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The strange death of the Tory north

April 28, 2013 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Congratulations to the Conservative Party on having delivered its South Shields leaflets in Jarrow. Everywhere beyond the Mason-Dixon Line that runs from the Bristol Channel to the Wash is now just "the North," to the Tories, isn't it? David Lindsay reports.


The Booing of Churchill

March 20, 2013 12:00 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Viewers of Ken Loach's The Spirit of '45 are shocked to see Winston Churchill being booed and heckled during the 1945 General Election campaign. They ought not to be remotely surprised writes David Eade


The choice to be British

March 15, 2013 6:42 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Congratulations to the British Falkland Islanders, including the large Saint Helenian community there, some of whom are my relatives on my mother's side, writes David Lindsay after a referendum that was controversial in some parts of the world.


After Eastleigh

March 1, 2013 8:59 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Labour's disastrous showing at Eastleigh is a self-inflicted wound but it still needs a friendly critic and a critical friend, writes David Lindsay.