The great background question about the Labour governments of the sixties is whether with a stronger leader they could have gripped the country's big problems and dealt with them. How did it happen that a cabinet of such brilliant, such clever and self-confident people achieved so little? In part, it was the effect of the whirling court politics demonstrated by 'In Place of Strife'.
The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don't have access to politicians, who do… - Andrew Marr
The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don't have access to politicians, who do…
- Andrew Marr
My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire. - Andrew Marr
My big toe alone is the size of Yorkshire.
History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts. - Andrew Marr
History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts.
Androgynous fashion, long hair, the Pill, a new interest in the inner psychological life - an unabashed sloppiness, if you will - really marks the si… - Andrew Marr
Androgynous fashion, long hair, the Pill, a new interest in the inner psychological life - an unabashed sloppiness, if you will - really marks the si…
One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys. - Andrew Marr
One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.
The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry - Andrew Marr
The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry
Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time. - Andrew Marr
Journalism is nine-tenths being in the right places at the right time.
Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip. - Andrew Marr
Journalism is often simply the industrialisation of gossip.
The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain. - Andrew Marr
The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain.
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