Matthew d'Ancona

Starring in Harry Brown doesn't make Michael Caine a social scientist - David Cox - Film -...

guardian.co.uk Our drug dealers aren't Kurtz-style, Grand-Guignol archfiends who invite surprise visitors to violate unconscious overdosed lovelies in whatever way they choose. ... (Mon Nov 16 02:34:35 2009 PST)...

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Mishap folly crisis. . . so why is Gordon Brown starting to cheer up?

As the election approaches, the Prime Minister’s instinct for a scrap is starting to emerge – as is his strategy against the Tories, says Matthew d'Ancona. Ready for a fight: the closer the election gets, the happier Gordon...

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Cameron's three 'meaningless' pledges

Print this article David Cameron's made quite an impact with the latest spiel he delivered on Europe last Wednesday, says Gabriel Milland in the Daily Express. His about-turn on the Lisbon Treaty referendum prompted the...

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Michael Caine's Harry Brown divides the critics with its Daily Mail take on London's streets

Film of the Week: Genuine social commentary – or a hateful vigilante flick? Take your pick... FIRST POSTED NOVEMBER 12, 2009 The new British film Harry Brown, which stars Michael Caine as an elderly widower who seeks revenge...

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Another one at it

"Amid all the detailed argument about the Lisbon Treaty and referendums, it is easy to ignore a basic truth about Cameron's EU strategy and the trajectory upon which he is now set. This will be the first unequivocally...

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The transfer of authority to David Cameron has already begun

The reaction to Lisbon shows that the Tories are being treated - and scrutinised - as a ruling party, says Matthew d'Ancona. Prime Minister in waiting: David Cameron announces his change of course on the Lisbon Treaty Photo:...

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It's Official: David Cameron is a sanctimonious, smug git!

Matthew D'Ancona (via Iain Dale ): "It's not even that I am especially sceptical about climate change. It's the sanctimonious style of the green lobby and their ministerial accomplices I cannot stand: the collective smugness...

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Drugs rows, Aids denial and the post

Legalising all drugs would raise billions in revenue No more Mr Nice Guy, eh? One effect of Alan Johnson's decision to sack David Nutt is to shatter the carefully cultivated image that got the former postman talked about as a...

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'Nul Points' for Tony Blair as EU president but David Miliband sounds like a winner

As Tony Blair's chances of becoming European president fade, the Foreign Secretary is hitting all the right notes, says Matthew d'Ancona. May the best man win: Tony Blair with former protege David Miliband Photo: GETTY It's...

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The BNP can be dismissed but their constituency can not

Politicians should have paid attention years ago to the growing alienation of the old white working class, argues James Forsyth Our long national nightmare is over. For the past few weeks we have watched the BBC, the main...

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