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On  Thursday night, Tom Harris emailed me to ask if I had any material for LabourHame. Not before the weekend, I replied. I’m too busy. And ...

This is at least my third attempt at this blog. Such is the speed of developments over the last week that blogs left half finished overnight...

My best pal is a journalist. I have accepted the less than occasional drink from journalists and even reciprocated when it was my round. Sco...

I wrote not too long ago about Lord Rodger’s funeral. One of the stranger elements of that day was my reaction to one of the other mourners...

Hello follower! Just going to ramble a bit tonight, since on my happiest day since Thatcher resigned I admit to having had a celebratory l...

I was today at the funeral of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry.   A very great judge. It was however also an occasion for the gathering of the leg...

Let us assume that next month Ed Miliband decides to visit New York to discuss the world economic situation. He stays there for a few days a...