Plus: Thank you for the three bottles of vintage wine…but you forgot to enclose a note with your name. Christmas, eh?
Lord Ashcroft’s new research on the coming EU referendum is a reminder that gut fear will count for more than rational argument.
Plus: I stand in for a billionaire. Ten years of Pink News. And: the Michael Meacher I knew.
He has been seriously ill for almost a month, but is now reported to be recovering.
I’m aware that I owe many dear friends and supporters a phone call, email or text. Tonight’s revelations will, hopefully, explain the reason for my lack of contact.
This book is a serious work. It is certainly far more than its serialisable parts, as those who read the entire 600 pages will no doubt confirm.
Boris Johnson and David Cameron are among those who have suffered by association with the most offensive favourite in English royal history.
Labour is likely to pursue the author’s account of when Cameron knew about his non-dom tax status.
The last surviving Dambuster pilot has died, aged 96.
Plus: Let’s have three bands of income tax. Red sky at night, my Shepherds delight. And: see you in Finchley tomorrow for my Conservative Mayoral Candidate Hustings.
The Conservative candidate Peter Golds came third.
Priti Patel, Alok Sharma, Shailesh Vara – all have played a part in the big push among Indian-origin voters. It needs more money and support.
My new book collects the reports from my focus groups and explores what the public really thought of the election (when they thought about it at all).