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.
Can Gordon do a Major? Probably not
Andrew Grice: The optimists dream of 1992, with a PM winning despite the odds against an untried, untrusted Leader of the Opposition.
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Andrew Grice: If Gordon Brown can survive this, he can survive anything
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Andrew Grice: Off with their heads! But is Westminster justice fair?
Saturday, 23 May 2009
The body count is soaring as party leaders crack down on MPs caught in the expenses mire – but backbenchers are first for the chop
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