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Tag Archives: Iain Duncan Smith

Labour leadership elections: Part 4
History / Politics

Labour leadership elections: Part 4

Posted on 19 August 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 5 Comments

The Labour Party under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn in the final part of ALWYN TURNER’s series. Continue reading →

Calling all cliches: One nation
Politics

Calling all cliches: One nation

Posted on 19 July 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

In tribute to Theresa May, some other one-nation politicians in modern Britain. Continue reading →

The Three Brexiteers
History / Politics

The Three Brexiteers

Posted on 25 June 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 2 Comments

ALWYN TURNER on the three men who shaped the Leave vote in the referendum. Continue reading →

David Cameron: An obituary
Politics

David Cameron: An obituary

Posted on 24 June 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 3 Comments

ALWYN TURNER says farewell to Dave’s political career. Continue reading →

Rigger mortis
History / Politics

Rigger mortis

Posted on 21 June 2016 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Will the referendum result be fixed, like it was in 1992? Continue reading →

Project Fear: How I shall be voting
History / Politics

Project Fear: How I shall be voting

Posted on 16 June 2016 by Alwyn Turner • 1 Comment

ALWYN TURNER explains where he’ll be putting his cross in the referendum. Continue reading →

Pick of the Pops: ‘All In It Together’
Culture

Pick of the Pops: ‘All In It Together’

Posted on 23 March 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

The Pirates rage against political sloganeering. (‘Don’t it make you wanna puke?’) Continue reading →

2015 Politician of the Year (living)
Politics

2015 Politician of the Year (living)

Posted on 31 December 2015 by Lion & Unicorn • 1 Comment

National leader? Or piggy in the middle? Continue reading →

Peter Oborne and the kiss of death
Politics

Peter Oborne and the kiss of death

Posted on 9 December 2015 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Is Oborne’s approval the beginning of the end for a party leader? Continue reading →

‘Banal in the extreme’: A press portrait of Theresa May
Politics

‘Banal in the extreme’: A press portrait of Theresa May

Posted on 5 October 2015 by Alwyn Turner • 8 Comments

ALWYN TURNER sums up the pre-premiership career of a difficult woman. Continue reading →

Style matters
Politics

Style matters

Posted on 4 October 2015 by Paul Saffer • Leave a comment

PAUL SAFFER suspects the slickness of this year’s Conservative Party conference will speak louder than any words actually uttered there. Continue reading →

The Quiet Man II: This time it’s political
Politics

The Quiet Man II: This time it’s political

Posted on 29 September 2015 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

Jeremy Corbyn’s speech ‘warmed the cockles of the hearts of the faithful’. That’s all. Continue reading →

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    Who’s to blame for Corbynmania?
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    'An accident' - Wes Streeting
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    ‘Oh, all right then’: The mirage of white-collar union power
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    ‘Not a public-school boy’: A press portrait of David Davis
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    'A premature expostulator' - Barry Gardiner
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    Rear-view review: Carson Was Here
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    'A posh lot': The birth of the SDP
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    Revive 45: August 1974
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    ‘The wrong kind of woman’: A press portrait of Liz Truss (pt 1)

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