Columnist, sketch writer and leaders for the Telegraph. Moral Maze, Thought for the Day and spotted in the Spectator. Cavalier who owns a Cavalier!
Feb 1, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Brexit would never have happened without the Telegraph. It fell to me, as the Sunday leader writer, to tell the story of the Sunday Telegraph's war against the EU - which goes back decades. I found an editorial calling for a referendum in 1990. telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/…
I never knew how badly we fell out with John Major over the ERM: we actually backed Redwood to replace him in 1995. I started writing for the Sunday in 2012 (don't worry, I've kept a diary) & my first ever editorial was a thumbs up to Mitt Romney. Since then we've done our
Dec 8, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Last week of the election, let me tell a great story by the late Frank Dobson, minus, of course, the swear words. 1953. The big issue was the Cold War. Lena Jeger was a Labour candidate in a Camden by-election. She climbed several flights of stairs to the top of a tower block &
knocked on a door. A cockney lady answered. "Hello," said Jeger breathlessly, "I am your Labour candidate & I'd like to talk to you about the dangers of Germany being encouraged to re-arm."
"Did you just climb the stairwell?" said the cockney.
"Yes."
"It smells of pee, don't it?"
