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Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born January 5, 1962) is a British political journalist and broadcaster.

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Why it's very likely the next parliament will be doubly hung | Andrew Rawnsley

A spectre is stalking the corridors of Westminster, the spectre of a hung parliament. The prospect induces a jostle of emotions: a rare sensation of hope for Labour people, a creeping dread within Tories and a combination of both thrill and terror ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: UK Conservative Party,  Liberal Democrats,  Andrew Rawnsley,  David Cameron,  Nick Clegg

The country doesn't want to be led by someone it pities | Andrew Rawnsley

It's now got this bad for Gordon Brown: his enemies are feeling sorry for him. For the first time since he arrived in Number 10, he is the object of pity. Since his premiership started to unravel, a process of attrition that began when he flunked ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Andrew Rawnsley,  UK Conservative Party,  Tony Blair,  William Hague,  Donald Rumsfeld

Two cheers for the world after the fall of the Berlin Wall

One of the tricks played by time is to turn the incredible into the inevitable. World leaders will gather in Germany tomorrow to deliver sonorous speeches celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, that pivotal moment at the end ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, Comment Is Free,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  White House,  Harold Macmillan,  Mikhail Gorbachev,  Nelson Mandela

The more people see of the BNP, the worse for the party

I had Nick Griffin down as many things, but I had not previously realised that he was such a big, blubbery wuss. In advance of the Question Time debut of the BNP's führer, some feared and he hoped that it would be a great step forward for his party. He ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Nick Griffin,  BBC,  Peter Hain,  Margaret Thatcher,  Tony Blair

Will David Cameron turn out to be a one-term wonder?

In the last 30 years, Number 10 has been an exclusive address in more than one sense. Over three decades, just one woman and three men have been prime minister. There was more than 11 years of Margaret Thatcher (1979-90) and over a decade of Tony Blair ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, Guardian Unlimited,  17 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Cameron,  Tony Blair,  John Major,  Margaret Thatcher,  Gordon Brown

The parties turn back to politics in primary colours

The armies are marshalled. The trenches are dug. The generals have given their orders to the last party conferences before the election, MPs head back to Westminster and the contours of the battlefield become clear. Well, up to a point. At first glance, ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, Comment Is Free,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Cameron,  UK Conservative Party,  Gordon Brown,  Tony Blair,  Margaret Thatcher

Tory conference highs and lows

A good conference for … Like it or not, they looked like a government. They sound as if they know what they mean, they like themselves, they are not apologetic and not much divides them. The dull grey front bench only makes David Cameron shine the ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, MICHAEL WHITE, POLLY TOYNBEE, JONATHAN FREEDLAND, Guardian Unlimited,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Cameron,  George Osborne,  UK Conservative Party,  Chris Grayling,  Richard Dannatt

Rawnsley interviews Kenneth Clarke

The shadow business secretary talks about Margaret Thatcher, the new 'puritan' politicians and the idea of Tony Blair as the president of Europe Your IP address will be logged When autoplay is on, videos on these pages will autoplay Please activate ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, LAURENCE TOPHAM, HILDEGUNN SOLDAL, The Observer,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Kenneth Clarke,  Margaret Thatcher

You ask the questions

Ken Clarke is the subject of the Observer interview on Tuesday night at the Tory conference. What do you want to ask him? Is there a question that you've always wanted Ken Clarke to answer, but have never seen him asked? This week is your chance. Every ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, Comment Is Free,  5 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Peter Mandelson,  Tony Blair,  Gordon Brown,  House of Lords,  Margaret Thatcher

Will they change the face of elections?

Britain, almost alone among mature democracies in not staging them until now, will at last have televised election debates between the main leaders. The proviso is that they can agree on the details. The confirmation yesterday that Gordon Brown is up ...

From ANDREW RAWNSLEY, Guardian Unlimited,  3 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Richard Nixon,  John Fitzgerald Kennedy,  Gordon Brown,  David Cameron,  Ronald Reagan

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