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BBC's Oxbridge bias

Rachael Jolley — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:35:08 GMT

Isn't it time for the BBC to grasp the nettle of its outrageous pro-Oxbridge bias and stop permitting those institutions an upper hand on University Challenge?

Obama and the S Word

Rachael Jolley — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:14:58 GMT

Rachael Jolley looks at the fundamental misunderstandings in the US that allow John McCain and Sarah Palin to use the word 'socialist' to scare the electorate

Obama riding high on the downturn?

Rachael Jolley — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:47:59 GMT

In Pennsylvania everywhere are the signs of how much effort, and money, has been pushed into the battle for this state. Rachael Jolley reports from a state key in the race for the White House. And Obama seems to be winning...

Don't mention the Europeans

Rachael Jolley — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:41:28 GMT

Palin fans found among the Conservative Christian bunch, really like to spread the word that voting Democrat would be a vote for being a bit more like Europe, or worst of all, France

Truth imitates fiction

Rachael Jolley — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:31:55 GMT

The appointment of Joe Biden suggests Barack Obama is borrowing campaign tips from The West Wing

Northern exposure

Rachael Jolley — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:48:46 GMT

There is a distinct sense that the Westminster village needs to catch up with life beyond the sushi belt for Labour to get back in touch with voters north of the M62

Blumenthal: Hillary the working class hero

Rachael Jolley — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:49:46 GMT

Former adviser to Bill Clinton, Sidney Blumenthal is now on Hillary's campaign team. Here he tells Rachael Jolley how Clinton not Obama connects with America's working class

Learning from Obama

Rachael Jolley — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:52:51 GMT

Britain's New Labour ministers could learn a lesson from Obama and that's how to communicate effectively with voters so their rhetoric chimes with people's aspirations

Globalisation's positive power

Rachael Jolley — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:22:48 GMT

Nobel Prize winner and former Clinton economic advisor Joseph Stiglitz believes in the positive power of globalisation, but only if it is done differently