Andy McSmith
Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio 4.
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Andy McSmith's Diary: High-minded Gordon Brown an undeserving victim of David Cameron’s low blow
10 July 2013 10:21 PM
Our man in Westminster
Andy McSmith's Diary: Doughty MP battling for a constituent facing 30 years in a Dominican jail
09 July 2013 08:51 PM
Our man in Westminster
Andy McSmith's Diary: Barking Bone’s Bill is a triumph of democracy
05 July 2013 09:17 PM
Our man in Westminster
Pay and Parliament: Ipsa chief says ducking decision on MPs' wages risks another expenses scandal
05 July 2013 04:01 PM
Sir Ian Kennedy ridicules politicians' objections to Ipsa plans after they wanted to be relieved of setting own pay
Andy McSmith's Diary: Disunited - the spark of the Falkirk scandal that brought Tom Watson low
04 July 2013 09:56 PM
Our man in Westminster
Andy McSmith's Diary: That’s the way to do it - Ed Miliband left punch-drunk by PM’s union taunts
03 July 2013 08:39 PM
Our man in Westminster
Andy McSmith's Diary: Watch out Prime Minister, with Boris as Mayor anything can still happen
02 July 2013 08:19 PM
Our man in Westminster
Andy McSmith's Diary: It’s hard being an MP and getting the flak for a pay rise that never comes
01 July 2013 09:59 PM
What really annoys MPs is that the executives at Ipsa who control their salary are so much better paid
Nick Clegg to answer questions from political journalists every month
01 July 2013 03:00 AM
Nick Clegg has announced that he will step in and offer something David Cameron promised years ago but has not delivered. The Deputy Prime Minister says that he will make himself available every month to reply to questions from political journalists about any aspect of government policy.
Labour leader Ed Miliband urged to tackle union influence by former minister Kim Howells
30 June 2013 06:03 PM
Ed Miliband has been warned by a former trade union official to get to grips with union influence if he wants labour to have electoral appeal. Kim Howells, a former foreign minister who was a high ranking official in the Welsh miners’ union during the 1984 strike, was reacting to reports about a clash between the Labour leader and the Unite union over the selection of a Labour parliamentary candidate.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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