2011: a year in politics

A year ago, we could have described what had been a “challenging” twelve months in UK politics. And, if 2010 were challenging, then 2011 has been extraordinary. Harold Macmillan’s “events, dear boy, events” has never been a truer adage of the way politics can take unexpected turns.   David Cameron could surely not have expected

Constituency profile: Ipswich

A little look at the politics and the people of my home town, which had a Tory-Liberal Democrat administration before it became fashionable. The historic Wet Dock – one of Ipswich’s more sought-after areas As the administrative capital of Suffolk, and one of the few English counties with no motorways, it’s hardly surprising that the

That was the year that was

And so I’ve come to write my look back at 2010 – a sort of between Christmas-and-New Year special – in which I pick out the things that have made an impact on me this year from the political, to the personal, and the things that just didn’t quite make sense. Or just or made

My hopes, dreams and ambitions for journalism

Today I’m taking my first steps towards a new career – something I really should have done quite a long time ago in fact – with my first evening of lectures at City University for an MA in Political Journalism. The summer has given me plenty of time to read around my subject and I