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May 3 2008
ON THE day they both took the same train to campaign in Wales, David Cameron made a point of attacking Gordon Brown for not listening to what people we’re saying....
Apr 26 2008
GEORGE OSBORNE, the Shadow Chancellor, likes to joke with visitors to his small Commons office that the room isn’t half as grand as David Cameron’s a few metres down the corridor....
Apr 19 2008
SHORTLY before the 1992 election, the Conservatives unveiled a highly effective poster entitled “Labour’s tax bombshell”. Its message needs no further explanation and its impact has haunted Labour ever since....
Apr 5 2008
IT MUST rank as the most eyebrow-arching comment ever to pass from the lips of a minister of the Crown....
Apr 2 2008
MY MIDDLE child’s best friend is moving back to the Philippines....
Mar 29 2008
IF THE Tories win the next election, the battle will have been won at the supermarket checkout, not in the Commons or in the media....
Mar 22 2008
ANYONE who believes MPs are out of touch with the world outside Westminster will roll their eyes at the news that Parliament starts its Easter break on April 3, more than a week after everyone else celebrates Easter itself....
Mar 15 2008
TWO leaders who prefer thinking to talking have been mulling over a very similar tactical dilemma this week....