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Silent Majority

  • 16 July 2001

Cannabis was in effect decriminalised in part of London. Back-bench Labour MPs were said to be the real opposition

Kenbo Baggins

  • 09 July 2001

First extracts from the film The Lord of the Rings were released. Ken Clarke's campaign to be Tory leader took up more column-inches

Madifestos

  • 25 June 2001

Leaders should be tested for lunacy, according to the president of the World Federation of Neurology

I Believe

  • 18 June 2001

(With apologies to Frankie Laine and/or The Bachelors)

Dunderhead Tonight

  • 11 June 2001

Eric Clapton is giving up touring. The Conservatives lost the election

No Survivors

  • 04 June 2001

"I know exactly who voted against me" - JJ, the second castaway to be expelled from the TV show Survivor. Glossy TV election ads were negative

Don't Vote Once, It's All Right

  • 28 May 2001

It's Bob Dylan's turn to be 60. It was suggested that non-voters might outnumber winning voters for the first time since 1918

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

  • 21 May 2001

Early polls continued to show a strong Labour lead. Eric Burdon of The Animals turned 60

Da Doo Ron Ronnie

  • 14 May 2001

Ronnie Biggs, the Great Train Robber of 1963, has returned home, courtesy of the Sun, which says it will also return Tony Blair to power

Lollipop Lollipop

  • 07 May 2001

"I presume they're not inviting me in to have a lollipop" - Lord John Taylor on being summoned to a meeting with the opposition chief whip in the Lords

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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