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ACROPOLIS NOW 12-12-2008

QUESTION TIME 14-11-2008

SO WHAT DID CAMERON KNOW ABOUT YACHTGATE? 24-10-2008

CAM CONFERENCE COMETH 30-09-2008

THE SILLY (CONFERENCE) SEASON APPROACHES 06-09-2008

"SIDEBURN" STRIKES DOOMED TO FAILURE 19-07-2008

OH BONDAGE – UP YOURS 11-07-2008

NIGHTMAYOR IN STOKE 21-06-2008

ROTTEN BOROUGH? 31-05-2008

LABOUR UP THE JUNCTION IN CREWE 24-05-2008

BROWN AND OUT? 17-05-2008

PEER STOKES EXTREMISM ROW 10-05-2008

BROWN DOWN, EXTREMISM UP 25-04-2008

WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU VOTE 19-04-2007

A DEGREE OF INTELLIGENCE 12-04-2008

BROWN’S CANNABIS POLICY RUNS OUT OF PUFF 05-04-2008

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN? 21-03-2008

GORDON BROWN’S LONG GOODBYE 18-03-2008

PARTIES OF PRINCIPLE 11-03-2008

BROWN BOMBER BOMBS 01-03-2008

ANYTHING HAPPENED LATELY THEN? 23-02-2008

ALL THE NEWS THE PR COMPANIES WANT US TO PRINT 04-02-2008

MYSTIC MICK 26-01-2008

LA HAIN 18-01-2008

WHY POLLS ARE A MATTER OF OPINION 12-01-2008

PRIMARY SCHOOL 05-01-2008

A HAPPY HEATHEN CHRISTMAS 15-12-2007

....AND THROW AWAY THE KEY 07-12-2007

WHEN FASCISTS TRY TO STOP FREE SPEECH 30-11-2007

THE FAB FIVE 17-11-2007

HASTILOW'S 'CRIME' OF FREE SPEECH 10-09-2007

CRIMBO IN LIMBO 02-11-2007

BROWN BLOWS IT 12-10-2007

CANDID CAMERON 05-10-2007

"THE KIDS OF TODAY...." 21-09-2007

PAPERING OVER THE CRACKS 15-09-2007

I WANNA SELL YOU A TORY 08-09-2007

TONY WHO? 31-08-2007

A MAN OF GOOD DEEDES 22-08-2007

CAMERON'S STATE OF EMERGENCY 11-08-2007

BROWN BOUNCES....FOR THE TIME BEING 01-08-2007

STANDING UP FOR AUNTIE 25-07-2007

CAMPBELL IN THE SOUP 19-07-2007

FREEDOM OF THE REST 05-07-2007

BLAIR TOLD TO PEACE OFF 27-06-2007

ASK THE EGGSPERT 21-06-2007

LECTURING ISRAEL 13-06-2007

DEPUTY DOG DAY 01-06-2007

GORDON IN THE BROWN STUFF 15-05-2007

AND NOW....THE END IS NEAR 09-05-2007


About Mick Temple

Mick Temple is Professor in Journalism & Politics at Staffordshire University. His books include How Britain Works: From Ideology to Output Politics (Macmillan, 2000) and his recent biography of Tony Blair (Blair, Haus, 2006). He is currently writing a book on the history and politics of the British press for Open University Press. He has also published many academic articles on politics and the media and is a frequent contributor to television, radio and newspapers.

For those of you interested, my new book The British Press has just been published by Open University Press. For full details click on this link

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