Articles tagged Independent:
Independent Column: Who Will Win the General Election?
- 15 Jan 2015
So what’s the election result going to be? That’s the question I am asked most often nowadays, and I am sure it’s the one my fellow political commentators also find the most difficult to answer. “Oh, it’s going to be very exciting,” we all say, laughing nervously because nobod...
Independent: If You Go Down to Notting Hill Today
- 18 Sep 2006
If you go down to Notting Hill today, you’re sure of a big surprise. It’s slowly but surely being taken over by a group of chi chi young Tories who have more in common with American preppies than the Notting Hill carnival. You’re more likely to see a Pringle sweater wi...
Independent Media Diary: Those Lefties at the BBC
- 3 Sep 2006
Some years ago Tony Blair was overheard referring to the Scottish Press as "unreconstructed wankers". On Friday they had a chance to get their own back as Blair faced the Tartan Press hordes at an Edinburgh Hotel. Well, sort of. Blair's spin doctors have told the hacks that th...
Independent Media Diary: Unreconstructed Wankers
- 28 Aug 2006
Some years ago Tony Blair was overheard referring to the Scottish Press as "unreconstructed wankers". On Friday they had a chance to get their own back as Blair faced the Tartan Press hordes at an Edinburgh Hotel. Well, sort of. Blair's spin doctors have told the hacks that th...
Independent Diary: Does Michael Howard Know How to Vote?
- 10 Dec 2005
Having fought eleven general elections you might be forgiven for thinking that Michael Howard would be familiar with putting a cross in a box on a ballot paper. But my spies in the 1922 Committee tell me that he almost managed to spoil his ballot paper in the Tory leadership e...
Greater Love Hath No Man...
- 16 Sep 2003
I got a call today from the Independent asking me to write 90 words on the following subject: "Would you ditch a friend if they were damaging your career?" Echoes of Carole Capilin & Cherie. This is what I wrote... Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his f...