Is being interviewed by Andrew Neil meant to be this much fun?
BACK in the days when Tulip Siddiq was running for selection in Hampstead and Kilburn, it was often said by her critics that she was too lightweight for the task of following [...]
General Election 2015
Tulip volunteer Hannah Riley confronts Alastair Campbell and the Question Time suits
One of Tulip Siddiq’s volunteers challenges Alastair Campbell and other Question Time suits https://t.co/8BpYfWVJqc https://t.co/kxhDf9Iy8P — Richard Osley [...]
Dancing in the streets of Sylhet
NEWSPAPERS in Bangladesh are reporting that there are ‘processions of joy’ in response to Tulip Siddiq’s general election win in Hampstead and Kilburn. A [...]
Day one at the House of Commons: Fancy meeting you here…
TULIP Siddiq has arrived at the House of Commons for her first day of work as the new MP for Hampstead and Kilburn. Look who one of the first people she bumped into in the [...]
Hurting over Hendon: Local politicians see City Hall chance whipped away
EVERYBODY stand down, the rush for City Hall is off for now. Andrew Dismore’s failure to re-take Hendon from the Tories on Thursday has caused extra ripples of [...]
Elected? How North London spread out across the ballot paper
WE know Labour’s candidates won in Hampstead and Kilburn, and Holborn and St Pancras – but what happened to other faces who have been part of north London’s [...]
Theo’s analysis: People didn’t trust Labour on the economy… and it’s time to bin the mansion tax
THE telling of this election tale, and trying to piece together what really happened and why, will take a few more days yet, perhaps longer. With Labour nursing deep wounds [...]
And now over to Mr Smooth
THE award for most unashamed bit of bragging of the election, locally, has to go to Oliver Cooper, the winner of the Hampstead Town by-election and Camden’s newest [...]
What happened when Will Blair went to vote…
WILL Blair? Will blared at more like. Ok, that’s a bit laboured, but there was a thick-of-it timing to the polling station ‘walk-in’ shot we tried to film [...]
Agent: Ronnie Carroll (deceased)’s campaign was ‘very low key’
THE story of the election candidate who died during the campaign and still ended up with 113 votes has tickled the diary columns. This being Ronnie Carroll, the two time [...]