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Andrew Grice

Andrew Grice

Andrew Grice has been Political Editor of The Independent since 1998. He was previously Political Editor of The Sunday Times, where he worked for 10 years, and he has been a Westminster-based journalist since 1982. His column, Inside Politics, appears in�The Independent�each Saturday. .

Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has promised that the Coalition's cuts would not repeat the Thatcher government's squeeze on the poor

Andrew Grice: Nick Clegg insists the Coalition can be frugal and fair. We shall see ...

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Andrew Grice: Members fear Clegg could drive away the left that gave him power

Thursday, 23 September 2010

"He must be the first party leader to invite people not to vote for him." That was how one bemused senior Liberal Democrat reacted to Nick Clegg's declaration that his party had no future as "a receptacle for left-wing dissatisfaction with Labour".

Andrew Grice: Prime Minister will stand by his man – but for how long?

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

David Cameron's return to the political fray after the birth of his daughter was not supposed to be like this. An original plan for him to mark the new political season with a Downing Street press conference was quietly dropped when he realised he would be besieged with questions about his communications director, Andy Coulson, and the private life of his Foreign Secretary, William Hague.

Cain vs Abel, this contest has come alive at long last

Saturday, 28 August 2010

Andrew Grice: This weekend there is little love lost between the Miliband brothers as they vie for the crown.

Andrew Grice: Senior figures have now accepted that talking to the coalition is better than shouting from sidelines

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Analysis: Despite the inevitable public sector cutbacks and clashes ahead, some union pragmatists have expressed a sneaking admiration for David Cameron

David Cameron with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh

Andrew Grice: Cameron's words have fanned the flames, but his approach to foreign relations is a breath of fresh air

Saturday, 31 July 2010

Mr Cameron judges that honesty strengthens rather than weakens Britain’s hand, and he may well be right

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