Selected News Cuttings

[Disclaimer: Please note that the inclusion of an article on this part of the website does not necessarily mean that Julian agrees with it!]


2008

• 'FAMILY TROUBLES'
• 'NEVER MIND THE AINSWORTHS'
• 'MP TURNS DETECTIVE TO WIN £10,000 FOR FATHER'
• 'A MAN OF LETTERS'

2007

• 'TRIDENT – THE VERDICT'
• 'TRIDENT – THE DECISION'
• 'JULIAN LEWIS MAKES THE CASE FOR REPLACING TRIDENT'
• 'FIRST SEA LORD IN THREAT TO QUIT OVER CUTS'
• 'WE NEED £1BN TO RULE THE WAVES, SAYS FIRST SEA LORD'
• 'DEFENCE SPENDING IS LOWEST SINCE THE 1930s'
• 'A DOOMED CURRENCY BASED ON SYMBOLISM'

2006

• 'HALF OF ROYAL NAVY'S SHIPS IN MOTHBALLS AS DEFENCE CUTS BITE'
• BLAIR AND CAMERON ON REPLACING TRIDENT
• 'REMEMBERING COMMON BONDS'
• 'MP TAKES UP CLINIC BATTLE'
• 'COMMENT & DEBATE: CYNICAL, ILLOGICAL, SUCCESSFUL'
• 'MP WELCOMES RECOGNITION FOR BRAVE SEAMEN'
• 'HOSPITAL CAMPAIGNERS FEAR MERGERS COULD BE A THREAT'
• 'A FROSTY FAREWELL FOR AN OUTSPOKEN ADMIRAL'
• 'PUBLICITY GETS CANCER DRUG FOR BROCKENHURST PATIENT'

2005

• 'MPs HOPEFUL OVER FUTURE OF HOSPITALS'
• 'NHS CHIEF DENIES BIN JIBE'
• 'WE'LL MODIFY PLANS, SAYS HEALTH BOSS'
• '40,000 SAY "NO!" '
• 'DEMAND TO EXPEL LABOUR CANDIDATE'
• 'DON'T KILL OFF OUR HOSPITALS'
• 'RALLY ROUND TO SUPPORT HOSPITALS'
• ‘HOT-SHOT MPs BEAT LORDS’
• 'MP DEMANDS HOSPITAL CLOSURE "SCANDAL" PROBE'
• 'CND’s THIRD WAVE?'
• 'DIRTY TRICKS CLAIMS AS TEMPERS RISE'
• 'FURY AS MILBURN THWARTS INQUIRY INTO ELECTION BILL'
• 'MILBURN STUTTERS AS SHARKS START CIRCLING'
• 'LABOUR "ABUSING" INFORMATION LAW'
• 'SELECTIVE REVELATIONS'
• 'POSTER BOY MILBURN ON THE ROPES'
• 'THE SECRETS WAR'
• 'LABOUR USES INFORMATION ACT TO TARGET MICHAEL HOWARD'
• 'PARTIES DIG FOR DIRT AS ELECTION LOOMS'
• 'DELAY IN REPLYING TO DATA REQUESTS CRITICISED'
• 'GOVERNMENT "HYPOCRITICAL" ON FOI ACT'
• 'MANE MAN ROARS BUT FAILS TO STIR THE JUNGLE'
• 'LABOUR TEAM TRIES TO COOL "ANTI-SEMITIC" POSTER ROW'
• 'PANDORA' COLUMN
• 'HOWARD GOES ON ELECTION OFFENSIVE'
• 'TORIES PUT LABOUR ON THE SPOT TO TEST RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAWS'
• 'TORIES TEST LIMITS OF INFORMATION ACT'
• 'TORIES TRY TO TEST OPENNESS LAWS'

2004

• 'TORIES TRY TO UNCOVER THE TRUE COST OF MILBURN'
• 'ANGER OVER SALARY OF "ELECTIONEER MILBURN" '
• 'WORRYING START TO OFFICIALS' USE OF INFORMATION LAWS'
• 'SHREDDED PLEDGE: SECRECY REMAINS ORDER OF THE DAY'
• 'GETTING RID OF THE EVIDENCE'
• 'NOT ONE SHRED OF SHAME'
• 'TORY FURY AT DENIAL OF OFFICIAL RECORD SHREDDING'
• 'SHREDDED: HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS'
• 'RECORDS BEING SHREDDED BEFORE INFORMATION ACT'
• 'MILBURN'S "EIGHT MINUTES AT THE DISPATCH BOX" '
• 'CROSS-PARTY UNITY ON SILENT CALLS MENACE'
• 'NAVY CUTS TO TORPEDO DESTROYERS'
• 'AFTER 925 YEARS, NEW FOREST IS A NATIONAL PARK'
• 'MP QUERIES UNIVERSITY PEACE ROLE'
• 'FOREST MP PRAISED FOR FIGHTING RACISM'

