Nigel Lawson
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When Anthony Clare met ‘calculating, disturbing’ Jimmy Savile
- Books
- October 25, 2020, 06:00
In August 1996, BBC Radio 4 broadcast an interview with Uri Geller, the Israeli magician, psychic and spoon-bending illusionist. Geller had done thous(...)

Fintan O’Toole: For the first time since 1171, Ireland is more powerful than Britain
- Opinion
- September 14, 2019, 06:00
It is foolish to read too much into body language, but what we saw in Dublin on Monday morning was startling. The Taoiseach was calm, clear, sure of h(...)

Irish ambassador to UK accuses British magazine of anti-Irish bias over Brexit
- Irish News
- April 12, 2019, 11:11
The Irish Ambassador to the United Kingdom has accused the Spectator magazine of publishing “snide and hostile” articles about Ireland. Adrian O’Nei(...)

UK business chiefs ‘deeply concerned’ time is running out for Brexit deal
- Economy
- June 24, 2018, 14:03
The UK’s five main business lobby groups told Theresa May they’re “deeply concerned” that time is running out for a Brexit deal that protects hundreds(...)

Theresa May’s double-speak can’t hide deep divisions over Brexit
- UK
- October 13, 2017, 01:00
Any other time but now, a former Conservative chancellor calling for the current Conservative chancellor to be sacked would be news. But when Nigel La(...)

Mathew d’Ancona: The Tories have learned nothing about compassion
- Opinion
- June 19, 2017, 15:58
Philip Hammond’s television appearances today reminded me of Nigel Lawson’s deadly critique of Margaret Thatcher in a landmark interview with Brian Wa(...)

Carney sees off Brexiters but still has questions to answer
- Economy
- November 2, 2016, 06:38
So: who won? Mark Carney, the “rock-star banker”, or the complaining Brexiters whose calls for the head of the governor of the Bank of England have b(...)

Bank of England governor to stay in role for extra year
- Economy
- October 31, 2016, 12:39
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has pledged to extend his term in office by one year, defying pro-Brexit campaigners demanding his resignation. (...)

Why new UK chancellor of exchequer can hide no more
- UK
- July 19, 2016, 01:00
Something in his stoop, greyness and aquiline nose suggests Arsène Wenger, the football coach and fellow fiscal conservative, though we cannot be sure(...)

British business braces for Brexit
- Economy
- June 17, 2016, 07:30
With less than a week to go before Britain’s EU referendum, almost every poll shows Leave ahead by a comfortable margin and big business is getting th(...)