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7th February 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 6th February 2020 Panel: Robert Buckland (Conservative) Stella Creasy (Labour) Sir Edward Davey (Liberal Democrat) Rachel Shabi (Journalist) Adam Pearson (Actor) Venue: Harpenden In keeping with recent tradition, your humble reviewer has never [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 49

1st February 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

I’m in my hotel room, above the ‘Anglo Philippine’ office in Davao City, having my siesta. I’m in the dangerous south of the Philippine islands to, amongst other things, make a delivery of school books [more…]

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31st January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 30th January 2020 Panel: James Cleverley (Conservative) Sarah Jones (Labour) Minette Batters (National Farmers Union) Sacha Lord (Businessman) Geoff Norcott (Comedian) Venue: Buxton In his ignorance and over-optimism, dear reader, your humble reviewer [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 48

25th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

For a recap of the story so far, please click here. We’re plodding around Lille on a cold Sunday afternoon at the end of November 2018. There are six of us in a wedge. Five [more…]

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24th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 23rd January 2020 Panel: Theresa Villiers (Conservative) Emily Thornberry (Labour) Trevor Phillips (Broadcaster) Mike Barton (Former Chief Constable) Sarah Baxter (Sunday Times) Venue: Stoke Newington Dear reader, had this week’s Question Time been [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 47

18th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

For a recap of the story so far, please click here. For some reason, Sister thought that things were, ‘Pretty shitty’. She’d just met the Pope, was flying first class and was eating a delicious [more…]

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17th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 16th January 2020 Panel: Baroness Chakrabarti of Kennington (Labour) Helen Whately (Conservative) Alyn Smith (SNP) Madeline Grant (Daily Telegraph Comment Editor) Laurence Fox (Actor) Venue: Liverpool To this reviewer’s recollection, Brexit was only [more…]

Postcard from Lille, Part 46

11th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

We are a family of six taking a late November weekend break in chilly Northern France. It is the year 2018. We are split into three teams as, unfortunately, I have accidentally booked us into [more…]

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10th January 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Question Time 9th January 2020 Panel: Brandon Lewis (Conservative) Clive Lewis (Labour) Anne McElvoy (The Economist) Miatta Fahnbulleh (New Economics Foundation) Max Hastings (Writer) Venue: Oxford For a short while longer, dear reader, we will [more…]