The 474-mobile
REMEMBER the oh-so-spooky coincidence between Labour MP Ben Whittaker’s defeat to Tory Gefforey Finsberg in Hampstead and Highgate in 1970 and Lib Dem Ed [...]
Hampstead
Election Live: On the streets
Live Blog: May 6/ 5.15pm * I’VE walked from Camden Town through Belsize and Hampstead Town this afternoon – and in terms of numbers on the streets with clipboards [...]
The sign of 474
LIBERAL Democrat ED Fordham is so insistent he is only 474 votes away from beating Glenda Jackson in Hampstead and Kilburn, he made it his campaign slogan. His rivals, of [...]
Hoping to become locals
IN September 2008, Conservative Stephen Phillips QC must have been gutted when he failed to hold Hampstead Town for his party in a Camden Council by-election. Linda Chung, [...]
The ten minute election
I STOPPED for ten minutes outside Hampstead Underground Station this evening as Chris Philp and his team handed out election leaflets to commuters on Day One of the official [...]
Pilgrim’s wotsit
I THINK in the modern parlance of Twitter this might be called something like #toryfail, a minor error unnecessarily amplified in the run up to the elections. Perhaps anxious [...]
There’s only one Michael Foot
THE sad passing of Michael Foot left everyone in our office feeling sombre today. The normal rat-a-tat-tat of press day was there, but the atmosphere was muted, the seat to [...]
Parking chief: I deserved to be towed
CONSERVATIVE Chris Knight was pretty candid when we talked parking at the House of Lords on Tuesday. He told how he copped £260 in parking penalties recently when he parked [...]