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Sporting Miscellanies

22.09.09
If the story of the undergraduate Michael Heseltine sketching out his path to Downing Street on an envelope ever struck you as odd, consider Theo Walcott... more

I know whose diary I really want to read

24.07.09
Sebastian Shakespeare wonders who will emerge as the pre-eminent diarist of the early 21st century, talks about festivals and celebrity violence... more

The Lloyd's troubleshooter with a lesson for the banks

22.07.09
Lord Levene, an Establishment figure with a non-conformist streak, is cross about the crisis in the financial world... more

Lord Mandelson makes grab for levers of power

21.07.09
Lord Mandelson's growing dominance over the Government was laid bare as it emerged he was a member of no fewer than 35 Cabinet committees... more

Does London really need more housing restrictions?

08.07.09
Today the Mayor unveils his proposals to stop developers building tiny 'Hobbit homes'. But are more restrictions what London really needs?... more

Mayor's £16.50 claim for poppy wreath while he was an MP

03.06.09
Boris Johnson tried to claim £16.50 in expenses for a memorial wreath while he was an MP, it has been revealed ... more

No10 enforcer who has long wanted top job at Treasury

02.06.09
Ed Balls is Gordon Brown's closest political ally and wields immense influence behind the scenes at No10... more

I've shared in the hell of the No 10 bunker

15.05.09
I remember it well. You could cut the despair like one of those maggot-filled cheeses they serve you in northern Spain. Downing Street is not a nice place to be in the death-throes of a regime... more

So Boris, is this a dress rehearsal for No 10?

23.04.09
A year after becoming Mayor, Boris Johnson meets Evening Standard Editor Geordie Greig... more

One great capital city, 20 world leaders – and 40,000 holes in the road

31.03.09
As heads of state gather for the G20 summit, they will find a London disfigured by the digging-up of its streetscape... more

Better pay out to Qatada than lose our freedoms

23.02.09
Here's an unfashionable suggestion: it's time to stick up for Abu Qatada, the supposed "al Qaeda kingpin in Europe". Not for the sake of his alleged beliefs - but for ours... more

We don’t make plans, so no wonder it’s all going to pot

19.01.09
When Waterford Wedgwood went down, Robert Peston said, rightly, on the radio that the collapse of the pottery firm was a tragedy as it deprived Britain of a part of the manufacturing base it will need when the recession is over... more

A cheery word from Thames? Fat chance

24.12.08
Those jolly folk at Thames Water know how to cheer us up.... more

Can we be made to love the Thames Gateway?

09.12.08
Sir Terry Farrell, Boris Johnson’s new adviser on developing the 50‑mile stretch along the river, outlines his radical plans to bring out the area’s hidden natural beauty... more

'We will lose the centre if we don't get rid of Gordon'

23.09.08
Labour will lurch to the Left in opposition unless ministers act to remove Gordon Brown before the next general election, a Cabinet ally of David Miliband has warned... more

Miliband shrugs off leadership speculation

23.09.08
David Miliband shrugged off fresh speculation about his leadership ambitions amid claims that his conference has been dogged by a series of PR blunders... more

Ministers set to quit as pressure grows on PM

15.09.08
Three ministers and a string of ministerial aides are poised to quit as Labour rebels unleash a fresh wave of attacks on Gordon Brown... more

Mayor wants more control over the Met

21.08.08
Boris Johnson piled the pressure on Met chief Sir Ian Blair by declaring that he wanted the power to give him orders... more

Boris gives scathing verdict on Ken's 'very sleazy' reign

20.08.08
Boris Johnson has described Ken Livingstone's regime at City Hall as "pretty sleazy" and warned that criminal prosecutions in connection with misuse of public funds are "almost certain"... more

Pictured: Lindsay Duncan as Margaret Thatcher in new TV series

31.07.08
Lindsay Duncan appears to have captured the likeness of Lady Thatcher in the first pictures from the new BBC drama about her.... more

Brown vows to tough it out after Glasgow East disaster

25.07.08
Gordon Brown has vowed to tough out a growing crisis over his leadership after a humiliating defeat in "supersafe" Glasgow East... more

Miliband lines up Purnell as Gordon grins and bears it

22.07.08
Tonight the PM will host a summer party at No 10 before he leaves for his holidays when he will have plenty of time to reflect on his increasingly troubled leadership... more

The Mayor's job is none of your business, Sir Alan

24.06.08
Occasionally, a story comes along that obliges you to do a double-take. One such was the report yesterday that Sir Alan Sugar is being lined up by Labour insiders for the London mayoral race in four years' time... more

Surgeons create 'miracle' skin-healing gel

05.03.08
The man who will lead the world's first full-face transplant has developed a "miracle" skin-healing cream... more

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