Paul Linford

Gordon Brown was always a party man at heart, and his decision to sacrifice himself in order to facilitate Labour's participation in a ...

Usually, it’s all over bar the shouting by 3am, sometimes even earlier if it is clear that one party has achieved a landslide. But this ha...

Today has been quite the grimmest weather I can remember on election day since I was old enough to vote. It may be a case of rose-tinted spe...

Before the current election campaign got under way, there were some pundits who predicted that it could become the first such contest to be ...

IN an election where the state of the economy is likely to be more central than ever to the outcome, it is not surprising that the identity ...

Why don't I want anyone to win the general election that will happen sometime in the first half of this year? Because its high time our...

Nick Clegg scored 10 out of 10 for ambition in Bournemouth, and top marks for avoiding the trap set by David Cameron. But he needs to learn...

In my Preview of the Year at the previous post I briefly alluded to the fact that Nick Clegg is likely to become the most sought-after man ...

This week's Saturday column in the Newcastle Journal focuses on the Conservatives and specifically on whether David Cameron needs to do ...

God forbid that I ever turn into one of those gnarled old ex-lobby hacks who continually lament that political reporting is not what is was ...