Fame and Fortune: Michael Portillo
Michael Portillo
Sunday Times
By Ali Hussain
30 November 2008
Michael Portillo is a journalist, broadcaster and a former Conservative politician. He began working for the Tories in 1976 and…
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'A smarter role' for government
Peter Mandelson
BBC Radio 4, Today
By Jim Naughtie
3 December 2008
Lord Mandelson stoked up the row over the arrest of the Tory frontbencher Damian Green today by accusing the Conservatives…
Guantanamo 'a stain on US military'
Darrel Vandeveld
BBC
By Gordon Corera
3 December 2008
Darrel Vandeveld tells the BBC why he quit as a Guantanamo Bay prosecutor. The tribunals used for putting suspects on…
Saturday interview: Peter Mandelson - 'I bring people together'
Peter Mandelson
The Guardian
By Patrick Wintour
29 November 2008
All political careers famously end in failure, but no political career has ended in failure quite so many times as…
Former Chancellor Geoffrey Howe attacks Gordon Brown
Geoffrey Howe
Daily Telegraph
By Robert Miller
28 November 2008
Former Conservative Chancellor Lord Geoffrey Howe has said Britain could be headed for depression as a result of Gordon Brown's…
Daminola Taylor's dad quizzes David Cameron
David Cameron
The Sun
By Richard Taylor
27 November 2008
TEN-year-old Damilola Taylor was stabbed to death eight years ago today. This afternoon Tory leader David Cameron will be among…
No Briainer
Dara O’Briain
The Irish World
By Shelley Marsden
26 November 2008
It’s been over a year since Wicklow comedian Dara O’Briain won an Irish World Award, but the 36-year-old has not…
'It's cyber war - and we're all in the firing line'
Michael Dobbs
Daily Telegraph
By Elizabeth Grice
27 November 2008
Politician turned novelist Michael Dobbs has a knack of foretelling the future. His latest scenario, about a cyber-attack bringing the…
Interview: Peter Marsh, head of the Tenant Services Authority
Peter Marsh
The Guardian
By Peter Hetherington
26 November 2008
Four million social housing tenants in England will, for the first time, have a statutory regulator to champion their rights…
John Virgoe of the International Crisis Group on the Bangkok protests
John Virgoe
The Guardian
By Julian Borger
26 November 2008
John Virgoe of the International Crisis Group on the Bangkok protests
Next year 'going to be difficult'
Alistair Darling
BBC Radio 4, Today
By John Humphrys
25 November 2008
The Chancellor Alistair Darling has outlined plans to double the national debt in his pre-Budget report. He says that next…
Cameron 'dancing to his own tune'
Peter Mandelson
BBC, Andrew Marr Show
By Andrew Marr
23 November 2008
Business Secretary says Tories 'out of step' on economy with 'no action plan'.
I'm highly sceptical
David Cameron
BBC, Andrew Marr Show
By Andrew Marr
23 November 2008
The Tory leader gives his verdict on the government's proposed VAT cut and warns of a 'tax bombshell' ahead.
The oldest snowboarder in town
Gil Paterson MSP
Total Politics
21 November 2008
Gil Paterson MSP reveals that age is no barrier when it comes to taking to the slopes with his snowboard
If I were Prime Minister: Tim Vine
Tim Vine
Total Politics
21 November 2008
Comedian Tim Vine on what he would do if he were Prime Minister
