Harold Wilson
June 16, 2010
Oh Brother
Two days after the British general election, Alan Watkins died. He was the doyen of London political columnists, after nearly half a century of writing weekly, wisely, and wittily about Parliament, and the Tories (his book, A Conservative Coup, is the best account of the fall of Margaret Thatcher), but, above all, the Labour Party, which he knew intimately. Since he died, I’ve often wished I could ask Alan what he thought about the latest contest for the Labour leadership. READ MORE >>
May 28, 1984
The Decline of Oratory
Be a craftsman in speech, for the tongue is a sword to a man, and speech is more valorous than fighting. --Akhtoy III READ MORE >>
