You can take the councillors out of the Town Hall…
IT was all very convivial over a glass of wine and mince pie at the Town Hall last night, as the council time-warped back a few spaces to celebrate the 50th anniversary of [READ ON]
Tony Blair
‘So I was at a party with Bing Crosby and Twiggy…’: Illtyd’s wicked words
AS our columnist Illtyd Harrington, the former deputy leader of the GLC and the architect of London’s freedom pass for the elderly, snapped at the hypocrisy and [READ ON]
Jeremy Corbyn to win on the first round? Scarcely believable
A few months ago these pages said a Jeremy Corbyn victory was 'scarcely believable'. Chortle-chortle now, look's who won. But, who'd have called the outcome of this crazy contest right back at the start? [READ ON]
Sadiq’s win: A Labour purge of a different kind?
THE revolutionaries say that people compared Sadiq Khan nominating Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership with Tessa Jowell accepting a seat in the House of Lords and the [READ ON]
You there under the parasol? I’m the one trade unionists want to be Mayor
ANYTHING David Lammy can do in the race to be Labour’s mayoral candidate, Tessa Jowell will at least try to do better. And so, just a couple of weeks after David [READ ON]
Did you hear the one about the United Nations ignoring Islington North?
TONY Blair’s former speechwriter Philip Collins has been doing his bit to dampen the Jeremy Corbyn parade. He was jousting with Diane Abbott on Newsnight earlier this [READ ON]
Could – should – the Conservatives have won Hampstead and Kilburn?
‘WHEN’S the boss coming down?’ It became a bit of a catchphrase whenever I saw Conservative Simon Marcus on the election campaign trail. Nag, nag, nag, I [READ ON]
Theo’s analysis: People didn’t trust Labour on the economy… and it’s time to bin the mansion tax
THE telling of this election tale, and trying to piece together what really happened and why, will take a few more days yet, perhaps longer. With Labour nursing deep wounds [READ ON]
Morning update 30.03.15: Farage’s favourite brew?
UKIPSTER HIPSTER EVERY company likes to see their products get a bit of exposure on the national stage, but what thinks the supercool Camden Brewery of this weekend’s [READ ON]
H&K: Blair doles out the dosh, but there’s ‘not a penny’ for Tulip
THE controversy over Tony Blair’s pre-election donations – £1,000 each to Labour’s 106 key battleground campaigns – rumbles on. Former Islington [READ ON]
Richard Osley 