Articles tagged Jacqui Smith:
My Ideal Dinner Party Guests
- 12 Feb 2019
I was talking to someone the other day about the demise of the dinner party. And it set me thinking. If I held a dinner party for sixteen people in politics who I know, who would I invite to guarantee the sparkiest conversation? Anyway, this is the list I came up with... ...
In Conversation with Jacqui Smith... Ten Years Ago
- 29 Nov 2018
I first met Jacqui Smith more than ten years ago at a Foreign Office event which she was addressing. I was writing a profile of the then Foreign Secretary David Miliband so was spending the afternoon with him. After her speech he beckoned me over an introduced me to her. Havin...
Honourable Ladies: I'm Looking For Some Women Writers...
- 1 Nov 2018
As you may know, in September Jacqui Smith and I published the first volume of HONOURABLE LADIES, a collection of 168 biographical essays of female MPs elected between 1918 and 1996. Jacqui and I are now commissioning essays for Volume 2, featuring all women MPs elected bet...
Gillian Reynolds Reviews the 'For the Many' podcast
- 12 Aug 2018
Gillian Reynolds is the doyen of radio reviewers. She was recently headhunted from the Telegraph by the Sunday Times. That’s quite something given she’s in her early eighties. It’s every radio host’s ambition to get a glowing review from Gillian. Some years ago she said on Ra...
The Consequences of the Arrest of the Ashford One
- 27 Nov 2011
It's always dangerous to comment on breaking news stories. The full facts are rarely known, but in the last half an hour quite a bit of information has emerged, which should give all those who cherish our freedoms and democracy great cause for concern. At 2pm today counter ...
Jacqui Smith Falls on Her Sword
- 2 Jun 2009
Whether Gordon Brown intended to hold a reshuffle or not, Jacqui Smith has just given him no choice, by letting it be known she will be resigning as Home Secretary at the end of the week. Tom Watson has made a similar decision. The fact is that Jacqui Smith should never hav...
Jacqui Smith Appears to Give the Police Carte Blanche
- 30 Nov 2008
I have just been watching Andrew Marr's interview with Jacqui Smith. At the end of the Major government, many Cabinet Ministers appeared on TV and were seen as totally out of touch with public opinion. The interviewer would say something was white and they would say it was bla...
How to Feel Safe With Jacqui Smith
- 29 May 2008
The Today Programme's paper review this morning started off with a reference to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's interview with the Mirror which contains the following nugget... "Asked if she finds any fellow MPs dishy, she replies with a hearty laugh, "Yes! Most of my cabine...
EDP Diary: Why Glen Roeder Isn't Right for Norwich City
- 8 Nov 2007
I’m going to tread very carefully in what follows. Apart from my political blog, I also write a West Ham blog. I’m a long suffering season ticket holder at Upton Park. Last week I wrote a piece on the blog commiserating with Norwich City fans – not because of their league posi...