We are in for a long haul until May 2015
“Nobody knows anything.” This was screenwriter William Goldman’s considered view on the collective wisdom of entertainment industry executives.…
Stefan Stern
It’s not what you say, it’s what they hear
In their private discussions politicians and their advisers must ask themselves a lot of questions – how to…
Go big or go home
It could be a lingering fragment of festive goodwill – or maybe I’m just going soft – but…
A question for 2014: which side are you on?
“In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan” begins one of my favourite carols. (An accurate forecast this…
Still part of the Union?
The biggest British political event of 2014 is, potentially, the vote on Scottish independence onSeptember 18. I say…
Get your act together and your ducks in a row
As psephological indicators go, the Any Questions audience is not entirely reliable. All through the 1980s audience members…
“What was that about?” – the David Cameron story
I am not quite myself this morning. In fact, I feel like a new man. I’ve changed. The…
Good times never felt so good
I don’t think I realised, during 1992, how much people would still be going on about 1992 20…
Why is there a slightly uneasy feeling of déjà vu hovering in the air?
What’s the big idea? That’s the question often asked of opposition parties as they make their pitch to…
Ed Miliband in “sense of humour” shock
In politics the best way to keep a secret, it is said, is to make a speech in…
