Behind the Lines

Column published in the Newcastle Journal on 29 March, 2008 *** Last November, I argued on these pages that New Labour had missed its best o...

Column published in the Newcastle Journal on 22 March, 2008. *** Oscar Wilde once famously said that a cynic is someone who knows the price ...

Column published in the Newcastle Journal, 15 March 2008 **** Having sat through every one of New Labour’s Budgets – latterly via the telly ...

Column published in the Newcastle Journal, 8 March 2008. *** THERE was a time when Britain’s relationship with Europe seemed to be a definin...

Column published in the Newcastle Journal, 1 March 2008. *** A common phenomenon in US presidential elections is the emergence of candidates...