Articles tagged Guardian:
Guardian Review of 18 Doughty Street by Dave Hill
- 30 Oct 2006
The future of television, some part of it at least, lies behind a black door on the fringes of Bloomsbury. It is the front door to a house; a sturdy, terraced one in Doughty Street where also stands the office of the Spectator. For all this 19th-century solidity, though, the b...
Guardian: Taxing Times
- 1 Oct 2006
Taxing times Tories want a mature debate about taxation, but the media is determined to present differing opinions as a split. As usual, the conference experienced by the representatives here in Bournemouth seems a little different to the subjects the media are obsessed ...
Guardian: Cameron, Segolene and the 'It' Crowd
- 29 Aug 2006
The It crowd It may seem an unlikely comparison, but David Cameron and Ségolène Royal have more in common than you'd think. You wouldn't think a French Socialist and a British Conservative could have much in common, but you'd be wrong. Take Lionel Jospin and Michael Howa...
Guardian: The West Lothian Answer
- 21 Jun 2006
The West Lothian answer If the Tories were to back a referendum on English devolution, they would be doing the right thing as well as embarrassing Labour. Whether we like it or not, the genie of English devolution has been let out of the bottle. When a Labour dominated S...
Book Review: The Little Book of New Labour Sleaze
- 3 May 2006
Schooled in scandal Iain Dale and Guido Fawkes's timely litany of New Labour's failings overemphasises the same sins that brought down the Tories. With the tide of public support that once buoyed the good ship New Labour now slipping away to leave it high and dry, a...
The long battle to be an MP
- 14 Jan 2002
Iain Dale looks at the hurdles would-be MPs must overcome just to get their names on a ballot paper. It comes as no surprise that most MPs have the hide of a rhinoceros and a highly developed ego. After all, if they've survived the candidate selection process they shou...
New Labour, Old Habits
- 2 Jun 2001
New Labour, old habits As the general election gathers pace, Iain Dale explains why readers are still political animals Political bookbuyers have rarely had it so good - assuming, that is, they can find places to buy political books. Readers outside London are lucky if t...