Brian Coleman

Brian Coleman

Brian Coleman was first elected to the London Assembly in June 2000. Widely outspoken he is best known for his groundbreaking policy of removing traffic calming measures

Articles by Brian Coleman

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Cultural apartheid?

  • 28 August 2007
  • 7 comments

The Proms remain a resolutely all-white, Middle English affair

Politics and alcohol

  • 13 August 2007
  • 8 comments

One Tory backbencher of my acquaintance always made a better speech after he had consumed a bottle of red wine at dinner

Falun Gong is a constant reminder of Chinese oppression

  • 31 July 2007
  • 17 comments

The Chinese government has a long way to go in learning how to treat and respect humanity

The Tory mayoral carry on

  • 23 July 2007
  • 5 comments

With Boris on the boards the London political scene now has a production to grasp the popular imagination

Coleman at Wimbledon

  • 09 July 2007
  • 1 comment

The Navy at Gay Pride, why the people behind 2012 should be replaced and a few other musings arising from a trip to the home of tennis...

Thatcher the gay icon

  • 25 June 2007
  • 8 comments

'There are many gay Tory men who would like to sleep with David Cameron but it is Lady Thatcher whose portrait hangs over their bed'

The loss of a good man

  • 11 June 2007
  • 6 comments

When the perks are so attractive, it's no wonder our public servants are tempted by retirement

Grammar School fury won't go away

  • 29 May 2007
  • 3 comments

I have yet to find a Conservative MP, London Assembly member, Councillor, or activist who thinks Mr Willetts needed to make the remarks he did

Lord Levy's 'persecution'

  • 14 May 2007
  • 8 comments

Millions have been spent on chasing e-mails ... but then Lord Levy like Dame Shirley Porter before him is Jewish

The closet is a lonely place

  • 23 April 2007
  • 15 comments

Conservative London Assembly member Brian Coleman gives us his take on the controversial issue of naming people as gay in the process outing Ted Heath as a 'cottager'

Afghanistan

Doomed to failure

Two sides of the Coin

Hung parliament

Who would rule?

Doing deals in Downing Street

Interview

Seymour Hersh

The NS Interview: Seymour Hersh

Television

Paradox

Paradox

What if...

The Beatles never formed

What if .... the Beatles had never formed

Will Self

Eats at Subway

Attack of the one-foot sandwich

Iraq war

We want a trial

Iraq, Palin and building bridges

Books of the year

Our selection

Books of the Year: Part I

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