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Lord Lawson has become the most senior Tory yet to argue that we should quit the EU. What does that tell us about the state of politics that this is a newsworthy event? “Not only do our interests increasingly differ from...

The other day I argued that, following the Jimmy Savile and Lord McAlpine disasters, the BBC will learn nothing and do nothing. Patten – I'll bet you: and there's no bet I'd more happily lose – will keep his well-upholstered...

For those who've missed it, Tim Yeo MP has been engaged in an online debate with former chancellor Lord Lawson on the subject "Is there an economic case for going green in an age of austerity"? As you'd perhaps expect from...

This isn't me asking, you understand. I'm merely repeating a question someone posted on the internet after Lord Lawson had the temerity to appear on BBC Radio 4's Today programme speaking out in defence of shale gas in a...

Have you noticed that whenever our beloved Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne speaks his lips never move, only his butt cheeks? It was the same again on BBC Question Time last night...

Just back from the Oxford Union where, last night, we debated the motion: This House Would Put Economic Growth Before Combatting Climate Change. Though I wouldn’t necessarily say I sucked, my performance definitely...