65 days ago by matthewtaylor

As my regular reader knows, my self-esteem isn’t high at the moment. A couple of years ago, at the 20th anniversary dinner for IPPR, Patricia Hewitt paid handsome tribute to the Institute’s former and current directors, before adding as an afterthought ‘and, of course, we all remember Matthew Taylor ...

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87 days ago by Mark Wadsworth

From The Metro: The son of former health secretary Patricia Hewitt has been charged with possession of cocaine. Nicholas Hewitt Birtles, whose father is Judge William Birtles, will appear in court later this month after he was charged with possession of a class A drug.

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87 days ago by allstate

Former Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt The former health secretary Patricia Hewitt’s 21-year-old son has been charged with possessing cocaine. Nicholas Hewitt Birtles, a sales rep, was arrested when police raided a car parked near his home in Camden, north London, on Saturday evening, Scotland Yard ...

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87 days ago by David Davis

Mich ael Winning You could read this, but then you go on a bit and you find this. From the same set of government wallahs. So you’re to be allowed the saddo drug which depresses you and then you die. But not the fun stuff which helps you get an evening bonk in a club. And talking of restraint and ty ...

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137 days ago by Will

By Brandon Crocker A few months ago Imprimis, the monthly publication put out by Hillsdale College, printed an edited version of an address given at Hillsdale by Mark Steyn. Steyn’s piece, entitled “Live Free or Die,” is remarkable, as is typical for his work. Not to compare myself [...]

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137 days ago by Not a sheep

I see that Harriet Harman has done it again, she's opened her mouth and poured out a stream of rubbish. Apparently she has demanded that one of Labour’s two top posts should always be held by a woman — because "Men cannot be left to run things on their own. I think it’s a thoroughly bad thing to hav ...

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157 days ago by grassroots

What bad times for Brown. Blood on his hands from Afghanistan, he now has more allegations in today’s newspapers of being a sexist and acting like a Mafia boss…..and these from his friends within the Labour Party!!! Can anything go right for him? Remember this is the man who but a few weeks ago prom ...

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158 days ago by Arden Forester

Caroline Flint would be hard pressed to convince me that she was an upstanding and honourable woman at all times. She comes across mostly as a woman with pent-up grievances, just bursting to be amplified. So is it any wonder that she muses to herself that Gordon Brown didn't really trust her? "I don ...

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181 days ago by Not a sheep

LobbyDog reports that: "Patricia Hewitt, who is quitting as an MP at the next election, said she wanted to stand down to spend more time with her family. I guess when she said “family” she meant it in a very broad sense, because today she was appointed the new senior independent director at BT. Ms H ...

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197 days ago by keeptonyblairforpm

Original Home Page All Contents of Site – Index BLEARS & SMITH RESIGN FROM CABINET. HOW MANY MORE? I HAVE A STRANGE UNRECOGNISED AILMENT – I FEEL SORRY FOR GORDON BROWN Yes, I know I never wanted him as PM and will never forgive him for pushing for years and finally succeeding in replacing the polit ...

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