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Michael Brown

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Michael Brown was a Conservative MP from 1979 to 1997

<p>Hit repeat: the band’s music has been given a new lease of life </p>
Music

How we found success with our Nineties boy band – in our fifties...

The concession speech must be prepared and the tears and tantrums saved until safely home with a large bottle of whisky
Voices

What it's like to win – and to lose – a seat

Former prime minister Sir Edward Heath is being investigated on counts of child abuse
Comment

Edward Heath abuse claims: Even as an enemy of the former PM I am

October 1985: Viscount Whitelaw, Norman Tebbit and Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool
Comment

Michael Brown: Thatcher changed Britain - and I was lucky enough to

UK Politics

To those MPs who lost their seats, I know how you feel

UK Politics

Blues' victory does not deliver knock-out

UK Politics

Review of the year: The Tories

UK Politics

A Tory adrenalin junkie with the stomach to campaign on two fronts

Commentators

Michael Howard must start sharing the limelight

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So who is thinking what they're thinking?

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There is unexpected octane in the Tory tank

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Civil war will break out unless local activists have the final say

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It's not enough to be right - you have to be political

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It's not enough to be right - you have to be political

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Michael Howard's tactics are winning headlines, but they won't win the

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Howard has chance to profit from this election stage-setter

Commentators

So will Labour candidates put a picture of a grinning Tony Blair on

Voices

The ghosts of Black Wednesday show how hard it is for the Tories to

Voices

The ghosts of Black Wednesday show how hard it is for the Tories to

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The ghosts of Black Wednesday show how hard it is for the Tories to

Voices

Why the Liberal Democrats want your `wasted' votes

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Why the Liberal Democrats want your 'wasted' votes

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Urbane rebel reveals the party's irrelevance

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Watch out for a March election in 2005

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In the end, Blair was too weak to save his Home Secretary

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Churchill rejected ID cards and so should Howard

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Labour MPs are living in fear of losing their seats at the next

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In the end, Blair was too weak to save his Home Secretary

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Churchill rejected ID cards and so should Howard

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Labour MPs are living in fear of losing their seats at the next

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Blunkett will be judged in the court of public opinion

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Blunkett will be judged in the court of public opinion

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A chance for the Tories to stand on principle

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Boris Johnson deserved to be sacked

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I've been vilified for saying it, but I hold to my view that the Tory

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The slow, strange death of the Conservative Party

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The slow, strange death of the Conservative Party

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Lib Dems could be the death of the Tories

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The cold shoulder from President Bush could do Michael Howard a world

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If we build up wealth during our life, why should the state claim it

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The Liberal Democrats need to decide whether to campaign to the left

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Campaigning in August, reverting to old themes on crime - Mr Howard is

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Michael Howard should back John Kerry

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Kinnock blew it in 1986. Has Howard done the same?

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It's back to old Labour habits of spend and tax

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Face the facts: there is no Tory breakthrough

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Soham proves the need for a national police force

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Tory leader can celebrate but not with the best champagne

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Tory leader can celebrate but not with the best champagne

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Voters are disillusioned with the main parties

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The disenchanted will use this poll to kick the entire political

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The harsh truth of life on electoral death row

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So who's afraid of Michael Howard?

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So who's afraid of Michael Howard?

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The day my life changed (thanks to the weather)

UK Politics

The Tories in 2010: 'I'd put a fiver each way on Malcolm Rifkind'

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So many summits - and all that Mr Blair achieves is government by

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The only immigration policy seems to be covering up some unpalatable

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The Tories should sound the retreat over Iraq

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The Tory leader must prove he is not an opportunist

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Tony Blair has been seduced by the two sick men of Europe

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Mr Howard has proved himself a wily politician

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Howard bet the farm on Hutton - and lost

UK Politics

Cool Ryder will relish the BBC maelstrom

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Next week will test Howard as much as Blair

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Next week will test Howard as much as Blair

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The Week in Politics: Howard has made the running - but will

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New Labour may be the child of Thatcherism, but it is not its clone

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Blair needs the Labour Party more than it needs him - and his MPs know

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Can Mr Blair survive this rebellion?

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Can Mr Blair survive this rebellion?

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When politicians turn to the public for help, you know they're in

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Parliament is the centre of political debate once again

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Michael Howard and the Tory dream team

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He must avoid the image consultants at all costs

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Duncan Smith is doomed - but don't count on Howard to succeed him

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Is it all over for Duncan Smith's leadership?

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The problem is not the leader - it is the party

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There is only one way to save the Tory party: electoral reform

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Who wants to be a Prime Minister? Just ask our friend Chatshow Charlie

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A good time for Tories to vote Liberal Democrat

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Why the voters appear to have ignored Hutton

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Iain Duncan Smith has missed an open goal, but he has one more chance

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Mr Blair may survive Hutton, but the Labour Party is losing faith in

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At the heart of the Hutton inquiry is Blair's corruption of the civil

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Already the Hutton inquiry is making life uncomfortable for the

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Has anyone seen the Tory party?

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At the heart of the Hutton inquiry is Blair's corruption of the civil

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Already the Hutton inquiry is making life uncomfortable for the

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Has anyone seen the Tory party?

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Don't expect any gratitude from the voters

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Labour should stop fighting this futile war

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Suddenly, it is possible to imagine life without Tony Blair at Number

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Mr Blair may still find a way to fox his backbenchers

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Why don't parties represent their members' views?

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After six long years, the Tories have rediscovered the art of

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No confidence motion will give redress to MPs

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Our whole EU relationship is up for debate now

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