Paul Anderson, Tribune column, 25 May 2007 I have never quite worked out why so many people who are involved in politics think that party...

Paul Anderson, Tribune column, 27 April 2007 Small things can cheer you up sometimes, and this week’s small thing for me was that Segolene...

Well, the extremely good news from the exit polls from the first round of the French presidential election is that Segolene Royal appears to...

The latest polls show Jean-Marie Le Pen now in third place in the French presidential race. If on Sunday the self-indulgent imbeciles of the...

Becasue I teach journalism at a university and work as a journalist, I'm a member of two trade unions, the University and College Union ...

It's Derby at home this afternoon, and I need some serious beautiful fitba — and victory — to persuade me to renew the season ticket. A ...

Speculation is rife over when Blair will resign. I have no inside info on this (and nor, I suspect, has anyone else who is writing about it)...

Been busy, so only just noticed this from Oliver Kamm, but is he right or is he right?

Dig this: special TGV beats the world rail speed record. It's not as sexy as Mallard but I'm sick to death of crap Brit trains. With...

OK, it's neutral and tight – but boy, what a headline act: 2p off the basic rate of income tax. It's true that most of that comes ...

The plan by UCAS, the universities admissions system, to ask prospective students about their parents' educational background has given ...

Roy Hattersley reviews Kenneth O Morgan’s Michael Foot: A Life (HarperPress, £25) in the Observer today (click here ). I have just finishe...

Part of my day-job is teaching a course on history of journalism at City University, and I've just had back a large batch of essays in w...

I have been alerted to this , which informs the world that the copyright owner of the Cameron Bullingdon Club aristo-scum pic has withdrawn ...

I know it sounds retro, but I enjoyed an excellent lunch today with Michael Foot at the Gay Hussar. Barckley Sumner, retiring deputy editor ...

Paul Anderson, Tribune column, 2 March 2007 Sometimes even Alastair Campbell gets it right. The old bruiser was up to some new tricks in ...

And here's how to murder another great socialist anthem... These guys are apparently serious Chinese alternativos but — dear me ...

This has more to do with Italian football hooliganism than politics, but it's impressive all the same: