Articles tagged Iain Duncan Smith:
Six Weeks in the Autumn - My Very Personal Diary From 2002
- 21 Sep 2018
I was trying to find a database file on my laptop earlier, and stumbled across a Word file called ‘Diary’ from November 2002. I opened it out of curiosity and found 7,000 words from a diary I clearly kept over six weeks from the autumn of that year. Suffice to say, it brought ...
In Conversation with Iain Duncan Smith
- 6 Nov 2008
This interview was conducted in late October 2008. A much edited version appeared in Total Politics magazine. You’ve got a better than average office here, haven’t you? This office was originally the ex-leaders' or ex-prime ministers' office, and I got it when I fi...
Book Review: The Devil's Tune by Iain Duncan Smith
- 22 Nov 2003
Just imagine that you are an aspiring Tory MP – yes, I know it’s difficult, but stick with me – and the week after you become an approved Parliamentary candidate you are sent the manuscript of a political thriller with a view to your company publishing it. And then you fi...
New Statesman Diary: Mo Mowlam Calls Me a Wanker
- 1 Jun 2002
A year ago I was co-presenting the Radio 5 Live Sunday Service programme which – completely flummoxed the Sports Minister Richard Caborn. This week, I was at it again with Peter Mandelson, who I was interviewing for my new Planet Politics programme on Oneword Digital Radio. ...