Articles tagged EDP Diary:
EDP/EADT Column: If You Care About Politics, Get Involved
- 9 Feb 2019
Fifteen years ago, I was selected as Conservative candidate for North Norfolk by 200 local Tory party members. It was one of the proudest moments of my life. I’d won against two strong contenders (one of whom, Harriet Baldwin, is now a Foreign Office minister) with two thirds ...
EDP Diary: When Maggie Visited Gordon
- 13 Sep 2008
What a lovely present our Prime Minister gave to the Trade Unions this week, following his speech to the ‘Brothers’ in Brighton. He decided to give them a further £2.8 million for the Trade Union ‘Modernisation Fund’. This is in addition to the £10 million of taxpayers’ money ...
EDP Diary: A Minor Operation
- 8 Mar 2008
In forty five years I have never had to go into hospital or have an operation – until this week, when I had to have a very minor operation. It was entirely successful and has the added bonus that I now have to spent two weeks resting. The one thing that sticks with me is the f...
EDP Diary: Has 2007 been a Good Year or a Bad Year?
- 21 Dec 2007
As I write this column on Friday lunchtime, I can’t tell you how guilty I feel. Not just guilty, but apprehensive. You see I’ve done my usual trick of not starting my Christmas shopping until the very last minute. One year I didn’t buy a single present until Christmas Eve...
EDP Diary: I hated School Sports
- 13 Dec 2007
The horrific killings of the five women in Ipswich have once again thrown the media under the spotlight, and in particular the twenty four hour news channels. While newspaper coverage has been reflective and non invasive, the thirst for a new angle on the story has led to chan...
EDP Diary: From Stalin to Mr Bean
- 7 Dec 2007
Attending three funerals in three weeks must surely qualify as having qualified for middle age. On Monday I went to the funeral of Rose McEwen in Hellesdon. Rose had died at the ripe old age of 94 and the turnout was testament to the esteem she was held in by the local communi...
EDP Diary: I've Sent the Bed Back
- 27 Nov 2007
I hardly know how to my astonishment and anger over the events of the last few days. Twenty five million people’s privacy has been put at risk by the rank stupidity of people who work for HM Revenue & Customs. The chairman of HMRC has done the honourable thing and fallen o...
EDP Diary: Why Glen Roeder Isn't Right for Norwich City
- 8 Nov 2007
I’m going to tread very carefully in what follows. Apart from my political blog, I also write a West Ham blog. I’m a long suffering season ticket holder at Upton Park. Last week I wrote a piece on the blog commiserating with Norwich City fans – not because of their league posi...
EDP Diary: Tweedle Huhne v TweedleClegg
- 26 Oct 2007
Those of you who fear Norwich might be relegated to League One (as I suppose we must call it) should make a plea to Ed Balls never to invite Gordon Brown to Carrow Road. The man has a jinx. I can think of no international sporting event which the PM has attended wher...
EDP Diary: Being Hit by Cecil Parkinson's Egg
- 12 Oct 2007
I got a little over-excited on Tuesday when I got a telephone call which started with the words: "Hello, I'm calling from Question Time...". I say 'over-excited' because it was an invitation to appear on Question Time Extra on News 24 as opposed to the main programme, but I su...