Europe needs to get real on defence; Britain needs to get real on Europe
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Not sure how many people watch at that time of the morning but I was one of them … amazed they never asked you about expenses and MPs but fair play, and well done with all your plugging!
Great event last night. Thanks for all the time and energy you put into it. I agree the Tory conference has revitalised people. Also check out the student paper on Oxford University Conservative elections – as part of the hustings they were basically competing on who could tell the best racist stories – Bullingdonism alive and well
A.C
Why so reticent about Rowan Williams’s coruscating attack on you at the memorial service last week ?
‘Why so reticent about Rowan Williams’s coruscating attack on you at the memorial service last week ?’
Iraq and Afghanistan are taboo subjects on here, as are budget deficits, unemployment figures, referendums, immigration, education standards…… well probably pretty much everything except the beastly media and childish swipes at David Cameron and the occasional re-writing of history.
Funny to read though.
Alastair,
A bit of Rovers v Clarets history for you on the back page of the Grauniad sport.