03.10.08

Sarah Palin started with the greatest asset in a debate - the gift of low expectations after a week of premier cru gaffes and fluffs. Onto the...
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03.10.08

He's back - third time lucky. The extraordinary career of Peter Mandelson took an unexpected turn today as the man who first played a critical role...
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01.10.08

Gosh, it must be really serious this banking crisis stuff. Bad enough to persuade our very own Aboriginal walkabout exponent that he had best address...
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01.10.08

David Cameron will today begin to unveil his plan for government – but the banking crisis has set unpredictable new tests for him

29.09.08

Make way for George - the boy wonder faced with a man's work as shadow chancellor, digging his way through the rubble of the financial crisis....
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26.09.08

Ruth Kelly, the Cabinet minister who this week announced her resignation, has issued a stark warning to New Labour of a fatal "drift to the Left"

24.09.08

The PM’s speech staved off calls for his removal but Ruth Kelly’s departure is a reminder of a deeper malaise

24.09.08

A lesson in life for Gordon Brown: beware quiet women

22.09.08

Whatever the fate of the Brown government, one figure in his camp can hardly be faulted for grit in times of trouble: Sarah Brown

17.09.08

Well he can walk the walk. Never mind tax cuts and public service reform pledges, Nick Clegg established himself in the mainstream of podium politics...
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17.09.08

The PM’s would-be assassins have failed, so far, to remove him from office, but it has irrevocably tilted the mood around his leadership

15.09.08

The whirlwind mini-coup against the Prime Minister is unlikely to inflict immediate mortal damage on him: its timing, the limited seniority of those...
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12.09.08

One of the Cabinet's most senior figures has launched a battle for "middle Britain" - saying New Labour needs to reconnect with voters

10.09.08

The Cameron-Osborne combination is a proven success – but it must ensure that it does not presume too much

03.09.08

The PM's long-awaited economic relief package cannot disguise the party's difficulties and divisions - which can be summed up in 10 key points

29.08.08

Mr Obama came to deliver a Big Vision and he did not disappoint, sealing his nomination with a confident prediction of rebirth for American Democrats

27.08.08

Labour's Baldricks have a cunning plan. The Government must levy a "sensible one-off tax" on the windfall profits of the energy and oil companies,...
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21.08.08

Unlike J Alfred Prufrock I have measured out my life not in coffee spoons, but in spectacles

20.08.08

So it's Trinny and Susannah R.I.P. they no longer enchant when it comes to correcting the nation's trouser-buying techniques and ensuring maximum...
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15.08.08

Shadow schools minister Michael Gove has revealed the Conservatives will not depart from Labour's commitment to encourage as many school-leavers as...
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