Articles tagged Gordon Brown:
Telegraph Column: Same old Gordon
- 13 Sep 2007
Gordon Brown’s political strategy has finally been exposed. Tories have spent the last ten weeks wondering if they had misjudged Gordon Brown. But now he has unwittingly revealed that far from adopting a ‘new kind of politics’, he’s using classic old politics to...
Fabian Review: Brown May Have Had a Good Start, But...
- 9 Sep 2007
What a ten weeks it has been for Gordon Brown. He appears to be master of all he surveys. He reckons he has proved he can do the job. He’s supposedly split with the Blair legacy in a number of important ways. He’s reputedly signalled an intention to withdraw from Iraq. He’s in...
Telegraph Column: Is Cameron Really Policy-Lite?
- 5 Jul 2007
After a fortnight of remorseless battering, Tory MPs at last have a spring in their step. Gordon Brown’s lacklustre performance at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday proved to them that the new Prime Minister is far from infallible. The look on the faces of Labour MPs sai...
Telegraph Column: The Clunking Fist Takes Aim
- 28 Jun 2007
Having spent the early part of the week making the LibDems chase their tails, Gordon Brown’s clunking fist was yesterday aimed squarely at the Tories. Last week David Cameron was in two minds about carrying out a wide ranging reshuffle. His instinct is not to do so, bu...
The Strange Defection of Quentin Davies
- 26 Jun 2007
I have just spent an hour or two at the House of Commons. A few pointers on Quentin Davies... Davies was still voting with the Party last night at 5.48pm last night AGAINST Gordon Brown's Finance Bill. Rather strange behaviour for a man who has just written a letter indicat...
Telegraph Column: How Should Cameron Respond to Brown's Reshuffle?
- 21 Jun 2007
By this time next week Gordon Brown will have restructured Whitehall and formed his first Cabinet. David Cameron will then rejig his own team once he knows who his opponents are. Brown’s reshuffle is likely to be radical, with almost half the existing Blair cabinet exp...
Lunch With Gordon Brown ... Or Was It?
- 12 Jun 2007
I wasn't told who the lunch would be with. I was just to be at the restaurant at a certain time. A bit strange I thought, but curiosity got the better of me. A few minutes after I arrived a burly looking man approached the table and said, 'he's on his way', but before I could ...
Telegraph Column: How Gordon Brown WilL Dominate the Agenda
- 10 May 2007
The next two months will be dominated by one man – Gordon Brown. For the Conservatives it will be like going back to 1997 when no one, not even their mothers, wanted to hear from them. The media will ignore their every word, no matter how relevant, on the mark or controversial...
Guardian Column: Waste of a Queen's Speech
- 15 Nov 2006
This Queen’s Speech has all the stench of a government in decay and on the way out. Listening to the stream of Ministers talking it up on 5 Live you would think the Government was still hugely popular, the Prime Minister is at the peak of his powers and that the Bills in the Q...
Guardian: A Very Boring Queen's Speech
- 15 Nov 2006
Queen's speech: bor-ing! The work of a weary regime devoid of new ideas, the Queen's Speech leaves us with only Labour's succession to look forward to. This Queen's Speech has all the stench of a government in decay and on the way out. Listening to the stream of minister...