Friday, June 22, 2007

Ben Brogan in Brussels

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Ben Brogan is writing a brilliant, almost hour by hour, account of the Brussels summit HERE .
Thursday, June 21, 2007

The Military and the Media

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This is a little film David Heathfield made for 18 Doughty Street on how journalists embed themselves with the military and war stories can...
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In Praise of Liam Byrne

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This afternoon I gave a short speech at a MORI conference on the Blair Legacy and the politics in the next decade. One of my co-panellists w...
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What Paddy Really Thinks of Gordon

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This is from the GMTV Sunday programme earlier in the year. No wonder Paddy felt he had to say no... Steve Richards: Have you got a sense n...
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Brown Stirs it up For the LibDems

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Yesterday two people told me that Paddy Ashdown would join Brown's cabinet to oversee a wihtdrawal from Iraq. Preposterous, I thought. I...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Overheard...

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Two young American females overheard on the tube... Girl 1: Every girl would sleep with the President of the United States, wouldn't she...
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LibDems to Prop Up Labour?

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The Guardian story this morning about Gordon Brown trying to entice Ming Campbell to join his government, along with Nick Clegg, has all th...
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Labour MP Dies

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The Labour MP Piara Khabra has died thus causing a by election. I'm not at my desk but I believe the LibDems are in second place in his ...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

The Gordon Brown Meme

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I have been tagged by Benedict White to say 2 things Gordon Brown Should be... 2 things Gordon Brown should be proud of Liberating the Bank...
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America's Next President?

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Senator Fred Thompson has been in London today and have a speech at lunchtime to Policy Exchange. 18 Doughty Street filmed the whole thing ...
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You Try And Do a Good Deed...

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Some time ago a journalist friend of mine, who shall remain nameless for the purpose of this blog, asked me if her 15 year old son could com...
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Abortion Figures Shame This Country

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Question: How many babies were born in the UK in 2006? Answer: 635,679 Question: How many abortions were carried out in 2006? Answer: 194,00...
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The True Face of Hamas

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I don't think I have ever read a column by Johann Hari that I agreed with. In fact , I rather pride myself on it. Yesterday's offer...
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Is Gordon Brown At It Again?

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You will recall the story I ran a couple of weeks ago where I accused Gordon Brown's spin team of bullying the Sunday lobby. Well, it ap...
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Cameron Underlines EU Referendum Commitment

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David Cameron's speech yesterday hit a number of the right notes with party activists. What hasn't yet been reported were the four e...
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Monday, June 18, 2007

Salman Rushdie Does Not Deserve a Knighthood But He Must Keep It

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Let me be clear. I cannot stand Salman Rushdie. I tried to read one of his books once but barely got beyond the first chapter. I think he is...
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Change of Venue: Douglas Hurd at the Conservative History Group

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The Serjeant at Arms has unfortunately notified us of a change of venue for the Douglas Hurd meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) starting at 6.30pm. ...
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Boles Launches New Social Entrepreneurship Initiative

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Following David Cameron's lead on social responsibility London mayoral candidate Nick Boles has today launched 'Good Neighbours'...
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Wrong Place at the Wrong Time

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Before David Cameron made his speech in Tooting he addressed the Parliamentary Party in Portcullis House. Some Tory MPs who turned up at the...
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Simon Mayo at 1pm

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I'm going to be on the Simon Mayo show on 5 Live from 1pm to 1.45pm talking about David Cameron's speech in Tooting this lunchtime o...
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