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John Rentoul

John Rentoul: If Gordon Brown is wise, he will not be promising to restore trust in government

Published: 02 January 2007

Restoring the reputation of politics can hardly be done by one who says that is what he is doing

John Rentoul: Mr Blair is entitled to stand by his refusal to apologise for helping to oust a dictator

Published: 31 December 2006

For much of the time, the West chose to treat him as a friend

John Rentoul: When the PM talked of 'people skills', was he possibly referring to Mr Brown?

Published: 24 December 2006

He is never going to be fluent in intuitive body language

John Rentoul: There's no email that says 'Kerching!' Not edifying, then, but not illegal

Published: 17 December 2006

The Prime Minister was not interviewed under caution

John Rentoul: Brown doesn't go with green

Published: 10 December 2006

It does not matter if Gordon is cautious, but it does matter if he lacks courage

John Rentoul: Cameron's first year: not bad, Dave

Published: 03 December 2006

The Tory leader's bike has wobbled a bit, but after a year in the saddle he can now be confident that the wheels won't come off

John Rentoul: Toynbee is wrong on poverty. But when Cameron backs her, Brown should worry

Published: 26 November 2006

The overall gap between rich and poor has closed under Labour

John Rentoul: Cameron wants to portray Brown as a sociopath. Blair may have helped him

Published: 19 November 2006

Asked by Brown, Blair accepted that Alan Johnson was 'lightweight' - Ah, the paradoxes and subtexts of the end of the Blair era!

John Rentoul: Why chase Blair up to the chopper on the roof? Just be glad that Rumsfeld has gone

Published: 12 November 2006

Can you hear the rotor blades of the last helicopter waiting on the roof? No, I know, but let us pretend, anyway. Rumble, whirr. The Republicans did badly in the midterm elections last week: there is a chopper on the roof of Saddam's palace, which houses US embassy staff in Baghdad. There is another on the roof of Downing Street, with Assistant Commissioner John Yates in the unlikely role of the Vietcong at the front door. And there is another on the roof of the White House. Donald Rumsfeld is already aboard. George Bush is climbing over the wreckage of his historical reputation, reaching out towards the undercarriage. Rumble, whirr.

John Rentoul: Now the reckoning. It will hurt

Published: 05 November 2006

It is time to end the displacement activity of hating 4x4 drivers

John Rentoul: History may decide that invading was right. They just got the wrong country

Published: 29 October 2006

There were not enough soldiers, and Blair shares the responsibility. At best he can say that he eventually gave Iraqis a sort of costly freedom

John Rentoul: David Cameron's tax promises can only profit one man: Prime Minister Brown

Published: 22 October 2006

Gordon is like a hurricane - no one knows where it will hit

John Rentoul: A civilian took us to war in Iraq. And it may take an honest soldier to get us out again

Published: 15 October 2006

Sir Richard is a politician too. He calls the Army his 'constituency'

John Rentoul: Power dressing, Cameron-style We're all cross-dressers now Dave Through the Looking Glass

Published: 08 October 2006

Straw has taken a right-wing position on an issue that is proxy for race

John Rentoul: Beyond the bikes and butlers

Published: 01 October 2006

They don't know if he is "all spin" or a real centrist whose party won't follow

John Rentoul: Brown's speeches always fall slightly below expectations, Blair's always exceed them

Published: 27 September 2006

There are not many people who can make a Labour audience clap identity cards

John Rentoul: Brown will face a contested election for the leadership

Published: 24 September 2006

'Luck is where preparation meets opportunity'

John Rentoul: Brown's praise for Blair was like Saddam thanking Bush for getting him out of a hole

Published: 17 September 2006

One women's editor said she was appalled by his cynicism

John Rentoul: The man who Cameron really fears

Published: 10 September 2006

He has been mocked as Labour's own version of John Major because no one knows what he thinks. But Alan Johnson would bring his party renewal beyond anything Brown could offer

John Rentoul: He is weary, but he won't quit

Published: 27 August 2006

When the great persuader loses the will to persuade then it is time to go

John Rentoul: From doubt to dread: the view in Labour's ranks on Gordon Brown's succession

Published: 24 August 2006

It may not be so long after Blair goes that Labour people will look back with wonder at their golden age

John Rentoul: I'm not a fan of Mr Bush, either. But Mr Prescott is just as deserving of the C-word

Published: 20 August 2006

Prescott probably knew his word would be published

John Rentoul: Forget John Reid - after a slight wobble, Gordon Brown's position is even stronger

Published: 18 August 2006

Whoever takes over will gain a lift from the simple novelty of not being Tony Blair

John Rentoul: The eternal war of succession

Published: 30 July 2006

Brown needs to win back people in the anti-war coalition who voted Lib Dem

John Rentoul: Dave and Tone's hug-in... they're tough on hoodies, tough on the causes of hoodies

Published: 23 July 2006

Who can blame Reid for trying to shock the Home Office into shape
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