Bradford West Articles

It is somewhat ironic that the coverage of the Leveson report yet further affirms why the press must be reformed. The Sunday papers were awash with a visibly scared press prejudging the outcome of the report and warning of the end of free speech as we know it. From...

Parliament may only be sitting for two days this week, with our MPs due on recess from tomorrow until next Monday, but despite the short working week there has already been plenty of blood spilt in the political amphitheatre – with the prospect of plenty more...

'What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger' I like to start columns with a quote from a great political thinker, in this case the singer Kelly Clarkson. In last week’s column I warned George Galloway might win in Bradford West and urged people to head there to help, as...

While siren voices from both Labour’s revanchist left and atavistic right might seek to find a ‘message’ in the heavy defeat inflicted by George Galloway last week, his victory was an old, familiar and depressing tale with very little to teach the Left about anything....