Archive for Andrew Grice
Today in Politics: LibDems scent Henley chance
By Andrew Grice The writ for the Henley by-election is expected to be moved tomorrow, allowing polling to take place on 26 June. Boris Johnson, the MP, is standing down after winning the race to become Mayor of London. Although…
Today in Politics: Brown humiliated in Crewe by-election
by Andrew Grice A spectacular Tory win in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election, where the man dubbed a “Tory toff” by Labour, Edward Timpson, turned a Labour majority of 7,708 into a Tory one of 7,860. The Tories expected to…
Today in Politics: Tories to win Crewe despite late own goal
By Andrew Grice Red faces in the Conservative Party this morning after the revelation that staffers in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election inadvertently sent the personal details of 8,500 local voters to a radio station in the Isle of Man….
Today in Politics: Nil-nil and no penalty shoot out
By Andrew Grice A very flat session of Prime Minister’s Questions today. There was a sombre mood as Gordon Brown and David Cameron discussed the natural disasters in Burma and China. You wouldn’t have guessed that Brown is a in…
Today in Politics: Taxing problems
By Andrew Grice Tax is back at the top of the political agenda. Yesterday David Cameron showed a little more ankle than usual on the prospects of a Tory Government cutting taxes. Today Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, joined…
Today in Politics: Labour set for mauling in Crewe
By Andrew Grice Things seem to be going from bad to worse for Labour in Crewe and Nantwich ahead of Thursday’s by-election. Labour MPs and allies of Gordon Brown have admitted that the party’s campaign against “Tory toff” candidate Edward…
Today in Politics: Blair backs Brown (Tony, not Cherie)
By Andrew Grice A rare bit of good news for Gordon Brown. Speculation that Tony Blair is going to follow his wife Cherie by bringing forward his memoirs is wide of the mark, I’m told. Last Friday night, Team Brown…
Today in Politics: is Brown rewriting history?
By Andrew Grice Gordon Brown is trying to make a virtue out of his remarkable U-turn over the 10p tax rate. Interviewed on BBC’s Today programme this morning, he argued that the £2.7bn tax cut announced on Tuesday was to…
Today in Politics: Be straight, Prime Minister
By Andrew Grice A good, if predictable, line of attack from David Cameron in Prime Minister’s Questions just now. He accused Gordon Brown of not “being straight” with the British people over the election that never was (nothing to do…