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Sir John was honoured by Queen’s University Belfast at an event at Westminster.

The former Conservative chancellor said he had been impressed by the shadow chancellor

Peter Morgan says writing about royals is ‘a minefield’ but that most criticism happens before show has aired

Dench, 87, accused the show’s makers of ‘crude sensationalism’ in an open letter to Netflix

Letters: Readers respond to an article by the former Conservative minister Justine Greening about the party’s disastrous byelection results

It started off as a lyrical amble across the stumps before he reached the bowling crease. And at the point of the release, almost meditating over the next note, the poet of aerial trajectory let go of the ball to spin a story.

The byelection routs proved that rebranding the PM as a rightwing radical alienates voters, says the former Conservative minister Justine Greening

Historic swings from the Tories to Labour will alarm Conservative MPs

Perhaps it is because Arsène Wenger so often 'didn't see the incident' that he remembers things differently. The former Arsenal manager once noted that, contrary to popular belief, Newcastle United did not throw away the 1995-96 Premier League title because Kevin Keegan got angry on Sky television.  Instead, he says,…

Prime minister says ‘the best tax cut we can give is to cut inflation’ after Michael Gove says taxes should be cut before general election

The influence of News Corp is overstated – and politicians need to revamp their tactics and schmoozing accordingly