Amanda Platell

Watching brief - Amanda Platell asks if Piers Morgan will survive

• 10 May 2004

I have no experience of being weed on, but the stream of urine in the Mirror pictures of alleged torture in Iraq did not look very convincing to me

Watching brief - Amanda Platell relives her Sunday Express days

• 03 May 2004

By going back to its conservative roots, the Daily Express is ending a terrible social experiment begun by Lord Hollick and Rosie Boycott

UK Politics

Watching brief - Amanda Platell praises the Sun

• 26 April 2004

All credit to Trevor Kavanagh of the Sun for getting the political scoop of the year on the EU referendum. To say that it was all part of a deal between Blair and Murdoch is rubbish

Watching brief - Amanda Platell on Ann Widdecombe as agony aunt

• 19 April 2004

When the Beckhams say they have "instructed lawyers", do they mean libel lawyers or divorce lawyers? Asks Amanda Platell

Watching brief - Amanda Platell predicts Charles Kennedy's future

• 29 March 2004

Why frailty in the modern politician is unforgivable, why columnists must never leave a party at 1am, and why Sarah Montague won't be happy to feature on the Today website

Watching brief - Amanda Platell judges the British Press Awards

• 22 March 2004

On the judging panel, our dilemma was: do you reward a struggling paper such as the Independent for a brilliant initiative, or plump for consistently excellent journalism?

Watching brief - Amanda Platell on the agenda-setting Sunday Times

• 15 March 2004

The editor of the Times was forced to apologise to his readers in Middle England for distributing the compact version of the paper to their homes. They were not amused

Watching brief - Amanda Platell sees too many ads in the Telegraph

• 08 March 2004

Advertisements all but obliterated pages two and three of Saturday's Telegraph. The reader will feel cheated and it sets a dangerous precedent for the future

Watching brief - Amanda Platell warns Telegraph staff about "Monty"

• 23 February 2004

Telegraph journalists would do well to ditch their proposed strike over pay: if they're bought by David Montgomery's 3i group, the strike will be a red rag to a bullish new owner

UK Politics

Watching brief - Amanda Platell has sisterly advice for Tessa Jowell

• 16 February 2004

Tessa Jowell shouldn't take back what she said about Campbell's macho style: the only thing voters hate more than testosterone-charged politicians is oestrogen-challenged ones