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: A cool Chancellor must consider putting up taxes
When Britain gave an honorary knighthood to Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, it recognised his "contribution to global economic stability". A beaming Gordon Brown told his economic guru: "You have been a great force for the advancement of the world economy and a great friend of the UK."
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Andrew Grice: Whether it's a tax cut or a tax con, Brown has given Cameron a problem
Saturday, 15 November 2008
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Saturday, 8 November 2008
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Andrew Grice: The last thing the Tories want is to look like fat cats
Saturday, 25 October 2008
If Labour lurched into class-based attacks, it would turn off the voters even more
Today in Politics: Yachting times
Friday, 24 October 2008
"You're only writing about this because it involves a yacht," the Tory aide told me as she gave me a ticking off over my story today over David Cameron's free flights and previously undisclosed meeting with Rupert Murdoch on a Greek island in August. Well, maybe. But, as we used to say in the playground, who started it? To which the answer is: George Osborne.
Andrew Grice: Back in the frontline – and revelling in it
Monday, 20 October 2008
When Peter Mandelson attended his first Cabinet meeting after his surprise recall, he left his Department for Business at 8.30am and did not return until 3.30pm. As his officials wondered what on earth he was doing at Downing Street, the word went round the Whitehall grapevine that he was "being Peter".
Andrew Grice: Tories haunted by Hague and Howard failure
Saturday, 18 October 2008
There has been a touch of Corporal Jones about the Tories this week
Andrew Grice: While Brown basks in plaudits, Sarkozy seethes
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Gordon Brown used to infuriate his European Union counterparts by turning up late for meetings, lecturing them on Britain's economic miracle, switching off his headphones when others spoke in foreign tongues and then leaving early.
Andrew Grice: Financial woes create election hope for Brown
Saturday, 11 October 2008
"This is the economic equivalent of 9/11," one cabinet minister said yesterday as he summed up a momentous week. Other members talk of the Government being on a "war footing" as they gather in the Cabinet Office's Briefing Room A (Cobra) for meetings of the new National Economic Council or "war cabinet".
Andrew Grice: Fear, loathing and leaks at the top
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Tense relations between No 10, No 11 and the Bank of England ensured yesterday's crisis was a drama, too
Andrew Grice: The day Brown nailed his colours to the Blairite mast
Saturday, 4 October 2008
A much more dramatic cabinet reshuffle than expected gives Gordon Brown the final word of a fascinating party conference season. Already, David Cameron's impressive speech in Birmingham seems a long time ago.
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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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