Articles tagged Diary:
Edinburgh Festival Diary: Wednesday - Can I Bring Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho to the Tory Party Conference?
- 19 Aug 2015
A bit of a later start today. Had a coffee with Duncan Brack to talk about doing another book of counterfactuals next year. All ideas welcome. Perhaps we should call it PRIME MINISTER CORBYN AND OTHER THINGS THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. Boom boom. The first show of the day was at ...
Edinburgh Festival Diary: Tuesday - Leading with my Nipples & Other Stories
- 19 Aug 2015
Last week I was put on a new diabetes pill and it’s playing havoc with my ability to sleep. It’s not falling asleep that’s the problem, it’s staying asleep. I keep waking up around 4.30am, and then seemingly every ten minutes or so afterwards. It’s also making me very thirsty....
Edinburgh Festival Diary: Monday - Boris, Benn, German Humour & Ruth Davidson
- 17 Aug 2015
To say today was back to back would be an understatement. The day started with a meeting with a Biteback author, and yes I know I am supposed to be on holiday. Strangely it also ended with a Biteback author too. But I’ll come to that later. My first show of the day, at the Pl...
Edinburgh Festival Diary : Sunday - If You Hate Me After All I Say
- 16 Aug 2015
About five or six years ago I was asked to speak on a panel at the Edinburgh book festival, so I thought while I was there I’d take in a couple of shows on the festival fringe. I remember going to see Gyles Brandreth’s one man show and a German comedian called Christian Schult...
ConHome Diary: Mourinho's Small Dick & the UKIP London Mayoral Stitch-Up
- 14 Aug 2015
Last week I was asked to fill in for Adam Boulton while he’s on holiday and write a column for the Sunday Times. My mum would have been very proud. It is by far the best Sunday newspaper for comment and opinion pieces and it was the first time I had written a column for the ma...
ConHome Diary: Tracey Crouch Gives John Humphrys a Taste of His Own Medicine
- 7 Aug 2015
Tracey Crouch is rapidly becoming a bit of a star in her role as Sports Minister. She didn’t exactly have a hard act to follow. The thing is, as I’ve written before, she knows her subject inside out, as evidenced by her interview on Tuesday’s TODAY PROGRAMME about her new ten ...
ConHome Diary: Jeremy Corbyn is a Modern Day Harry Perkins
- 31 Jul 2015
OK, I’ve got to say this. I can’t stand Sir Alastair Graham. Whenever there’s any political scandal, up he pops to dispense his holier than thou brand of puritanism. Yes, Lord Sewel was stupid, yes he broke the law, but for God’s sake, apart from the feelings of his wife and f...
ConHome Diary: A "Butt Cock" Clenchingly Awful Video
- 24 Jul 2015
I feel a bit like a dog returning to its vomit, as each week I write about the Conservative London mayoral selection, but how can I possibly let Ivan Massow’s new campaign video pass without comment [Insert embedded video here]. Delusional is one word to describe it. Creepy is...
ConHome Diary: London Mayoral Campaign - Sunlight is the Best Form of Disinfectant
- 17 Jul 2015
ConservativeHome has been doing some sterling work this week in exposing the secrecy of CCHQ in the London Mayoral selection. Quite why CCHQ feels the need to act like an arm of the North Korean regime is a question only they can answer. Surely party members have a right to kn...
ConHome Diary: Feeling Dirty About Fox Hunting & Ann Widdecombe
- 10 Jul 2015
Half way through George Osborne’s budget speech I began to wonder what all the fuss was all about. Most of the measures that he had announced had either been leaked or he had announced in his Andrew Marr interview. I should have had more faith in the political abilities of the...