Category Archives for Journalism
YP Miliband Mustn’t Be Caught On The Hop Again By Mr Toad
Tweet published in the Yorkshire Post 28 May 2014 In 1983, after a calamitous campaign, Labour took a pounding from Margaret Thatcher. Labour’s defeat by UKIP in the European elections was worse – not only bitter but shameful. Margaret Thatcher … Continue reading
Tony Benn: The Lost Leader Labour was lucky to lose
Tweet Published on www.politics.co.uk 17 March 1983 It is good for a nation to mourn the passing of its former political giants – but not at the expense of truth. The Guardian’s immediate coverage of Tony Benn’s death was significant, … Continue reading
Qamar Ahmed: the reporter who has covered 19 per cent of all the Test matches every played
Tweet Co-authored with Peter Oborne. Published in the Daily Telegraph 14 January 2014 The world’s most exclusive cricket club will gain a new member on Thursday [16th]. Our friend Qamar Ahmed, one of the world’s leading cricket writers, will report … Continue reading
YP One man’s dream that waits for a happy ending
Tweet published in the Yorkshire Post 28 August 2013 Fifty years ago today Martin Luther King delivered one of the greatest speeches in history. Around 280,000 people heard it as participants in a giant March on Washington DC, and … Continue reading
YP Michael Foot: Decent, Deluded and Doomed
Tweet Published in the Yorkshire Post 23 July 2013 Michael Foot, who was born 100 years ago today, was the most improbable leader of any modern major British political party. Why did he win against Denis Healey? Why did his … Continue reading
YP Cricket… the sport that age cannot wither
Tweet published in the Yorkshire Post 11 May 2013 As I write these lines, Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow may not play again for Yorkshire this summer as county cricket continues to be marginalized by international games and … Continue reading
Luke Upward on Thatcher (and other politicians he did not believe or serve)
Tweet As Britain’s premier man of letters, Luke Upward was asked, at times begged, to write speeches for its latter-day Prime Ministers. Anthony den was particularly importunate, and his disappointed rage at the youthful Upward’s refusal contributed significantly to … Continue reading
YP Margaret Thatcher: My Part In Her Downfall
Tweet published in the Yorkshire Post 15 April 2013 When Margaret Thatcher lost her party’s leadership in 1990, the fatal blow to her was a poll in The Mail On Sunday. I know, because I devised it. Under its ebullient … Continue reading
YP Miliband Should Keep Party Away From Priests
Tweet Published in the Yorkshire Post 3 April 2013 Amid his spectacular enthronement, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, managed to say something spectacularly wrong. “There can be no final justice or security or love or hope in our … Continue reading
