Revised General Election Predictions for the North West
- 21 Mar 2015
There are 75 constituencies in the North West, which includes Cheshire, Liverpool, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria. In my original predictions in January this was the state of the parties… Conservative 18 Labour 55 LibDem 1 UKIP 1 This is the seats that I am revi...
Revised General Election Predictions for Yorkshire & the North East
- 21 Mar 2015
There are 56 constituencies in Yorkshire, Humberside and the North East. In January I made the following predictions… Conservative 20 Labour 60 LibDem 2 I have only one change to make to those predictions. Great Grimsby Conservative: 10063 (30.5%) Labour: 10777 (32.7%) Lib...
Revised General Election Predictions for the West Midlands
- 21 Mar 2015
There are 59 constituencies in the West Midlands, which includes Birmingham and surrounds, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire. In January I predicted the parties would end up with… Conservative 29 Labour 30 This really is a key battleg...
ConHome Diary: Time to Buy Shares in George Osborne?
- 20 Mar 2015
I remember thinking at the time, “this could be big”. Four months ago I did a phone-in on LBC on the growing rumours of a child sex ring at Westminster and asked why the Met didn’t take any action. I took two completely spontaneous calls from ex Metropolitan Police Officers, b...
Me? A Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
- 19 Mar 2015
I’ve never been a great fan of Will Self. However, I have finally found something written by him which I quite like. It’s a review of Nigel Farage’s book THE PURPLE REVOLUTION, which my company Biteback has published this week. Self has written a typically idiosyncratic revie...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 21: The Perils of Outside Broadcasts
- 18 Mar 2015
I love getting out of the studio and broadcasting from different venues. Whether it’s the party conferences, a phone-in with Ed Miliband in a Hastings hotel or in a tent on College Green I love it. The adrenaline flows, it’s different and there’s always an element of seat of y...
Revised General Election Predictions for Wales
- 17 Mar 2015
There are 40 parliamentary constituencies in Wales. In my original predictions I only predicted two changes in the political make-up, Cardiff Central and Cardiff North, both to Labour from the LibDems and the Conservatives. This is how Wales looked then… Conservative 7 Labour...
Revised General Election Predictions for London
- 17 Mar 2015
There are 73 parliamentary seats in London. If Ed Miliband is to form a government he needs to make many gains in the capital. As things stand, this is the state of the parties Conservative 28 Labour 38 LibDem 7 In my January predictions I predicted Conservative 26 Labour ...
Revised General Election Predictions for the East Midlands
- 17 Mar 2015
There are 46 parliamentary constituencies in the five counties that make up the East Midlands – Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. In January I predicted the results would be as follows… Conservative 23 Labour 22 UKIP 1 I am maki...
LISTEN: Two Ex-Police Officers Tell Me How They Were Forced To Shut Down Investigations Into Child Sex Abuse Involving Politicians
- 17 Mar 2015
As the Met now faces an inquiry into its action or inaction into politicians involvement in child sex abuse I thought I might remind you of something that happened on my LBC show last autumn. I took from John in Harrow, a former Metropolitan Police Officer who was ordered to ...
Revised General Election Predictions for the South West
- 16 Mar 2015
There are 55 seats in the South West, which includes Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire and the Bristol area. My January predictions looked like this… Conservative 39 Labour 9 LibDem 7 I’m not making any changes to my original predictions for any ...
Revised General Election Predictions for the South East
- 16 Mar 2015
There are 78 parliamentary constituencies in the South East. In my original predictions in January, this is how things stood… Conservative 67 Labour 7 LibDem 1 UKIP 1 Green 1 Speaker 1 There are only two constituencies in the South East that I wish to revise my predictions f...
Revised General Election Predictions for East Anglia
- 16 Mar 2015
There are 58 parliamentary seats in the East of England, which comprises Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Back in January I predicted this outcome… Conservative 43 Labour 10 Liberal Democrat 3 UKIP 2 Let’s start of by revising two of m...
I've Revised My General Election Predictions For Scotland & It Means a Minority Government Looms Ever More Likely
- 15 Mar 2015
Back in January and early February I carried out seat by seat predictions in all 650 parliamentary constituencies. I promised to revisit these predictions in March and late April. I am going to start that process now by looking at Scotland. Back in February I predicted Labour ...
Attitude Column: Why I Hate Buying Clothes (And Shoes)
- 15 Mar 2015
Just like beauty, style is in the eye of the beholder. Of course the word ‘style’ means very different things to different people. Some people have it, some of us don’t. I’ve never pretended to be a dedicated follower of fashion, which I am sure you will find a massive surpris...
In Praise of Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury
- 14 Mar 2015
As you know, a few weeks ago my new book was published, THE NHS: THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SAID. Little did I realise that a month later I’d be making full use of the NHS, and in particular my local A&E services. It led to me having to stay in hospital overnight for the first...
ConHome Diary: Will it be a Giveaway Budget?
- 13 Mar 2015
In many ways Chuka Umunna, for many Conservatives, is the acceptable face of the Labour Party. He’s a free marketer and gets what an entrepreneurial society is all about. He’s not particularly tribal and is quite happy to pay tribute to political opponents when he thinks they ...
BOOK REVIEW: The NHS - Things That Need to be Said
- 12 Mar 2015
There’s nothing an author appreciates than when someone writes a nice review of their book. The review below appeared on ARRSE yesterday. The author presents the drive time show on LBC Radio, the UK’s only national news talk radio station. This short book is one of a serie...
WATCH: Is Chuka Too Sexy For British Politics?
- 11 Mar 2015
Hashtag awkward. He enjoyed it really, though :) Actually, of all the phone-ins I do on my programme, Chuka gets the most positive response from people who text and email in. Yes, he obviously has his detractors, as all politicians do, but a lot of people reckon he comes acro...
Concert Review: Mango Groove at the Hammersmith Apollo
- 8 Mar 2015
Well I have never been mentioned on stage before at a pop concert, but it happened last night when Mango Groove’s lead singer Claire Johnson dedicated the song ANOTHER COUNTRY to me. You could have knocked me down with a feather, but it was hugely appreciated. You see, I recko...