Paul Linford

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, a fringe party sent shockwaves through the political establishment after securing 15pc of the popular vot...

Whatever else the past seven eventful days in politics will ultimately be remembered for, it’s certainly been a good, maybe even vintage wee...

So farewell then, Chris Huhne – well for the time being at any rate, as the erstwhile Energy Secretary quits in order to fight charges of pe...

And so after all the hoo-ha, a relatively easy win for Labour and a creditable second place for the Liberal Democrats, with Nick Clegg's...

Given that the British electorate as a whole only gets to vote once every 4-5 years, it is perhaps inevitable that by-elections tend to wiel...

The Sun's quite disgraceful personal attacks on the Prime Minister over his letter to Jacqui Janes understandably swung some public symp...

It's that time of the year again. Here's my look back at an extraordinary political year from today's Newcastle Journal. The ye...

It's all change in America, no change at Glenrothes - but which result tells us more about the current state of UK politics? Here's...

The September reshuffle will be key to determining whether Gordon Brown faces a leadership challenge this autumn. Here's today's co...

Crewe. Henley. Glasgow East. Are the voters trying to tell us something? Here's today's Newcastle Journal column. *** When in ye...

Why has it all gone quiet over the Barnett Formula? And could it be anything to do with Glasgow East? Here's my column in today's ...

Forceful and Moderate was one of my very favourite blogs a couple of years back. It then went into abeyance while it's prime mover ...

You really couldn't make it up. Just days after my Where Are They Now? profile of former Tory MP Walter Sweeney appears in the launch ...

Today's column in the Newcastle Journal, focusing on the potential fallout from Crewe and Nantwich and the prospects for a Milburn leade...

Will Gordon Brown's determined fightback over the course of the past week be enough to save Labour in Crewe and Nantwich? And why is th...