Alan Watkins
Alan Watkins: Mr Brown is as much to blame as anyone for Labour being 'in a rut' over Iraq
Published: 07 January 2007
For Mr Blair, on an execution or torture, the least said the better
Master Alan Watkins' Almanac: Master Blair has a clever Scheam. He is desirous to make Peace with Mr Brown
Published: 31 December 2006
He is more Nature's Guest than he is Nature's Host
Alan Watkins: There were eras of Wilson and Thatcher. Will there be an age of Brown? I doubt it
Published: 24 December 2006
All Mr Brown wants is a good long spell in Downing Street
Alan Watkins: Farewell, my old friend Frank Johnson - from urchin to editor, with wit and style
Published: 17 December 2006
'You wore very funny trousers', he said. 'Army surplus'
Alan Watkins: When the Chancellor enters No 10, he should give this non-job a decent burial
Published: 10 December 2006
Mr Prescott has proved a constant embarrassment to all concerned
Alan Watkins: Polly, like many upper-class women, tends to think she knows best what people need
Published: 03 December 2006
I have difficulty understanding her hostility to the entire Tory press. Ms Toynbee is in favour of taxing virtually everyone
Alan Watkins: Mr Brown is trying to appear a lover of peace and concord, but it won't come off
Published: 26 November 2006
No wonder they think there will be no party with an overall majority
Alan Watkins: The longer the police investigations take, the more likely is Mr Blair to exit soon
Published: 19 November 2006
The stream has grown so much it cannot trickle into the sands
Alan Watkins: The Case of the Twelve Red-Bearded Dwarfs: truly a fable for our troubled times
Published: 12 November 2006
In his account of The Case of the Twelve Red-Bearded Dwarfs, the great humorist Beachcomber (J B Morton) tells us of the decision to call the entire Cabinet as witnesses. Morton used to write a column in the Daily Express, over many years, though Lord Beaverbrook, the proprietor, failed to find it funny. He kept it on because other people seemed to like it, to his puzzlement.
Alan Watkins: The question was fair. The Speaker was wrong. Mr Blair can look after himself
Published: 05 November 2006
The Speaker could scarcely go back on his ruling three weeks later earlier The PM seemed embarrased by Mr Cameron's question
Alan Watkins: The guilt for this debacle is spread wide, and Gordon Brown cannot escape blame
Published: 29 October 2006
Iraq is the largest misjudgement of foreign policy since WW2. Mr Blair believed in the case for war. That's a form of insanity
Alan Watkins: The nation needs a new leader. The best means of finding one is a general election
Published: 22 October 2006
Mr Brown should give the subject of Britishness a rest
Alan Watkins: They've made the painful decision but the old man just can't leave. Result: paralysis
Published: 15 October 2006
He won't quit, but it's not as if he has nowhere else to go
Alan Watkins: The age of the Silly Party is here. Which is bad news for Gordon's Sensible Party
Published: 08 October 2006
Cameron was unashamed in his passion for the Prime Minister
Alan Watkins: All Mr Blair's difficulties, and those of his party, derive from his failure to be straight
Published: 01 October 2006
'The Sun' told us a giant had been brought down by a tribe of pygmies
Alan Watkins: It's a pity about poor Mr Brown. I'll wager he'll win the crown, but lose the kingdom
Published: 24 September 2006
Lib Dems could hold the balance of power, even with fewer seats. There is some dispute about what Heath offered Thorpe
Alan Watkins: What's dangerous about Mr Blair is that he knows Good and Evil. Or thinks he does
Published: 06 August 2006
Blair has always treated liberty with the deepest suspicion
Alan Watkins: Mr Cameron should expect a summons to the media mogul across the Atlantic
Published: 30 July 2006
Murdoch's papers have almost alone changed the policy on Europe
Alan Watkins: The mood among our legislators is one of shame. They couldn't wait to get away
Published: 23 July 2006
Like most power maniacs, the PM is uninterested in food or drink
Alan Watkins: Mr Blair does not need to have put the money under the mattress to be guilty
Published: 16 July 2006
The conspiracy law is wide- ranging, perhaps too much so
Alan Watkins: Mr Prescott doesn't like a good book. He'd rather spend time with a good bookie
Published: 09 July 2006
Nothing can be allowed to go wrong before Mr Brown ascends
Alan Watkins: Maybe Mr Cameron thinks he can get his way without the crustier Tories noticing
Published: 02 July 2006
For years, the debate on rights was dominated by the herbivores
Alan Watkins: Whatever Brown says, there's more of Blair in him than he would care to admit
Published: 25 June 2006
For now, he may need to appear more Blair-like than Blair
Alan Watkins: The judges, the tabloids and the rule of law: what Blair giveth, Blair taketh away
Published: 18 June 2006
His instinct is to widen the dispute so the cause is lost sight of
Alan Watkins: We know Mr Blair has a date with the setting sun. But doesn't Mr Brown, too?
Published: 11 June 2006
The Chancellor is beginning to look like an unlucky PM
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