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I wasn’t really paying attention over the last few days, but here’s a piece from Saturday’s Guardian by historian Tristram Hunt which appears to be mostly about TC CBE ex-MP. It contains some criticism...
View ArticleTim Collins Speaks!
Well, writes, anyway. He had both a letter and a column in the Guardian yesterday responding to Tristram Hunt on the matter of history teaching in schools. (Smallweed has more [scroll down].)
View ArticleKicking A Man When He’s Down
From yesterday’s Independent: The Tories need to understand the appeal of Jamie Oliver if they are reconnect with voters, Andrew Lansley, a contender for the Conservative leadership, said.Mr Lansley,...
View ArticleSo Farewell Then, Richard Whiteley
I’m expecting quite a bit of extra traffic over the next few days, for the odd reason that the Virtual Stoa is third on a google search for “Richard Whiteley” + “obituary”. People who follow this link...
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From the North-West Evening Mail: The Party in Westmorland and Lonsdale is embarking on the task of choosing a prospective parliamentary candidate in a bid to win back the marginal seat at the next...
View ArticleSealions in the News
Over here, with a very fine photograph. UPDATE [11.30pm]: This is almost too exciting: from the Daily Pilot: NEWPORT BEACH — The harbor commission voted Wednesday to suspend the mooring permit for a...
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We don’t hear much about Tim Collins CBE x-MP in the media much these days, which is a shame as I’d be curious to find out how he’s adjusting to Life After Parliament. But there are still occasional...
View ArticleTim Collins Speaks!
It’s been a frustrating year for Tim Collins Watching over here at the Virtual Stoa. He’s kept a very low profile since the voters of the South Lakes area decided that they’d rather not be represented...
View ArticleTim Collins Watch
As some readers will have spotted already, Stoa-favourite Tim Collins x-MP has recently failed to be adopted as the prospective parliamentary candidate for Gillingham and Rainham. Indeed, it was a...
View ArticleA Short History of Swivel-Eyed Loons
So today a handful of newspapers quoted a senior Conservative Party politician as saying: “It’s fine. There’s really no problem. The MPs just have to do it because the associations tell them to, and...
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