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Articles Written by: ALAN COCHRANE
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There has been some - but not much - praise for the 'courage' of David Davis in deciding to stand down as an MP and fight a by-election in his Haltemprice constituency.
"Who Dares Wins" may well be the motto of the SAS, of ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
12 Jun 2008
Full coverage of UK Politics
If 'events, dear boy' are what move the political world then David Davis's weird decision to resign and fight a by-election is precisely the 'event' for which Gordon Brown had been praying.
On the ropes as poll after ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
12 Jun 2008
Full coverage of UK Politics
James Kirkup's post about the IPPR paper, written by my colleague Douglas Fraser of the Herald newspaper in Glasgow, poses interesting thoughts in relation to the cultural ties that bind England and Scotland together.
If I ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
9 Jun 2008
Full coverage of UK politics
Scotland's First Minister has been fulminating all week that the soaring oil price should see much more cash heading northwards from the Treasury.
He wants a minimum of £400 million right away. And reprising the old SNP ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
6 Jun 2008
It's not that there are too many Scottish voices but that there are too few voices of the right sort to get the Brown government back on track, always assuming that it's not too late for that.
Who is there, now, to stand up to the Great Broon at ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
2 Jun 2008
Full coverage of UK Politics
It is truly astonishing what a by-election victory can do ... even for the fortunes of the long-beleaguered Scottish Tories. At their annual conference, which opened this morning, there was definite spring in the step of ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
23 May 2008
Not to be outdone by the Tories hiring an actor to play the fowl, Labour’s campaign strategists hired their own thespian who dressed up as Reynard with strict instructions to harry the bird whenever it appeared.
Things got so farcical that at one stage, ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
21 May 2008
Full coverage of UK politics
While there's every sign that their confidence in victory is not entirely misplaced, perhaps someone should urge a bit of caution on David Cameron if the latest rumour concerning the Crewe and Nantwich by-election is to be ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
21 May 2008
Full coverage of UK Politics
My sympathy for Gordon Brown over his being bounced by Wendy Alexander over 'that' referendum ran out today, following his astonishing statement at Prime Minister's Question Time.
Nobody's laughing with you, Gordon ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
14 May 2008
Full coverage of UK Politics
For anyone out there who can understand what the Labour Party's position is on a referendum on the future of the United Kingdom, I bring news of a meeting which has just finished where another astonishing twist was ...
From ALAN COCHRANE,
The Telegraph,
13 May 2008
