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Richard D North.

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Gordon Brown’s great good fortune

I was often depressed and irritated by Gordon Brown, but he made a good departure (that matters in political life). Better still, substantial people are fighting for his reputation. Irwin Stelzer (the Spectator), Anthony Seldon (the Guardian) and Martin Wolf (the Financial Times) have all mounted defences of his record. This is… Read more...

Published

16 May 2010

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Three Tory reasons to be cheerful

This is a golden period for Conservatives. Their party is a natural vehicle for the politics and government of the early 21st Century. Who'd a thunk it? Read more...

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16 May 2010

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Tory politics after 2010

This is still a country which is socially conservative, sexually permissive, economically entrepreneurial and obstinately attached to a statist welfare system. But we are less inclined to disenfranchise the fence-sitting Lib-Dem voters. What now for the Tories? Read more...

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09 May 2010

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RDN on oil spills and ecological disaster on R4 “Today”

I went on the BBC morning news show to say that the BP/Transocean Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico (a) might be dreadful but (b) would be the first such celebrity event to be an ecological disaster if it is one. Read more...

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03 May 2010

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Mr Cameron’s makeover success?

Six days before 2010 election and the beginning of a new age in British politics, can we claim Mr Cameron's Makeover Politics a success or a failure? Read more...

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30 April 2010

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Social media will transform Parliament

The 2010 intake of MPs can transform government with a Blackberry coup. At last, social media will make a positive difference to our politics....... Read more...

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28 April 2010

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