Amanda Platell
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Watching brief - Amanda Platell assesses the Media Guardian 100
- 14 July 2003
Why was Andrew Marr only at 54 in the MediaGuardian 100 list? A twitch of his eyebrow can cast aspersions on any politician's claims - and Marr uses his eyebrows a lot
UK Politics
Watching brief - Amanda Platell gets within 20 feet of Alastair
- 07 July 2003
Alastair Campbell, while facing MPs, carried a pin to push into his hand when he felt he might lose control. Since when have honest men needed to draw blood to tell the truth?
Watching brief - Amanda Platell thinks it's common to hog champers
- 30 June 2003
What gave the Comedy Terrorist away was his request for a bottle rather than a glass of champagne. Royalty dress in drag all the time; only commoners hog the champers
Watching brief - Amanda Platell wants trousers zipped up
- 23 June 2003
The Press Complaints Commission is a flawed system but somehow it works. Nothing makes a politician zip his trousers faster than fear of the next morning's red tops
Watching brief - Amanda Platell enjoys Hillary's rewriting of history
- 16 June 2003
Dick Morris, adviser to Clinton, describes the Bill-Hillary marriage: "For putting up with Gennifer Flowers, she got control of healthcare policy. For Monica, she got a Senate seat"
Watching brief - Amanda Platell backs chequebook journalism
- 09 June 2003
When it is finally drawn, the road map tracing the departure of Alastair Campbell will lead all the way back to a luxury flat in Bristol and end somewhere during the search for WMDs
Watching brief - Amanda Platell applauds press campaigning
- 02 June 2003
Exposes of NHS tourism and the government's short-sighted drugs policy, as well as the launch of a national referendum: old-fashioned campaigning journalism is back in fashion
Watching brief - Amanda Platell denounces the new Becks hairstyle
- 26 May 2003
Who are the models for journalists in the BBC's new political thriller? Not the Sun's Rebekah Wade or the Sunday Mirror's Tina Weaver: both are far too well-dressed
Watching brief - Amanda Platell thinks the Observer has got sexy
- 19 May 2003
Perish the thought, but I think the Observer has got sexy. Even readers who dress to the left are interested in sex and celebrity, provided it's more West End than EastEnders
UK Politics
Watching brief - Amanda Platell on Tony Blair's birthday treats
- 12 May 2003
The Prime Minister gets a few birthday treats thanks to a fab photographer, a loyal lackey and a newspaper or two. But wouldn't he have preferred Carole's singing to Cilla's?
