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Kinnock: ‘Flamboyant’ Blair not the president we wanted

20.11.09
Video: European leaders were right to reject Tony Blair’s 'flamboyance' for little-known Belgian, former Labour leader Neil Kinnock said... more

Greats gather for Sir John Mortimer

17.11.09
Video: It was evident from those who packed Southwark Cathedral for a celebration of the life of Sir John Mortimer that the playwright, barrister and creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, was very much loved by all... more

The tang of vengeance is in the air now this love affair has ended

12.11.09
New Labour and the Murdoch empire is a love affair that has now come to an abrupt and bitter end. All that is left is revenge, recrimination and the question: "Why did you leave me this way?"... more

PM may use 'scaremonger' tactics to fight Cameron

30.09.09
Thousands of teachers, transport and council workers would be put in fear of losing their jobs under election tactics which Labour may deploy against the Tories... more

Gordon Brown loses it in TV meltdown

30.09.09
Angry Gordon Brown loses his cool on live TV and walks off interview while still connected to a microphone as PM's fightback falters... more

Gordon Brown speech turns The Sun Tory

30.09.09
NEW: Gordon Brown's fightback with a policy-rich rallying conference speech hits buffers as The Sun declares its support for David Cameron... more

Brown appears in the grip of an odd euphoria

29.09.09
"Lighten up", Peter Mandelson instructed Gloomy Gordon, and Sarah Brown, as usual, got the message before her husband. She was sporting a lustrous honey-tinted hair colour and had forsaken those forbidding beige and red numbers for a vibrant splash of a floral dress. ... more

Marr-style questioning puts BBC licence fee ‘at risk’

29.09.09
BBC licence fee in danger if the corporation continues to allow 'intrusive' journalism similar to Andrew Marr’s questions to Gordon Brown, Cabinet minister warns... more

Andrew Marr says he was right to quiz Brown over pill-taking

28.09.09
BBC interviewer Andrew Marr refused to apologise for asking the Prime Minister if he was on anti-depressants... more

Power and the glory of The Grand Hotel

23.09.09
Brighton’s landmark hotel has seen it all, from the IRA bomb to Tony Blair’s reaction to 9/11. Next week’s conference gatherers will find it has lost none of its grandeur... more

Mandy's mates: The Peter Mandelson diaspora

11.08.09
The country rests safe in the neatly manicured hands of Peter Mandelson: Gordon Brown's best frenemy and the man who exercises such a magnetic pull for protesters that an eco-suffragette promptly chained herself to his Regent's Park railings as he returned home to mind No 10's business for the week... more

History tells us we're about to be left hanging around

07.07.09
Historians of modern politics are wearing out the corduroy on their elbows pondering whether we are on the verge of 1979, 1992 or 1997... more

Clan Kinnock and their Euro jackpot

12.06.09
After losing two general elections, the Kinnocks moved to Europe and prospered. Now they’re back — but will they save or sink Labour?... more

The rise (again) of Peter Mandelson - Gordon Brown's best frenemy

10.06.09
One man holds the Prime Minister’s fate in his hands — but was saving him the right thing to do?... more

Magic moments as the Brown cheerleaders stave off rebellion

09.06.09
A combination of humility, old-fashioned party management and sheer weight of numbers helped Gordon Brown survive the crunch meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party... more

Sir Alan Sugar's peerage may be stopped by watchdog

08.06.09
Sir Alan Sugar's promised peerage could be blocked by anti-sleaze watchdogs, it has emerged... more

Scargill is right - for 25 years Labour has failed to appreciate King Coal

12.03.09
It was always going to be Arthur Scargill who would reopen the deep wounds that have scarred the Labour movement...... more

Keeping up with the Joneses

20.02.09
The Welsh are back in the limelight, to the delight of one London Welshman, as their stars shine in music, TV and sport... more

Osborne: Santa giveaway ... paid for by taxes for life

24.11.08
Britain's national debt will soar to one trillion pounds, leaving millions of people facing tax rises lasting a lifetime, shadow chancellor George Osborne claimed... more

I'm a diehard Leftie but my son is going to private school

14.10.08
If England, according to Oscar Wilde, is the native land of the hypocrite, then the contortions achieved by former Left-wing supporters of state education in order to justify sending their kids to private schools have to be some of that land's most curious rituals. When I was a child in London my parents schooled me privately to begin with, and then when the inherited dosh ran out sent me to a state school. It was at that point that my mother began to trumpet her great belief in comprehensives. Even aged 13, I couldn't help seeing hypocrisy in this. ... 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

Straw: Labour must reconnect with Middle Britain

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... more

What happened when I asked to do 'adult' TV... Konnie Huq on the perils of leaving Blue Peter

07.08.08
In a candid interview, presenter Konnie Huq spills secrets about life after Blue Peter... which included flirting with Tony Blair and being asked to do 'adult TV'.... more

Rushdie was tight-fisted and arrogant, with a handshake like a wet fish, says Special Branch officer who knew him as Scruffy

26.07.08
In a new book ex-Special Branch detective RON EVANS tells of his toughest job - protecting Salman Rushdie and the girl he was desperate to get into bed.... more

There is a glimmer of hope for Gordon

23.06.08
On the eve of the PM's first anniversary, one economic expert says Mr Brown has one last chance of fighting back... more

Battle of the unlikely lads is FA Cup Final to savour

16.05.08
I hope and expect that Portsmouth will prevail by a single goal in what promises to be a cagey, disjointed, ugly, massively tense and riveting game... more

Everyone likes Ken - until they know him

28.02.08
Neil Kinnock's famously damning view of the Mayor holds true: take a closer look and you find he is not the great hope for social justice he purports to be... more

Harry is wizard of West End

28.02.07
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe today admitted his West End debut - in which he appeared nude in front of a packed first night audience - was a terrifying experience.... more

Dining dens where the plot thickens

13.09.06
Forget the Commons - London's finest restaurants are where all of the real political scheming takes place, as former Labour minister Gerald Kaufman reveals.... more

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