Alan Watkins
Alan Watkins is a political commentator with a long and illustrious history. Author of books A Short Walk Down Fleet Street and A Conservative Coup, he won the 2005 Edgar Wallace Award for Fine Writing at the London Press Club awards. He also writes about rugby.
Alan Watkins: Cap'n Cameron will cruise to victory
The crew of the good ship Tory is muttering, but all is well on the bridge
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Alan Watkins: Tugging at the skirts of presidential victory
Sunday, 9 November 2008
Messrs Brown, Cameron and Clegg have engaged in an unedifying bout of bandwagon jumping
Alan Watkins: Gordon Brown: 'I'm still here'
Sunday, 2 November 2008
The Prime Minister's enemies keep setting the PM tests. He flunks every one. What more can they do?
Alan Watkins: 'Have nothing to do with yachts'
Sunday, 26 October 2008
Lord Beaverbrook's wise words seem not to have reached the ears of Messrs Osborne and Mandelson
Alan Watkins: In the long run, Mr Cameron need not worry
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Whatever the Prime Minister's current crisis standing, most Labour MPs expect to lose the next election
Alan Watkins: Brown's control of the crisis is illusory
Sunday, 12 October 2008
The Prime Minister has run an effective PR campaign, but he has little real idea of how to regulate the banks
Alan Watkins: Mr Cameron plays it safe... for now
Sunday, 5 October 2008
The Tory leader's speeches at party conference were all taken from the 'Daily Mail' bumper fun book
Alan Watkins: Miliband, do a Heseltine? A Portillo, more like
Sunday, 28 September 2008
The Prime Minister did tell one big fib at Labour's conference, but he has cleared the field of opponents
Alan Watkins: It's the South Sea Bubble all over again
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Mr Brown will now be presented as the pilot who weathered the storm, but we should remember that he helped to create it
Alan Watkins: An election is the PM's ultimate deterrent
Sunday, 10 August 2008
The idea that Mr Miliband or somebody else succeeding Mr Brown should trot off to the Palace seems the height of folly
Alan Watkins: A new Labour PM is sure to be a loser
Sunday, 3 August 2008
Were Gordon Brown to be removed and replaced, the election following a dissolution would ensure the party's annihilation
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Columnist Comments
• Andrew Grice: The Chancellor must consider tax hikes.
Despite the weight on his shoulders, the Chancellor remains remarkably calm.
• Howard Jacobson: The lesson of Hitler's deformity.
So Hitler actually did have only one ball. I call that a pity for history.
• Deborah Orr: Praising the public on pointless decisions.
People power, as it pertains to television anyway, is proving to be a tricky beast.
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6 Ian Burrell: I doubt the head of compliance finds this prank so 'hilarious' now
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8 Deborah Orr: It's easy to praise the public on decisions that don't matter
9 Rupert Cornwell: Formidable opponent is now the best choice
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1 Kabul 30 years ago, and Kabul today. Have we learned nothing?
2 Howard Jacobson: Read more literature and less history. That's the lesson of Hitler's deformity
3 Deborah Orr: For most women, prostitution is not a life choice
4 Leading article: The BBC still does not understand
5 Andrew Grice: A cool Chancellor must consider putting up taxes
6 Leading article: The overwhelming case for a major economic package
7 Robert Skidelsky: What would Keynes have done?
8 Ian Burrell: I doubt the head of compliance finds this prank so 'hilarious' now
9 Leading article: Better education can help to make our roads safer
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