Matthew Norman
Press Awards Columnist of the Year 2008, the political commentator Matthew Norman also writes The Independent’s media diary.
The impossible conflict behind Demjanjuk's trial
Matthew Norman: The question is not whether he's guilty, but if justice is served by trying him now
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Matthew Norman: Nightmare on Palin Street, Part 2
Thursday, 26 November 2009
It is her status as the apotheosis of reality televison that explains her popularity
No wonder the Queen raised an eyebrow while she read it
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Matthew Norman: She may not be a genius but she's clever enough to know that she's parroting gibberish
Resistance is futile
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Matthew Norman: Simon Cowell has no need to play God. On Greek mythological lines, he is a god
Alan Johnson, casualty of addiction to power
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Matthew Norman: The Home Secretary has become dependent on something very nasty
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
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• Johann Hari: Global warming deniers
Are you prepared to take a 50-50 gamble on the habitability of the planet?
• Steve Richards: Brown has found his sense of humour
His proposal produced his first good jokes since becoming Prime Minister
• Andreas Whittam Smith: Nobody is going to resign at RBS – nor should they
Bonuses would be acceptable if they rewarded genuine 'value added' only
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2 Johann Hari: How I wish that the global warming deniers were right
3 Robert Fisk: How the anti-Semites of Hizbollah have sent Anne Frank back into hiding
4 Robert Fisk: This strategy has been tried before – without success
5 Peter Popham: Will Knox find justice in Perugia?
6 Andreas Whittam Smith: Nobody is going to resign at RBS – nor should they
7 Mark Steel: We're all in this together (except when times are good)
8 Stuart Franklin: This behaviour by the police reminds me of Brixton in the 1980s
9 Leading article: The Government cannot have it both ways with the banks
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2 Johann Hari: How I wish that the global warming deniers were right
3 Robert Fisk: How the anti-Semites of Hizbollah have sent Anne Frank back into hiding
4 Robert Fisk: This strategy has been tried before – without success
5 Steve Richards: Brown has found his sense of humour
6 The Sketch: Americans knew us better than we knew ourselves
7 Stuart Franklin: This behaviour by the police reminds me of Brixton in the 1980s
8 Leading article: The snapping of trust
9 Letters: Human-induced climate change
10 Andreas Whittam Smith: Nobody is going to resign at RBS – nor should they
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2Matthew Norman: Justice vs Mercy: the impossible conflict behind Demjanjuk's trial
3Cameron's team turn on Davis for attack on green agenda
4Cyclists three times more likely to die on UK roads than abroad
5Get tough over threat by RBS board, says Cable
6Robert Fisk: This strategy has been tried before ? without success
7Johann Hari: How I wish that the global warming deniers were right
8Knox lawyer slams prosecution case in Kercher death trial
9Lord of misrule: New Ukip leader's honeymoon ended as soon it had begun



