Amanda Platell

Articles by Amanda Platell

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Watching Brief - Amanda Platell has got news for Angus Deayton

  • 27 May 2002

An obsession with headlines isn't a choice for this government, it's an addiction. Blair is about as likely to give up spinning as Angus Deayton is to give up sinning

Watching Brief - Amanda Platell

  • 20 May 2002

If it can't bury bad news beneath a real funeral, a la Jo Moore, this government is prepared to create its own cadaver. And a race row fits the bill perfectly reports Amanda Platell

Watching Brief - Amanda Platell on outrageous newspaper photos

  • 13 May 2002

If Pim Fortuyn had been a left-wing politician, would we have seen a photograph of his prostrate corpse on the front pages of the Mirror and the Independent?

Watching Brief - Amanda Platell thinks of Becks in bed

  • 06 May 2002

Becks's claim that he is "an animal in bed" has me wondering just what kind of animal he means. The image of a perfectly groomed, ridiculously obedient poodle springs to mind

With Sven and Ulrika, the Mirror had the dream exclusive. But its editor, with his new serious agenda, used the story in a way that looked as though he didn't believe it

  • 29 April 2002

Come on, guys, Kate Adie managed to look good in khaki and keep her pearl earrings on, even under fire

  • 22 April 2002

What a great funeral

  • 15 April 2002

The Queen should stick to Christmas broadcasts but, otherwise, the Brits give great funeral

There was not one, but two deaths that night - the Queen Mother, and the career of Peter Sissons

  • 08 April 2002

If Stella McCartney is so fond of her stepmum-to-be, why didn't she lend Heather a suitable outfit for the Oscars?

  • 01 April 2002

Kate Adie, at £2,000 per second, must be the costliest old trout in the world. Please put her back on the box

  • 25 March 2002

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

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

On Syria

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

The interview

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

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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