Long life
Former Conservative minister David Mellor arriving to appear on the Sunday Politics program at New Broadcasting House in central London on November 11, 2012. Mellor is facing calls to apologise after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Diary
An embarrassing confession: in the late 1960s, I was a Trotskyite. But that period of political adolescence has its uses.…
View ArticleLetters
Islington isn’t indifferent Sir: I was shocked to read Mary Wakefield’s article accusing Islington’s middle classes of ‘extreme indifference’ to…
View ArticleCorbyn is untouchable now
British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn talks to the media after Labour candidate Jim McMahon was confirmed as the newly elected member of parliament for Oldham West and Royton outside...
View ArticleEmma Thompson’s wrong, and not just about the EU
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 15: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Emma Thompson attends the 'Alone in Berlin' (Jeder stirbt fuer sich) premiere during the 66th Berlinale...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Labour’s England problem
In the window of a council house on a working-class estate in Exeter was a sticker bearing the cross of…
View ArticleClik here to view.
Refuge from the referendum
A brief encounter with Radio 4’s Any Questions to gauge the measure of opinion in the shires after the referendum…
View ArticleBarometer
French intelligence Some interesting facts about the French foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, for the benefit of shadow foreign secretary Emily…
View ArticleClik here to view.
Portrait of the week
Home Schools in England would have the right to select pupils by ability, under plans outlined by Theresa May, the…
View ArticleIt’s a new golden age for Lady Mucks
My sainted mum was of untarnished working-class blood — she worked, variously, as a cleaner, factory hand and shop assistant…
View Article