Farewell Gerald Ford

THE death at the grand age of 93 of former US president Gerald Ford was knocked off the top news story this morning by the crazy start to the Christmas sales at Next, which had opened its doors at 5am in some shopping centres. Ford was never elected...

Over for another year

SO that's Christmas then - with the television highlights being Johnny Depp camping it up in Pirates of the Caribbean, and the last episode of series one of the very camp BBC adaptation of Robin Hood. Both share a sort of bona bravado with stirring, almost...

Blair's ultimate shame

TONY Blair swept into Downing Street on the promise of leading a Government which would be whiter than white. His tenure of  Downing Street is ending as the first Prime Minister ever to be interviewed by the police on a criminal matter. It doesn't...

We must update Trident

NOT for the first time I find myself at odds with Dr Rowan Williams, the Druid-lookalike Archbishop of Canterbury. This time it's over a replacement for the Trident deterrant and the four nuclear submarines which patrol the seas ready to unleash...

Green hoodie lover notches up first anniversary

NOT all is well in the Tory camp. Jubilation that the News of the World poll puts them 9% in the lead must be tempered by the growing resentment among the Old Guard who are perplexed at constantly being asked "How big is your carbon footprint?"...