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Carole Caplin interview: "I'm a survivor"
She emerged from the pop world of the 1980s to become the pilloried best friend of a prime minister's wife. Here, in "the last interview I'll ever give", Carole Caplin… Read more
Carole Caplin | Source The Observer Author David Vincent Login to rate
13 May 2012
John Whittingdale on phone hacking: 'I like to believe people are generally truthful'
The chair of the parliamentary select committee that grilled Rupert Murdoch is funny, relaxed and an unlikely people's champion. But is he also just a little too credulous? Read more
John Whittingdale | Source The Guardian Author Decca Aitkenhead Login to rate
13 May 2012
David Cameron: 'There's so much I want to do, but can't'
David Cameron has complained of a ‘growing list of things that I want to do but can’t’ because of the Liberal Democrats. On the eve of the Queen’s Speech, the… Read more
David Cameron | Source Daily Mail Author James Chapman Login to rate
9 May 2012
Ken Livingstone criticises Ed Miliband for carrying 'discredited old Blairite wing'
Ken Livingstone criticised Labour leader Ed Milliband today for "carrying the discredited old Blairite wing with him". The losing mayoral candidate said working class people had been left "disillusioned" by… Read more
Ken Livingstone | Source BBC Radio 4, Today Author James Naughtie Login to rate
7 May 2012
Michael Winner: 'Burt Lancaster tried to kill me three times'
The director and columnist on David Cameron, being a grump, bad restaurants and refusing an OBEYou dated your wife, Geraldine, on and off for 55 years before finally tying the… Read more
Source The Observer Login to rate
5 May 2012
"Tom Watson's amendement about Rupert Murdoch was NOT dsicussed by the Committee"
Is Twitter allowing an unacceptable level of abuse to take place on the social network? Conservative MP Louise Mensch, who has over 50,000 followers on Twitter, has flagged up the… Read more
Louise Mensch | Source BBC Radio 4, Today Author Justin Webb Login to rate
3 May 2012
''I'm going to enjoy proving them wrong''
Amid the growing clamour for clarity over the government's public service reform agenda, the new head of the civil service Sir Bob Kerslake tells Iain Robinson why he believes he… Read more
Sir Bob Kerslake | Source Public Servant magazine Author Iain Robinson Login to rate
2 May 2012
George Galloway: 'I believe that on judgment day, people have to answer for what they did'
The newly elected MP for Bradford West strongly believes politics should not be secular, so why won't he say whether or not he is a Muslim? Everyone complains that MPs… Read more
George Galloway | Source The Guardian Author Decca Aitkenhead Login to rate
30 April 2012
Cameron: no 'bargain' with Murdoch over BSkyB
David Cameron has rejected claims there was a "grand deal" to approve News Corporation's takeover of BSkyB in return for government support from Rupert Murdoch's newspapers. The Prime Minister admitted… Read more
David Cameron | Source BBC, Andrew Marr Show Author Andrew Marr Login to rate
29 April 2012
Harriet Harman on Hunt, Livingstone and local elections
When Harriet Harman was asked if she had already decided the culture secretary had "acted totally inappropriately" before reading the email evidence raised at the Leveson Inquiry, she said: "absolutely".… Read more
Harriet Harman | Source BBC 1, The Politics Show Author Andrew Neil Login to rate
29 April 2012
Mia Hansen-Løve: the broken heart that made me a film-maker
The French director talks about the teenage love affair that led her to make films, and the thrill of discovering a new star actressYour forthcoming film, Goodbye First Love, is… Read more
Source The Observer Login to rate
28 April 2012
Ken Livingstone: 'This isn't a race to elect a chat-show host'
He is a lifelong champion of London's poor and dispossessed. So, with a week to go before the mayoral election, why is he still struggling to get his message across… Read more
Ken Livingstone | Source The Guardian Author Decca Aitkenhead Login to rate
26 April 2012
Cameron: I want us to do better
The prime minister has offered a staunch defence of the coalition's record in government and its vision for the country, despite the series of set-backs it has suffered in recent… Read more
David Cameron | Source BBC Radio 4, Today Author John Humphrys Login to rate
23 April 2012
Why do we put up with this?
As public servants seek greater clarity about their place in the government's civil service vision, Jonathan Baume, the head of the senior civil servants' union, tells Iain Robinson why it… Read more
Jonathan Baume | Source Public Servant magazine Author Iain Robinson Login to rate
16 April 2012
George Osborne: I'm going after the wealthy tax dodgers
George Osborne was left 'shocked' after an analysis of the tax returns of multi-millionaires which he personally ordered found that they are exploiting loopholes to pay little or nothing at… Read more
George Osborne | Source Daily Telegraph Author Robert Winnett Login to rate
10 April 2012
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