Matthew Norman
Press Awards Columnist of the Year 2008, the political commentator Matthew Norman also writes The Independent’s media diary.
Alan Johnson, casualty of addiction to power
Matthew Norman: The Home Secretary has become dependent on something very nasty
Recently by Matthew Norman
Isn't it time Gordon Brown was put out of his misery?
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Matthew Norman: Everything this reverse Midas touches turns to plutonium.
Of New Labour toadies, Jack Straw must be worst
Friday, 23 October 2009
Matthew Norman: His entire career is a gruesome paradigm of the enfeeblement of Westminster politcs.
Thank you, Sir Thomas
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Matthew Norman: The dunces who are our MPs still cannot grasp that they have been naughty.
Matthew Norman: Osborne's gamble might just pay off
Thursday, 8 October 2009
The shadow chancellor trusts the public's realism about the pickle we're in
Matthew Norman: The perfect New Labour scandal
Thursday, 24 September 2009
It's as an unwitting yet talented seamstress that I'll remember Baroness Scotland
Smokers should be praised
Thursday, 17 September 2009
Matthew Norman: They contribute many billions more to the economy than they take in healthcare
Prepare for dreary months
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Matthew Norman: The script for the period from now till the next election is already written.
PM for PM? It could happen
Thursday, 6 August 2009
Matthew Norman: While Brown sinks, Mandelson rides the crest of a wave
The insanity and racism of the American right
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Matthew Norman: The Republicans now make the Tories at their worst seem achingly inclusive
Smearing, sycophancy and hostility in Afghanistan
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Matthew Norman: George Foulkes may be the most hilarious courtier that even New Labour has produced
Columnist Comments
• Howard Jacobson: Call it snobbery if you like
The rush to rescue Jordan's false breasts from Amis's teeth is more than gallantry
• Christina Patterson: Negative thinking for a better world
The man who started the Iraq war chose a rug to reflect his 'optimism'
• Andrew Grice: Cameron's great expectations
Tory leader said he would not let matters rest if Lisbon Treaty became law
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