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Man of straw
- Martin Bright
- 11 October 2007
- 3 comments
So it was Jack Straw who counselled against an early election? Martin Bright reports on a politician who, after the event, always seems to be in the right
The big decision
- Martin Bright
- 04 October 2007
- 4 comments
Martin Bright on the calculations that guided Gordon Brown through the election fever and led him to make his decision
The history boys
- Martin Bright
- 20 September 2007
- 3 comments
As Gordon Brown fends off troubles on all fronts ahead of the Labour conference, Martin Bright says the PM should look to his party's roots to revive public confidence
The dinosaurs, right all along
- Martin Bright
- 13 September 2007
- 5 comments
The Inside Track with Martin Bright at the TUC plus Tara Hamilton-Miller, Chris Huhne, Peter Wilby and Kevin Maguire
Citizen's advice
- Martin Bright
- 06 September 2007
- 1 comment
When is the new politics really new, and when is it merely a device to distance Gordon Brown from Tony Blair's legacy? Our political editor, Martin Bright, identifies the places where change is actually taking place
Guns - where are they all coming from?
- Martin Bright
- 30 August 2007
- 10 comments
The Conservatives blame Labour for the rise of armed violence. But, as Martin Bright reports, Merseyside's problems can be traced back to a disastrous decision by a former Tory home secretary
David and George enter Phase Two
- Tara Hamilton-Miller
- 23 August 2007
- 2 comments
If Blair and Brown were Lennon and McCartney, who are Cameron and Osborne? Mick and Keith? Ant and Dec? Their relationship holds the key to Conservative fortunes
No mercy for Ming
- Rosa Prince
- 16 August 2007
- 3 comments
The polls may be bad for David Cameron, but they are even worse for Menzies Campbell. The knives are out for him, even if he cannot yet see them
Salmond's audacious leap
- Douglas Fraser
- 09 August 2007
- 2 comments
The First Minister may hold power by a whisker, but he acts like a man with a landslide. Now it's time for his white paper on independence
So very unprofessional
- Martin Bright
- 02 August 2007
- 7 comments
How did David Cameron lose his nerve and his bearings in just one month? Martin Bright looks at the disarray that has engulfed the Conservatives since Gordon Brown became Prime Minister.
