Andrew Grice
The Independent's Political Editor Andrew Grice has been writing about politics for 25 years. Formerly Political Editor at the Sunday Times, he claims he started at Westminster when he was 10 but Whitehall sources say he was 25. His column, The Week in Politics, appears in The Independent each Saturday, with regular updates throughout the week at Today in Politics.
Clegg's triumph could be Brown's too
Andrew Grice: If the third party does respectably, it will stop the Tories capturing seats in the South-west and South, which would suit Labour nicely.
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Andrew Grice: The ghosts of politics past that haunt Labour and Tory election campaigns
Saturday, 27 March 2010
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Andrew Grice: No fireworks but Alistair stands up at last
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Just over two years ago, friends warned Alistair Darling that he was seen as "an appendage of Gordon Brown" and he had to break free if he were to have credibility as Chancellor.
Andrew Grice: There may be no money to spend, but don't expect the Budget to be boring
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Inside Politics: Labour hopes the Budget will help it paint a line between Labour optimism and Tory austerity
Andrew Grice: Past experience suggests that Clegg shouldn't count on a hung parliament
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Inside Politics
Andrew Grice: Flogging a dead horse? No, Mr Cameron, it's still running
Saturday, 6 March 2010
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Andrew Grice: Complacency was the Tory problem last year. Not now
Saturday, 27 February 2010
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Andrew Grice: Chancellor is already thinking beyond the election
Thursday, 25 February 2010
When Alistair Darling replaced Gordon Brown as Chancellor in 2007, he was confident that his long-standing partnership with the new Prime Minister would stand him in good stead. He knew there would have to be compromises over his Budgets and major decisions with the man who had occupied the post for 10 years; after all, there is always tension between the occupants of 10 and 11 Downing Street. What Mr Darling did not expect was that he would be rubbished in anonymous briefings to the media by people in the Brown inner circle of which he had believed he was a part. The Chancellor is a team player who doesn't have a burning desire to be the captain and doesn't expect team-mates to kick lumps out of each other.
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