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Tag Archives: Tony Blair
Sulk and pout
Political winds not blowing your way? PAUL SAFFER looks at those who slipped down the greasy pole with a good old sulk. Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (living)
Will the real Mr Brexit please stand up? Continue reading
2016 Politician of the Year (dead)
The man we should all have been talking about in 2016. Continue reading
‘Plainly nuts’: A press portrait of Paul Nuttall
ALWYN TURNER looks at the career of Nigel Farage’s successor as UKIP leader. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Naming and shaming
Amber Rudd is the latest home secretary to pledge to name and shame. But who was the first? Continue reading
Blair’s missing millions
Did Tony Blair really lose 5 million Labour votes? And does it matter? ALWYN TURNER explains. Continue reading
No strings attached: The Osborne legacy
What should we make of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, wonders DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading
‘No heavy lifting’: A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 2)
ALWYN TURNER on the parliamentary career of the ‘High Priestess of Dogma’. Continue reading
‘Danger to democracy’: A press portrait of Diane Abbott (pt 1)
ALWYN TURNER on the woman who ‘got the Labour establishment on the run’. Continue reading
Labour leadership elections: Part 4
The Labour Party under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn in the final part of ALWYN TURNER’s series. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Gonna make you a czar
From happiness and the seaside, to poverty, pubs and toilets, there’s a czar for everything. Continue reading
