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Book Review: Don't Bite the Apple by Luke Bozier 27 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
This is a book about sex addiction and computer hacking, and how those two things led to one man’s life imploding in front of his eyes. That man is Luke Bozier, a digital politics specialist who advis...
ConservativeHome Diary Week 19: The Perils of Appearing on 'Any Questions' 23 Aug 2013 | 08:38 pm
Tonight I’ll be on Radio 4’s Any Questions. It’s the fourth time I’ll have appeared on the programme, so you’d think I would be used to it, but not a bit of it. It’s one of those programmes where ther...
ConservativeHome Diary Week 18: My Perky Buttocks & Why I Won't Be Voting For Dan Hannan 16 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
I’m afraid Dan Hannan will have to do without my vote in next year’s Euro-elections. I can’t and won’t vote for a list that has Marta Andreasen on it. She’s not a Conservative, never has been and neve...
Join my Fantasy Football League! 11 Aug 2013 | 10:39 pm
Each year, I run a Fantasy Football League. Hundreds of people take part each season. Today I am launching next season’s league and inviting you to take part and submit a team. Click here. When you’v...
Attitude Column: Are You Born Gay Or Is It a 'Lifestyle Choice?' 10 Aug 2013 | 10:24 pm
This is my first regular monthly column for ATTITUDE MAGAZINE, Britain’s leading gay lifestyle magazine, which appeared in the August issue. Seeing as it’s been out a few weeks now I thought I’d give ...
ConservativeHome Diary Week 17: Why I Like Polly Toynbee 10 Aug 2013 | 01:49 pm
If you were drawing up a list of the 20 nicest MPs, Labour’s Alan Johnson would get more than his fair share of nominations. He is a formidable politician who surely still has a future in front line p...
LISTEN AGAIN: Alan Johnson Talks About His Childhood 5 Aug 2013 | 07:03 pm
On Friday I interviewed former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson about his book, THIS BOY, which covers his somewhat unusual childhood. What a thoroughly nice guy, and what a fascinating story. List...
A Weekend in Norfolk 4 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
As a child I used to love mucking around in the garden. I had my own vegetable patch and loved to help my mother pottering around in her green house. But once I entered my teenage years, any affinity ...
ConservativeHome Diary Week 16: How Big Is Wee Dougie's Sword 2 Aug 2013 | 06:03 pm
It’s interesting that Lynton Crosby is being blamed for virtually everything the government does now – good or bad. This is a good thing. It means that it’s clear that he frightens the living daylight...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 11: Interviewing Badly Briefed MPs 31 Jul 2013 | 12:36 am
It’s never a good idea to issue a spur of the moment press release as inevitable you will live to regret it. That’s what happened to Labour MP Barry Gardiner today. In the prep for our show on LBC tod...
