The most important article on James Goldsmith’s Referendum Party you will ever read – by PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Author Archives: Paul Saffer
Parties over
What a difference a decade makes. PAUL SAFFER on the extraordinary transformation in politics since 2015. Continue reading
Blowing the whistle on football
PAUL SAFFER looks at the century-long gestation of the Football Governance Act. Continue reading
Sport’s winning streak
It’s been a turbulent ten years, but PAUL SAFFER has found much to cheer in British sport – past and present. Continue reading
When the News of the World took flight
PAUL SAFFER on how darts moved from public bar to sporting arena, thanks to a now defunct newspaper. Continue reading
No more Portillos
PAUL SAFFER remembers the great Portillo Moments and warns that there won’t be any in this general election. Continue reading
Maxwell v Murdoch: the birth of a feud
Foreign ownership of a UK paper? It’s time to remember Murdoch, Maxwell and the News of the World, says PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
Evans above
PAUL SAFFER remembers David Evans: Tory MP, Luton Town chairman and self-declared ‘right-wing disciplinarian’. Continue reading
Maggie’s little golden boy
Is Boris Johnson under threat from Rushi Sunak? PAUL SAFFER says the Chancellor should remember the fable of John Moore. Continue reading
Fun and games with Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell left a dark legacy, but PAUL SAFFER remembers a lighter moment from his assault on public life. Continue reading
Novelist MPs #2: Woodrow Wyatt
Was Wyatt’s fiction as colourful as his diaries? wonders PAUL SAFFER. Continue reading
An unlikely morning star
PAUL SAFFER remembers the unlikely media career of Derek Jameson. Do we mean him? We surely do. Continue reading
