Today is publication day for my new book THE PRIME MINISTERS 1721-2020 - THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. It was lovely to get an invite to mark the occasion to go on the TODAY PROGRAMME ...

I'm typing this in my hotel room in Washington DC as I prepare to head out to the dreaded Dulles Airport to fly back to the UK later tonight. I arrived on Friday, so it's been a short but really ...

Here were my predictions for 2024.

This morning, a friend sent me this piece, which had appeared on his Facebook feed from someone called Sean McCarney. To me it summed up the whole Brexit debate, and indeed most of my own reasons for ...

It was in the interval of watching a Cliff Richard concert in Cardiff last night that I learned that Brian Hayes had died at the age of 87. I knew he was ill, but it was still something of a shock, ...

We all know that all good things come to an end at some point, and so it is with this era of the For the Many podcast. Why? Because Jacqui has been elevated to the House of Lords and has been ...

It’s rare that I scroll through Twitter and exclaim: “Oh no!” But I did that this morning when I saw that my former LBC colleague John Stapleton had died at the age of 79. John had made a name for ...

Because of eyesight issues which affected me earlier in the year I have probably read fewer books this year than any other year in my life, But here are ten I have really enjoyed and would recommend ...

On Sunday afternoon I arrived in Liverpool, and amazingly they let me in! This is the 20th Labour Party conference I have attended. I first started going in 1998 when Politico’s started running the ...

It was Christmas Day 2024 and we were opening presents. Well, more precisely, everyone else was, because as we all know, older men don’t get many presents and Christmas. And then Daniel handed me an ...

Before we get onto my predictions for 2024, let's see how I fared when I made my 2023 predictions this time last year. The answer is not well. A pathetic 2.10! Worst ever.

Today, the world of broadcasting lost an original. James Whale was an icon, a titan of an industry which is full of fakes. He was a pioneer, someone who wasn’t afraid to innovate or try new things, ...