Simon Heffer
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The party in the closet
- 14 August 2000
Many top Tories are a lot more liberal about homosexuality than they dare admit to their grass-root supporters, believes Simon Heffer
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Will the Tories harden on the euro?
- 17 July 2000
Hague is under pressure to declare the single currency a constitutional issue and to say he will never enter it. Simon Hefferreports
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Now Hague can set the political agenda
- 08 May 2000
Simon Heffer sees hope for the Tories if their leader can sound like a 19th century Manchester liberal
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Portillo's Militant Tendency
- 14 February 2000
Simon Heffer reveals how the new Shadow Chancellor's devotees seek to purge the Tory party of anyone opposed to their hero's takeover
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Hague gives Labour a perfect target
- 07 February 2000
Michael Portillo, symbol of all that the voters hate about the Tories, now has to shadow Gordon Brown. How very clever of the Tory leader!
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Hague must sack his useless aides
- 10 January 2000
Simon Hefferadvises the Tory leader to woo NHS workers and teachers, and to swing the axe
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The epitome of English geniality
- 20 December 1999
New Statesman Christmas - He made 54 films, including the most famous portrayal of Scrooge. Simon Hefferpays tribute to Alastair Sim, a comic genius
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I ate Jeffrey's shepherd's pie
- 29 November 1999
Simon Heffer warned Archer of trouble ahead. But when all politicians are lying one way or another, he understandably thought he could get away with it
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How the PM recruited for the Tories
- 08 November 1999
Very much like the Old Contemptibles, the Conservatives are now rejoicing in an enemy's insult
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A party at war with itself
- 04 October 1999
As the Tories prepare themselves for their annual conference, Simon Hefferdespairs of their lacklustre leader and rampant internecine bickering
