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Election 2015: heading for Ed?
The Tories expected Ed Miliband to implode under the pressure of a general election campaign. Yet…
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The Daily Telegraph turns Torygraph
I cancelled my digital subscription to the Daily Telegraph today. A shame, because it’s one of…
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Paxman’s back: Cameron and Miliband grilled
The day after the BBC fired Jeremy Clarkson for assaulting his producer, it was good to see…
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Emily Thornberry, Rochester and Labour’s crisis
This is the tweet that plunged the Labour party into crisis. Emily Thornberry was forced to…
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Georgio Moroder, Phil Oakey and Nigel Lawson
A Guardian article this week caused a nostalgia rush. Georgio Moroder has launched his first album…
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Delivering on?
I’ll scream if I hear another politician saying they will ‘deliver on’ their promises. You keep…
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The Great War, 100 years on
It was meant to be the war to end all wars. It was the conflict that…
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End of the story for Richmond’s Lion & Unicorn bookshop
Is there a sadder high street sight than an abandoned book shop? When Karen brought Owen…
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Tony Benn: from firebrand to favourite uncle
How strange that the right wing press has been lavishing praise on two men they previously…
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Pope Francis and the Falklands
The election of Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis has been seen by many as good…