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.
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Andrew Grice: PM's charms make up for his unpopular choice of friends
Friday, 18 June 2010
"It's the first time I have had egg and bacon," Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission President, told David Cameron as he welcomed him to the Commission's giant Berlaymont building for breakfast.
Andrew Grice: The Chancellor is overplaying the scale of the black hole to shift blame for cuts on to Labour
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
George Osborne prepared the ground for higher tax rises and deeper spending cuts than previously expected in next week's emergency Budget as he seized on the first report from the new independent fiscal watchdog he has set up.
Andrew Grice: The coalition needs a strategy for growth as well as for making cuts
Saturday, 12 June 2010
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Andrew Grice: A month is a long time in politics
Friday, 11 June 2010
Four weeks in, the coalition is learning the art of compromise
Andrew Grice: Why one side of the coalition benefits more than the other
Saturday, 29 May 2010
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Andrew Grice: Suddenly the coalition's star is not in control of his destiny
Saturday, 29 May 2010
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Andrew Grice: The coalition leaders may have bonded, but have their parties?
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
The new government has achieved a lot in just two weeks. It would surely have taken about two months on the Continent, where coalitions are much more common.
Andrew Grice: Why Labour's voting system puts Miliband junior in pole position
Saturday, 22 May 2010
Inside Politics
Andrew Grice: Now Mr Cameron's 'liberal conservative' credentials can be tested
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Inside Politics
Andrew Grice: Two manifestos become one: but how long will it hold?
Thursday, 13 May 2010
"There is a coalition at the heart of the Treasury," George Osborne, the new Chancellor, told his officials yesterday. He underlined his message by welcoming his Liberal Democrat deputy, David Laws, to the Treasury building opposite St James's Park.
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