Boris Johnson told Parliament this week there will be a full public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. It’s something many people have been demanding for many months. But the reaction was sceptical at best, cynical at worst. Nobody doubts the need for an inquiry. The Covid death toll in this country has passed … Read more
Boris Johnson told Parliament this week there will be a full public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic. It’s something many people have been demanding for many months. But the reaction was sceptical at best, cynical at worst. Nobody doubts the need for an inquiry. The Covid death toll in this country has passed … Read more
Boris Johnson is guilty. Yes, I know he hasn’t been tried yet. The Electoral Commission has barely begun its investigation into whether he broke the rules over the most famous piece of home decorating since Marie Antoinette moved into her apartment in Versailles a few centuries ago. And anyway not everyone understands the arcane rules … Read more
Boris Johnson is guilty. Yes, I know he hasn’t been tried yet. The Electoral Commission has barely begun its investigation into whether he broke the rules over the most famous piece of home decorating since Marie Antoinette moved into her apartment in Versailles a few centuries ago. And anyway not everyone understands the arcane rules … Read more
There will never be another football match like it. I write that with complete confidence even though I have as much interest in football as I have in bin liners. Within seconds of the final whistle being blown, everyone was out in the street for what may have been the biggest spontaneous street party this … Read more
Thirty years ago, Sir Michael Dummett, who had just retired as the eminent professor of logic at Oxford University, felt the need to write a book that would help students answer their questions. Not the content of their answers, just how to express themselves. Sir Michael was worried because a survey had shown that nearly … Read more
Thirty years ago, Sir Michael Dummett, who had just retired as the eminent professor of logic at Oxford University, felt the need to write a book that would help students answer their questions. Not the content of their answers, just how to express themselves. Sir Michael was worried because a survey had shown that nearly … Read more
Edwina Currie and I were walking from the green room into the studio for a live On The Record interview. I mentioned the name of the prime minister. She stopped dead, fixed me with her most scornful look, spat out ‘John Major is a c***’ and walked on. I can describe that brief exchange today … Read more
Edwina Currie and I were walking from the green room into the studio for a live On The Record interview. I mentioned the name of the prime minister. She stopped dead, fixed me with her most scornful look, spat out ‘John Major is a c***’ and walked on. I can describe that brief exchange today … Read more
Easter was about hot cross buns for me and my teenage friends. We collected them from the baker at the crack of dawn on Good Friday and delivered them to the homes of customers to raise funds for our youth club. It was good fun — handing over paper bags we had stuffed with soft … Read more