Margaret Thatcher will deserve a state funeral – even if it upsets her critics
Does Margaret Thatcher deserve all the pomp and ceremony of a state funeral? Peter Oborne thinks not. In today's Telegraph, he argues – judiciously – that this "giantess of our time" won't merit a...
View ArticleSyria's rebels are not an al-Qaeda army
I have just returned from spending some time with the rebel "army" in Syria, and if reports from around the world are to be believed I should be a fully-fledged jihadi warrior by now. Peter Oborne, in...
View ArticleWatch: Peter Oborne interviews Nigel Farage
Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been the forgotten man of the conference season so far, but today the Ukip conference gets going in London. I've just interviewed him and put to him the toughest question...
View ArticleEvening Briefing: The Lefty's not for turning
From the @TelePolitics Evening Briefing. Sign up! ACTION HERO The tremors were still being felt today after Ed Miliband's momentous – and avowedly socialist – speech to Labour Party conference. But as...
View ArticlePeter Oborne's confusion on Iran: a friendly note
My friend and colleague Peter Oborne is quite right to tick off John Humphrys for carelessly referring to an Iranian “nuclear weapons programme”. Given Iran’s official denials, neutrality dictates that...
View ArticleA note to the strange John Rentoul: I am not a conspiracy theorist
There are a lot of strange people out there on the internet who make weird or unfounded claims, and almost invariably the wisest course is to leave them alone. One of these characters is John Rentoul,...
View ArticleUkraine: Is the West still the moral leader of the world?
listen to ‘Is the West still the moral leader of the world?’ on Audioboo The world has a new horror: Ukraine. This week, the Telegram talks to foreign correspondent David Blair in Kiev, where he tells...
View ArticleA video diary from Damascus
It was quiet in Damascus when I arrived. The Syrian capital felt surprisingly safe – in the centre itself it felt like life was carrying on as normal. On Palm Sunday I watched ceremonies of...
View ArticleTwo Lib Dems walk into a pub…
listen to ‘Two Lib Dems walk into a pub…’ on Audioboo … and a fight breaks out. This week we’re discussing why the Lib Dems can’t hold it together and why the coalition’s been so tough on them. We also...
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