Matthew Norman
Press Awards Columnist of the Year 2008, the political commentator Matthew Norman also writes The Independent’s media diary.
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This latest EU Tory party squabble has sent David Cameron into a tailspin and he can't stop spinning
14 May 2013 05:28 PM
What point can there possibly be in trying to decipher Mr Cameron’s thinking? He is not thinking at all. All he is doing is obeying the primary animal instinct for survival.
Iain Duncan Smith - smarter than Joey from ‘Friends’, but blind to the truth
13 May 2013 12:00 AM
Who will hire a man unable to differentiate fact from fiction?
Why do we prop up an industry destroying lives across Britain?
07 May 2013 06:04 PM
The digital roulette offered on fixed odds betting terminals is gambling's crack cocaine
Matthew Norman on Monday: Is the Tories’ top leadership plotter preparing to jump ship?
05 May 2013 07:08 PM
Adam Afriyie has treated readers of the Mail to his own Ukip-flavoured manifesto
A party political broadcast by the Tories: Prison’s like a holiday camp
30 April 2013 07:02 PM
In its footling way, this low-level bullying of inmates is undoubtedly good politics
Matthew Norman on Monday: Why must the Johnson family cloak themselves in obscurity?
28 April 2013 07:36 PM
Plus: Does anyone have a clue what IDS is on about? And Jonathan Aitken invites us to join him for a fantasy glass of champagne in Paris...or would that be Switzerland?
Luis Suarez proves we can't expect a sport as amoral as football to show any teeth
23 April 2013 10:00 AM
It would be crazy to understate the significance of this show of babyish spite. Perhaps Lord Hutton should be recalled from retirement to head a full judicial inquiry.
Luis Suarez shows we can't expect a sport as amoral as football to show any teeth
22 April 2013 06:33 PM
It would be crazy to understate the significance of this show of babyish spite. Perhaps Lord Hutton should be recalled from retirement to head a full judicial inquiry.
Matthew Norman on Monday: Champion of underdog battles for MPs’ rights to 38 per cent pay hike
21 April 2013 06:12 PM
Transport minister confirms his neo-Thatcherite instinct for honing in on the electorate’s paramount concerns
Matthew Norman on Monday: Introducing Maggie - the consensual PM
14 April 2013 06:43 PM
Francis Maude gave a contender for the Most Balanced Thatcher eulogy this weekend. Plus, why Lady T was an (almost) total supporter of democracy
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Stoke City investigate 'religious abuse' after 'pig's head is found in Kenwyne Jones' locker'
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Gove’s lesson: spare the comma, spoil the child
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Ukip captures Labour fortress in South Yorkshire by-election
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You thought Ryanair's attendants had it bad? Wait 'til you hear about their pilots
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