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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 →
28. May 2014 by rkh
Categories: Journalism, Politics |
Tags: bacon sandwich, Douglas Alexander, Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, EU referendum, klutz, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Mr Toad, Nigel Farage, Sadiq Khan, Tristram Hunt, UKIP |
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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 →
17. March 2014 by rkh
Categories: Journalism, Politics |
Tags: Denis Healey; Tony Benn; John SIlkin; Labour party; Deputy Leadership contest 1981; Tony Blair; Peter Mandelson; communism; Trotskyism; Guardian; history |
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Tweet published in www.politics.co.uk 2 Sept 2013 Earlier this year I wrote a letter to Ed Miliband seeking his views on the relationship between religion and politics. I asked him specifically whether he had appointed a shadow Minister for Faith … Continue reading →
02. September 2013 by rkh
Categories: Journalism, Politics |
Tags: Baroness Warsi, donors, Ed Milibnd, Faith Minister, impostor, letter writers, Mr Ed Talking Horse, religion |
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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 →
28. August 2013 by rkh
Categories: Journalism, Politics |
Tags: Martin Luther King; "I have a dream"; JF Kennedy; LB Johnson; civil rights; voting rights; Fred Zimmerman; Trayvon Martin; voter suppress |
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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 →
23. July 2013 by rkh
Categories: Journalism, Politics |
Tags: Denis Healey, Henry VI, Labour Party, Michael Foot |
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Tweet (after Stephen Sondheim’s “I’m Still Here”. Composed during Standing Committee of the Public Order Bill 1986. The Bill provided for new definitions of riot and other serious public disturbances. It introduced a fuzzy and wide-ranging new offence of “disorderly … Continue reading →
25. June 2013 by rkh
Categories: Politics |
Tags: Public Order Bill 1986; Stephen Sondheim; Gerald Kaufman; Douglas Hurd; Giles Shaw |
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Tweet Assorted correspondence Rt Hon Baroness Warsi Minister for Faith and Communities Eland House Bressenden Place London SW1E 5DU 21 May 2013 As you must have seen, the Church of the Latter Day Saints have capitalized on the attention given … Continue reading →
21. June 2013 by rkh
Categories: Politics |
Tags: faith groups; charity; Mormons; Baroness Warsi; gender discrimination; gay children; religious extortion |
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Tweet The world of Luke Upward was sadly beset by jealous rivals. He himself had Walter Downer, his great friend Ricky Rubato had to endure Johnny Atempo, and even Beppo The Wonder Dog suffered from the backbiting of Mini-Mariachi Maxie, … Continue reading →
14. June 2013 by rkh
Categories: Belles-Lettres, Politics |
Tags: Barbra Streisand, Gogol; Google: Larry Page; Sergey Brin; Peter Mandelson; Tony Blair |
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Tweet TONZZO: As I was saying gentlemen, I am here to listen, because it is important that we listen to what is important. And it can get lonely for a man, being right for eleven years, with no one to … Continue reading →
01. June 2013 by rkh
Categories: Belles-Lettres, Politics |
Tags: play;, Prime Minister's Questions, Tony Blair, Waiting For Gordo; Beckett |
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Tweet Dear Prudence, always saving for a rainy day, Dear Prudence, always worried what the Bank will say. The pound is up, but trade’s in red. Our industry has gone to bed. Dear Prudence, always saving for come what may. … Continue reading →
31. May 2013 by rkh
Categories: Belles-Lettres, Politics |
Tags: Beatles, Beckett, Dear Prudence, Gordon Brown, play;, Waiting For Gordo |
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