The newspapers are full this morning of Margaret Thatcher's fury at Ronald Reagan for the Gipper's eleventh hour suggestion that she abandon her successful 1982 attempt to re-take the Falkland Islands. This seems a good moment to wheel out this clip from the Iron Lady movie. Playing Mrs T, Meryl Streep makes it clear to […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Philantropist Melinda Gates was Guest Editor of this morning's Today programme and one of her special guests was the Prime Minister. Mrs Gates – with Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates – has helped lead charitable efforts in the developing world to control malaria and other preventable diseases. David Cameron told […]
“Where have the times gone Baby; it’s all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?” The backing track is Maroon 5’s Payphone.
Ms Crouch was speaking after Owen Paterson had told The Telegraph that any repeal would be unlikely to succeed in any House of Commons vote.
On last night's Westminster Hour three bloggers dissected the big political events of the year. Stephen Tall for the LibDems, Hopi Sen for Labour and Tim Montgomerie for the Conservatives. Tim argued that… Jeremy Heywood's investigation of the Mitchell police log was more Inspector Clouseau than Sherlock Holmes. He said that Labour had wasted 2012 […]
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