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Tag Archives: politics

Covid chronicles: Four deliveries and a virtual funeral

Richard Lutz wanders though another lockdown week.

26 April, 2020 in Comment, Community, Health, Most recent.

Britain: Broken, bedevilled, betrayed

Richard Lutz watches democracy go down the pan.

29 August, 2019 in Brexit, Business, Comment, Democratise, Elections, Electoral reform, Europe, Most recent, Politics.

35 years on: I went on a demo

Richard Lutz takes to the streets filled with anti-Brexit protesters and latte.

21 October, 2018 in Comment, Festivals, Most recent, Sport.

Boris and his fringe appearance

Political columnist Will Mapplebeck drops in on the Tory shindig in Birmingham.

3 October, 2018 in Birmingham, Elections, Europe, Most recent, Politics.

God bless the Queen of the States

Big news from our royal correspondent.

10 July, 2018 in Most recent.

Road map to Pence-sylvania

With all the noise about Donald Trump, how about the other guy- the one a heartbeat away from the Oval Office? Richard Lutz checks the facts

24 November, 2016 in Comment, Most recent, Politics.
Howard Elson reports

Lord Howard: Why I feel safe in the United States of Animosity

Diplomatic editor Sir Howard Elston analyses the new Trumpie inner circle.

19 November, 2016 in Comment, Most recent, Politics.

Trump to Queen: ‘You’re fired, girl”


Sir Howard Elston, inside the Trump citadel, with an exclusive that’ll shock all lime-eating Brits.

16 November, 2016 in Comment, Politics.

Review: What Shadows at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz reviews a new play about Enoch Powell, the politician who polarised a nation with a venomous speech made more than four decades ago.

2 November, 2016 in Art and Leisure, Birmingham, Most recent, Theatre.

Cracked Mirror

Labour MP Keith Vaz is under fire after a tabloid secretly recorded alleged trysts with male escorts. We’re all victims, says Richard Lutz

5 September, 2016 in Comment, Politics.

Trump l’oeil: a case of sleight of mouth

Richard Lutz takes a look at Donald Trump’s failures when it comes to the candidate’s business acumen.

9 August, 2016 in Business, Most recent, Politics.

Come what May and other tales

Richard Lutz tries to review the past week.

16 July, 2016 in Comment, Most recent, Politics.

Elston Exclusive: Cammo, the Queen and those Chinese whispers

Sir Howard Elston, our security correspondent, on that double gaffe by our reigning monarch and our political leader. 

11 May, 2016 in Comment, Most recent, Politics.

This was the week that was: Tipping Point and other tales

Richard Lutz reviews his past seven days of May

8 May, 2016 in Comment, Most recent, Politics.

Howard: The big interview with IDS

Sir Howard Elston asks the big questions to Ian Duncan Smith, who has shocked the nation by quitting the Cabinet.

20 March, 2016 in Most recent, Politics.

Sir Howard: I can prove Trump is a pinko leftie – shock report

Sir Howard Elston reveals the darkest secret of America’s most popular candidate

11 February, 2016 in Business, Comment, Most recent, Politics.

That was the week that was

Richard Lutz stumbles through another bit of life…

6 February, 2016 in Comment, Most recent, Politics.

When the Christmas turkey comes home to roost

Richard Lutz rubs his hands with glee at the latest news from the world of grubby greedy people

21 December, 2015 in Comment, Football, Most recent, Politics.

I am Donald Trump’s neighbour

Richard Lutz peers over the garden fence to watch a new resident move in.

12 December, 2015 in Most recent, Politics.

Cameron: careful, courteous and chomping at the bit

Richard Lutz checks out David Cameron during the new friendly Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament.

16 September, 2015 in Most recent, Politics.

Cameron will have to be careful come Wednesday

Richard Lutz says the Prime Minister will have to have change his upper class bully boy tactics once he faces new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

14 September, 2015 in Most recent, Politics.
Dangerous seas

Give ‘em Shelter

Prime Minister David Cameron hasn’t looked anything like a leader this week writes Steve Beauchampé

5 September, 2015 in Charities, Comment, Community, Politics.

Military resistance

Richard Lutz ponders the cash Britain spends on defence and asks whether it’s really worth it.

4 September, 2015 in Comment, Most recent, Politics, United Kingdom.

The John Peel of politics

Britain’s next Prime Minister could be a 70-year old former Beard of the Year who’s become a hit with young voters. Steve Beauchampé assesses Jeremy Corbyn’s chances.

6 August, 2015 in Comment, Politics.

Meeting Up in Shanghai: Flatscreens, money, internet shopping… but still wary of the past

Journalist Sheilagh Matheson catches up with old Chinese friends – 40 years after they first met. Times have changed.

14 May, 2015 in Comment, Features, Most recent, Politics, Tourism, Travel.
David Cameron

Election reflection from a Tory point of view

As the dust settles, Tory euphoria and Labour gloom has yet to subside. Dominic Fisher examines the possibilities a new government will bring.

11 May, 2015 in Business, Elections, Europe, Most recent, Politics, United Kingdom.

Review: Feed the Beast

Richard Lutz at Birmingham Rep on a new political play opening just before the election

21 April, 2015 in Art and Leisure, Elections, Media, Most recent, Politics, Theatre.
David Cameron

Britain and its fragmented politics

Richard Lutz scribbles an election Letter to America

31 March, 2015 in Elections, Most recent, Politics.
BBC

BBC…and the garbage behind the screen

Richard Lutz gazes into his flatscreen and sees only seedy shenanigans

9 March, 2015 in Art and Leisure, Business, Most recent, Radio, Television.

STRAW DOG: A debit to his nation

The latest from our hard-hitting Parliamentary gossip columnist.

23 February, 2015 in Most recent, Pets.

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