we’re going to have a new generation of nuclear power stations. The sites have just been announced. The news made me think immediately of what Zac Goldsmith said to me, when I interviewed him ahead of his standing as a Conservative candidate for Richmond. Here’s an extract: ‘I wouldn’t live near a nuclear power plant,’Continue reading “'The Conservative position is, in my view, a no to nuclear power' So will Zac Goldsmith press his own nuclear button now?”
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‘I’d prefer my mother still to be alive’ Peter Mandelson
He’s very cool, Lord Mandelson of Hartlepool and Foy. In the sense of never getting over-heated. Except this time. ‘You may think it’s funny and cheap to make snidey remarks about how I could afford to live where I do. If my mother had not got Alzheimer’s and hadn’t died, I wouldn’t be able toContinue reading “‘I’d prefer my mother still to be alive’ Peter Mandelson”
‘I grew up in a war zone. I know how lucky I am’ Nemanja Vidic
You expect arrogance from the captain of Manchester United, Nemanja Vidic, a lavishly paid football star and one of the best defenders in the world. But you don’t get it. ‘Am I late? Five minutes. I’m very sorry. Here I am.’ Vidic arrives in a massive Mercedes SUV with tinted windows, of the sort that usually hasContinue reading “‘I grew up in a war zone. I know how lucky I am’ Nemanja Vidic”
‘I apologise to Britain’ Jools Holland
Jools Holland broke one of the great taboos in 1986, by telling the viewers – live at tea-time – to tune in or be ‘ungroovy fuckers’. There was uproar and he was suspended. Times change. A few years ago a poll of broadcasters named it among the 50 Most Gripping Moments In British Television History. YouContinue reading “‘I apologise to Britain’ Jools Holland”
‘A Tarot card reader told my Mum she’d have a world famous baby’ Michael McIntyre
‘I was brought up to believe I was really something quite special,’ says Michael McIntyre. Many of us are, by loving parents, but this was more intense. It started before he was even born. ‘My mother was a young, impressionable 19-year-old walking down the street near her home in Kensington one day when she passed a bookshop,Continue reading “‘A Tarot card reader told my Mum she’d have a world famous baby’ Michael McIntyre”