2003

• 'HOON FACES BARBS OVER PERFORMANCE AT INQUIRY'
• 'QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT ALLY'S STATUS'
• 'MP BLAMES BLAIR OVER IRAQ DOCUMENTS'
• 'TELEGRAPH "DID INTELLIGENCE'S JOB" '
• 'STRANGE BEDFELLOWS'
• 'FOREST MP TOP SPEAKER IN COMMONS'
• 'IT IS EASY FOR HISTORY TO BE REWRITTEN'
• 'MY LEFTY FRIENDS ARE WRONG'
• 'MP CRITICAL OF GREENPEACE'

2002

• 'FOREST MP QUIZZES PM ON TERRORIST THREAT'
• 'CLARKE ALLY WINS PLUM JOB'
• 'SOLUTION TO HOLLANDS WOOD v. NEW FOREST SHOW?'
• 'MP HIGHLIGHTS POLICE CONCERN OVER REFORMS'
• 'RED TAPE KILLING PARISH COUNCILS'
• 'MP COMPARES MUGABE WITH NAZIS'
• 'MP DEMANDS ANSWERS ON HOSPITAL PLAN'
• 'COMMONS PRAISE FOR FOREST MP’s AFGHAN SPEECH'

2001

• 'KEEP SPEAKING DOCTOR LEWIS'
• 'POLICE DROP CHARGES ON STEAM SHOW'
• 'TORY CLAIMS MINISTER SACKED FOR "TELLING TRUTH" '
• 'FLYING ACE'S MEDALS ARE HANDED OVER'
• 'MOSCOW GOLD' AND THE CPGB
• 'QUOTES OF THE WEEK'
• PROFILE: 'JULIAN LEWIS TALKS TO ANNE PERKINS'

2000

• 'MP TARGETED BY STASI COLD WAR SPIES'
• 'THE STASI SPY FROM St JAMES'S'
• 'UK TO PRESS SYRIA ON NAZI'
• SKETCH: 'FAR EAST PRISONERS OF WAR''
• 'Dr LEWIS HITS PARLIAMENTARY HAT-TRICK'
• SKETCH: 'BROWN SKIRTS AROUND EURO PUNCHLINE'
• SKETCH: 'FORTH'S FURIES'
• 'EUROSCEPTIC ELECTED'
• 'LIBELLED POLITICIANS'

1999

• 'CND LEADER "RESISTED COMMUNISTS WITHIN" '
• 'ENEMIES WITHIN'
• 'TORIES PRAISE BECKETT'
• 'FOREST MPs THE MOST ACTIVE PAIR IN THE SOUTH'
• 'SLAMMING SHUT THE DOORS...'
• 'HISTORIC FILES TO BE SAVED FROM SHREDDER'

1998

• 'ONCE RED, BUT SHOULD THEY STILL BE READ?'

1997

• 'NEW FOREST WARRIOR'

1996

• 'SENIOR TORY OFFICIAL QUITS OVER EMU ROW'
• 'TORY WARRIOR REALLY A SOFTIE AT HEART'

1995

• 'THE BBC’s HIROSHIMA DISGRACE'
• 'GORBACHEV'S VIEW OF THE SS–20s'
• 'THE BIZARRE SECRETS OF A LOST EMPIRE'

1992

• 'CHANNELS OF DISINFORMATION'
• 'MAKING THE WORLD A LEFTER PLACE'
• 'KINNOCK CHALLENGED OVER CND "COVER-UP" '
• 'LABOUR LEFT "SMEARED WITH THE TRUTH" '

1991

• 'LABOUR RETREATS FROM UNILATERALISM'

1990

• 'LEADERSHIP ROW DELAYS TALKS ON CND’S NEW ROLE'
• 'TORY PEERS CALL FOR TOUGHER GUIDELINES OVER TV BIAS'
• 'ENTER THE TORIES' STREET FIGHTER'
• 'HARDLINE TORY APPOINTED TO PARTY RESEARCH POST'

1987

• 'THE BBC AND THE POLITICIANS' [EXTRACT]
• 'THE "ZERO OPTION" INF DEAL' [EXTRACT]
• 'UNION BASHING PLANS STEM FROM RIGHT-WING GROUP'

1986

• 'PEDIGREE OF A TV WATCHDOG'
• 'A VOTE FOR EDUCATION'

1985

• 'THE YOUNG TURKS OF THE NEW RIGHT' [EXTRACT]
• 'CND RALLY NUMBERS DISPUTED'
• 'POLL FINDS A MAJORITY BACKS BRITISH BOMB'

1983

• 'LOW-FLYING PILOT PUTS COURT IN THE PICTURE'
• 'CND IS REFUSED COURT BAN ON CRITIC'S SPOOF'

1978

• 'LABOUR PARTY NEC IS UPHELD IN NEWHAM NORTH-EAST DISPUTE'

1977

• 'NEWHAM FIGHT TAKES NEW TURN'

1967

• 'JULIAN IS CRITICAL OF CUTS IN NAVY'



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