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In praise of the pit bull

9 May 2015 9:00 am

Last night I saw a woman dancing with a pit bull terrier. It was about 9 p.m. and her curtains…

My part in a masterpiece of political correctness

9 May 2015 9:00 am

Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, James Delingpole: all winners of major art prizes. I was awarded mine last week by Anglia…

My nominee for politician of the year: the honourable member for Athens B

9 May 2015 9:00 am

After the heat of battle: the accolades, the recriminations, the telling of history by the victors. It’s six months early…

My nominee for politician of the year: the honourable member for Athens B

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

After the heat of battle: the accolades, the recriminations, the telling of history by the victors. It’s six months early…

My part in a masterpiece of political correctness

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, James Delingpole: all winners of major art prizes. I was awarded mine last week by Anglia…

In praise of the pit bull

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

Last night I saw a woman dancing with a pit bull terrier. It was about 9 p.m. and her curtains…

A voting system that’s past it

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

The defence of the Westminster first-past-the-post voting system is that while it’s certainly unfair, it delivers decisive results. A relatively…

Miliband’s tablet of stone may cost him my vote

7 May 2015 1:00 pm

You have the advantage over me. You know the result of the general election, whereas I do not — a…

Warning: this column may soon be illegal

2 May 2015 9:00 am

A couple of weeks back I wrote an article headed: ‘Call me insane, but I’m voting Labour.’ Among the many…

The British public is about to make a big mistake

2 May 2015 9:00 am

On the weekend of 25 April 2015 I started to believe that the party I supported might not win an…

Russell Brand is the future, like it or not

2 May 2015 9:00 am

I write at a difficult time. The balls are in the air, but we know not where they will land.…

Only the Tories can meet the aspirations of Ikea’s hard-working families

2 May 2015 9:00 am

If Ikea were a constituency, it would be a three-way marginal. That was my thought one morning last week as…

Only the Tories can meet the aspirations of Ikea’s hard-working families

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

If Ikea were a constituency, it would be a three-way marginal. That was my thought one morning last week as…

Russell Brand is the future, like it or not

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

I write at a difficult time. The balls are in the air, but we know not where they will land.…

The British public is about to make a big mistake

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

On the weekend of 25 April 2015 I started to believe that the party I supported might not win an…

Warning: this column may soon be illegal

30 April 2015 1:00 pm

Listen http://rss.acast.com/viewfrom22/theelectionwhereeverybodyloses/media.mp3 A couple of weeks back I wrote an article headed: ‘Call me insane, but I’m voting Labour.’ Among…

Will jailing Katie Hopkins save the lives of migrants? I have my doubts

25 April 2015 9:00 am

More than a thousand migrants have died attempting to get into Europe over the past week, including 900 who perished…

It really must be a mid-life crisis. I’ve fallen in love with a pony

25 April 2015 9:00 am

Because I’m reckless, stupid and irresponsible, I normally get landed with the biggest, most obstreperous hunters. But the other weekend…

Cheap shots and uncosted bribes are drowning out vision, wisdom and optimism

25 April 2015 9:00 am

The interesting thing about Labour’s pledge to abolish non-dom tax status — a squib designed to trap Tories into expressing…

Cheap shots and uncosted bribes are drowning out vision, wisdom and optimism

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

The interesting thing about Labour’s pledge to abolish non-dom tax status — a squib designed to trap Tories into expressing…

It really must be a mid-life crisis. I’ve fallen in love with a pony

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

Because I’m reckless, stupid and irresponsible, I normally get landed with the biggest, most obstreperous hunters. But the other weekend…

Will jailing Katie Hopkins save the lives of migrants? I have my doubts

23 April 2015 1:00 pm

More than a thousand migrants have died attempting to get into Europe over the past week, including 900 who perished…

Cameron must show he’s not too posh to push

18 April 2015 9:00 am

At 5.45 a.m. Lynton Crosby holds the first meeting of the day at Conservative campaign HQ. The aim is to…

Call me insane, but I’m voting Labour

18 April 2015 9:00 am

Quite often when I deliver myself of an opinion to a friend or colleague, the reply will come back: ‘Are…

The power of collective grievance

18 April 2015 9:00 am

When last Sunday Pope Francis took the brave step of acknowledging the Armenian tragedy as the ‘first genocide of the…