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Our writers are allowed to pick a pocket or two

13.11.09
You can lay many faults at the door of Sir Andrew Motion but plagiarism is not among them... more

BBC pledges to censor BNP leader’s racist claims

22.10.09
BBC scrambles to reassure the public that BNP leader Nick Griffin will not be allowed to use his Question Time debut to incite racial hatred... more

London MPs attack BBC for inviting party leader onto Question Time

22.10.09
London MPs today led a furious backlash against the BBC for inviting the BNP onto Question Time... more

Griffin predicts Question Time will put BNP into 'the big time'

22.10.09
BNP leader Nick Griffin predicts that tonight's Question Time would be 'political blood sport' but said it could propel his party into 'the big time'... more

BNP attacks non-white Question Time panellists

19.10.09
BNP attacks the two non-white panellists due to appear alongside Nick Griffin on the BBC's Question Time on Thursday... more

Alan Johnson tells BBC to ban ‘foul’ BNP leader

16.10.09
Home Secretary Alan Johnson has warned the BBC to cancel its Question Time invitation to the 'foul and despicable' British National Party... more

Dull is good for the Tories - but Boris Johnson is better

06.10.09
A photograph in the Daily Mail of George Osborne appears next to one of Piers Morgan, inviting readers to spot the likeness... more

Tories 'need more top women'

28.04.09
Pressure to appoint more women to the Conservative Party's top team was growing today... more

Empty chair on Question Time as BBC tells the Government: No Woolas, no minister

23.10.08
The BBC barred the Government from its flagship Question Time programme after Immigration Minister Phil Woolas was withdrawn at the last minute... more

Enter, stage Left, a new fan of the Lords

15.10.08
The newly ennobled Lord Mandelson, bedecked in proud red robes, is the latest Lord to go a-leaping into power in our parliament, bypassing the tedium of elections. For years, I was with those who believed the second chamber is a bastion of unfair privilege. Peers are still largely appointed on winks and nods and too many are elevated for party donations, partisan loyalties or to placate certain interests. It all felt terribly wrong.... more

Politics

08.10.08
The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more

The BBC pumps up our Muslim hotheads

01.10.08
It is Eid today, the Muslim festival marking the end of the arduous month of Ramadan, when we give up food and drink from sunrise to sunset. We should be feasting after fasting... more

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