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The Conservatives' media policy: Nice guys may finish first

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:39:49 GMT

THE Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has rarely been the frivolous sideshow suggested by its Whitehall nickname, “the ministry of fun”.
Source: Economist

Caroline Flint leads revolt over PM’s decision to drop childcare vouchers

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:14:39 GMT

Caroline Flint famously stomped out of the cabinet accusing Gordon Brown of using her as girlie “window dressing” while making all the decisions in his own male “inner circle”. Well, now it looks like, oops, he did it again.
Source: Times Online

Satan's Legions are...charming. Bugger.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:44:02 GMT

Never meet your enemies; you might end up liking them. I’ve just got back from The Spectator Parliamentarian of the Year awards and the buggers had sat me next to James Purnell, about whom I was a bit snippy in print not so long ago.
Source: Spectator Magazine

Mandelson wins politician of year

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:57:58 GMT

Lord Mandelson was dubbed the "alpha male of the Westminster village" as he was named politician of the year at the Spectator magazine's annual awards. His Labour colleague, Commons leader Harriet Harman, was named parliamentarian of the year.
Source: BBC News

She had everything -- but a life

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:05:02 GMT

Tucked away down a winding track on a remote Welsh peninsula, the farmhouse we rented for a family holiday last June was a much-needed haven from real life.
Source: BeliefNet

Charles Clarke: You Ask The Questions

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:05:22 GMT

Who would you most like to succeed Gordon Brown: James Purnell, David Miliband, Ed Miliband or Alan Johnson? Jeremy Shepherd, Brighton A leadership election would be politically refreshing.
Source: The Independent

'I had it all, but I didn't have a life'

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:06:06 GMT

Gaby Hinsliff at home with her son, Freddie. Photograph: Suki Dhanda Tucked away down a winding track on a remote Welsh peninsula, the farmhouse we rented for a family holiday last June was a much-needed haven from real life.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Is James Purnell becoming a Tatler Tory?

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:52:41 GMT

Purnell, who resigned from the Cabinet in June in despair at Gordon Brown's leadership, seemed remarkably at home among David Cameron's "Notting Hill Tories", who included Michael Gove and Ed Vaizey.
Source: The Telegraph

Quoted in 'Phillips: 'Sea change' in equality must be protected'

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:58:58 GMT

Mark Harper said in ePolitix:

We must make sure that the 2.8 million people who have been on incapacity benefit for over a decade are helped. James Purnell and myself do tend to share the same rhetoric; but he hasn't delivered, he has lost the battle.

Photo from Getty Images

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:56:14 GMT

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: James Purnell, the former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, collapses to the ground after conceding a goal in the Journalists vs Labour Party football match on September 27, 2009 in Brighton, England.

Photo from Getty Images

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:55:48 GMT

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 27: James Purnell (l), the former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, heads the ball in the Journalists vs Labour Party football match on September 27, 2009 in Brighton, England.

James Purnell, UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Fri, 23 May 2008 16:03:51 GMT