Andrew Grice
The Independent's Political Editor Andrew Grice has been writing about politics for 25 years. Formerly Political Editor at the Sunday Times, he claims he started at Westminster when he was 10 but Whitehall sources say he was 25. His column, The Week in Politics, appears in The Independent each Saturday, with regular updates throughout the week at Today in Politics.
Andrew Grice: Bush – and a leader running out of time?
Gordon Brown may find he has more in common with George Bush than he expected when he travels to the United States tonight for a four-day visit.
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Andrew Grice: A Day in Politics
Saturday, 3 May 2008
On his flight to the US last July, Gordon Brown was jokingly asked whether he was disappointed that he was only 16 points ahead of the Conservatives in the latest opinion poll. Only 10 months on, he must explain why Labour came 20 points behind the Tories in the local elections.
Andrew Grice: The week in politics
Saturday, 26 April 2008
Gordon Brown was distraught. "Both of us have spent our lives trying to help people out of poverty," he told the Labour MP Frank Field. "Now I am being accused of doing the opposite."
Andrew Grice: The PM has only himself to blame for Budget mess
Thursday, 24 April 2008
The writing was on the wall three weeks ago, but Gordon Brown refused to read it. A string of Labour MPs challenged him over his decision to abolish the 10p rate of income tax when he addressed their weekly meeting.
Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics
Saturday, 19 April 2008
It was the egg that did it. During a round of television interviews, Gordon Brown worked hard to empathise with the public's anxiety over the economy. He tried to stop himself firing his machine gun of statistics about how well Britain is doing and adopted new language.
Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics
Saturday, 12 April 2008
When David Cameron held talks with Nicolas Sarkozy at Buckingham Palace during his recent state visit, the Tory leader was pleasantly surprised to be invited to Paris.
Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics - Brown's MPs are in a darkening mood
Saturday, 5 April 2008
Even Gordon Brown's allies are fretting. At a gloomy meeting of Labour MPs this week, the Prime Minister was advised to get himself on to Richard and Judy's sofa. "People don't know who you are," Chris Mole, the MP for Ipswich, told him bluntly.
Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics
Saturday, 29 March 2008
Something odd happened at Westminster this week. At the very last minute, the House of Commons decided to appeal against a Freedom of Information tribunal ruling that the "second homes" allowances of 14 prominent politicians should be disclosed. It is an important test case which could lead to the publication of all MPs' expenses.
Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics
Saturday, 22 March 2008
Five years on, the history of the Iraq war is being rewritten by those who played a role in it. No wonder they try. In their worst dreams in 2003, surely they could not have imagined that Iraq would be in the state it's in today.
Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate for mayor of London, buoyed up his party at the start of its spring conference in Gateshead yesterday with a promise to turn Ken Livingstone into Ken Leaving-soon in 48 days. For a party hungry for power, the real prospect of winning London is something to savour.
Andrew Grice: The Week in Politics
Saturday, 8 March 2008
"How bad is it today?," Alistair Darling got used to asking his officials at his first meeting of the morning at the Treasury. "Bad," was the answer that often came back.
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