences do little for politicians, political thought or party finances.
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Rugby World Cup: The Longest 48hrs Of The Tournament
- Sep 30, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at the final weekend before the knockout stage.
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Party Conferences: Lobbyists Making an Exhibition of Themselves?
- Sep 29, 2011
In the third part of the series, Gareth Knight asserts that even lobbyists and exhibitors gain very little from party conferences.
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Party Conferences: Not Really ‘Party’ Conferences At All
- Sep 28, 2011
In the second of a series of articles, Gareth Knight argues that party conferences don’t work for party members, party groups or pressure groups.
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Party Conferences: An Endangered Species?
- Sep 27, 2011
In the first of a series of articles, Gareth Knight questions the role of the modern party conference and dismisses the idea they are of benefit to the media or the local economy.
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Rugby World Cup: Excellent England, Ireland and Wales; Infuriating Scotland
- Sep 26, 2011
Gareth Knight runs through the second round of home nations matches and previews the week ahead.
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Rugby World Cup: Can France Upset The All Blacks Again?
- Sep 23, 2011
Gareth Knight looks ahead to this weekend’s games.
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Rugby World Cup: Halfway To The Knockout Stage
- Sep 20, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at the week’s games.
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Rugby World Cup: Ireland Blow the Tournament Wide Open
- Sep 18, 2011
Gareth Knight runs through the second round of home nations matches
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Rugby World Cup: Will They Answer Ireland’s Call?
- Sep 16, 2011
Gareth Knight previews the second weekend of World Cup action.
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Boundary Review: What’s In A Name?
- Sep 15, 2011
Gareth Knight examines one aspect of the review that will always cause debate.
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Rugby World Cup: Scotland Aim To Pull Away From England
- Sep 13, 2011
Gareth Knight looks at the next set of Rugby Would Cup matches.
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Boundary Review: Let The Catfight Begin
- Sep 12, 2011
Gareth Knight takes an early look at the Boundary Review proposals.
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Rugby World Cup: Two Different Kinds of Defeat
- Sep 11, 2011
Gareth Knight describes the most glorious of defeats for Wales but says England have a lot of work to do.
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My Memory of September 11th
- Sep 9, 2011
Gareth Knight on the reaction of George W Bush and revisiting Ground Zero.
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Here We Go: The Rugby World Cup Begins
- Sep 8, 2011
Gareth Knight looks forward to the first weekend of the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
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38 Degrees: Selfish, Self-absorbed, Arrogant, Ignorant, Manipulative & Hugely Successful
- Sep 7, 2011
Gareth Knight vents his spleen on 38 Degrees.
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Fantasy Rugby World Cup and ITV Sport Set to Deliver
- Sep 4, 2011
Gareth Knight looks forward to the T coverage of the Rugby World Cup and invites you to join the Dale & Co Fantasy League
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Scrap Bank Holidays!
- Aug 30, 2011
Gareth Knight thinks all Public and Bank Holidays, including Christmas, should be scrapped
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Rugby: World Cup Warm Up Review
- Aug 29, 2011
Gareth Knight reviews the final weekend of rugby before the World Cup and says it provides proof that the All Blacks are not invincible after all.
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Rugby: Australia vs New Zealand, Ireland vs England
- Aug 26, 2011
Gareth Knight previews the last internationals before the World Cup.
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Rugby: World Cup Squads Announcement Imminent
- Aug 21, 2011
Gareth Knight reviews the weekend's rugby and previews the world cup announcement.
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Rugby: Last Chance Saloon For RWC Squad Selection
- Aug 19, 2011
Gareth Knight previews this weekend’s international rugby.
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Rugby: England & South Africa Have Work To Do
- Aug 14, 2011
Gareth Knight looks back at the second weekend of World Cup warm-up games in which Wales and Australia excelled.
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Rugby: Wales vs England, France vs Ireland
- Aug 11, 2011
Gareth Knight previews Saturday's World Cup warm-ups.
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London Riots: The Day When Consensual Politics Failed Us All
- Aug 9, 2011
Gareth Knight asserts that politicians wanting to be all things to all people has resulted in weakness and ineffective handling of the riots.
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Rugby: Home Nations Make Progress But Kiwis And Aussies Shine
- Aug 7, 2011
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Rugby: England vs Wales, Scotland vs Ireland
- Aug 4, 2011
Gareth Knight previews Saturday's Rugby World Cup warm-ups.
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Rugby: 12 Weeks to Win the World Cup
- Aug 2, 2011
Gareth Knight observes all the top flight nations have matters to resolve in their World Cup warm-up campaigns.
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Kids Online: More Responsibility, Less Regulation
- Jul 28, 2011
Gareth Knight thinks it’s the job of parents and school teachers to police the internet activity of children.
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Tri Nations: The Wallabies Are Back
- Jul 24, 2011
Gareth Knight observes that Australia have learnt their lesson and are becoming a formidable team. Strewth, not again!
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Media Plurality: Is The BBC Supporting Or Killing Local Television?
- Jul 22, 2011
Gareth Knight questions the theory that the BBC is a necessity for protecting local news.
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Tri Nations: Time To See What The Southern Hemisphere Has To Offer
- Jul 19, 2011
The Wallabies, Springboks and All Blacks have a lot to prove in the coming weeks, but it’s New Zealand’s to lose, claims Gareth Knight.
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Is Francis Maude the Most Conservative Member of the Cabinet?
- Jul 11, 2011
The Paymaster General has become the most unlikely standard-bearers for the Conservative Right, asserts Gareth Knight.
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Rugby Union: England Shouldn’t Care Too Much About Youngs
- Jul 4, 2011
England have a perfectly capable replacement if Ben Youngs doesn't make the World Cup. Chill, says Gareth Knight.
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Inverclyde By-Election: D Day for Miliband?
- Jun 29, 2011
Gareth Knight previews the Inverclyde by-election and asks what the result might mean for the Labour leader.
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About Gareth Knight
Gareth Knight, 33, is a freelance political consultant who specialises in helping organisations that wish to have a practical and meaningful relationship with all three major political parties. He is a former Conservative Party Agent with an extensive background in local and regional government and a keen interest in transport and aviation policy.
A keen psephologist, Gareth has provided on-air analysis for election night programming, most notably with Iain Dale on LBC on the night of the 2010 General Election. Originally from Immingham in Lincolnshire, Gareth studied at the University of York and currently lives in East London. He is married to Emily, Head of Office for Angie Bray MP. He also has strong interests in rugby, hospitality, US politics and the practical effects of policy on businesses and individuals. Although not especially good, he plays golf and tennis whenever the opportunity arises.