Law doesn’t disqualify Weston, Grieve reckons
Channel 4 News political correspondent Michael Crick on the latest legal saga surrounding war veteran Simon Weston’s bid to be police and crime commissioner
Michael Crick
Michael Crick has left Channel 4 News. This is an archive of his reports.
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Hillsborough documents revelations will be ‘immense’
The Hillsborough Independent Panel has come up with a date, and today announced that it will relase all the documentation relating to the 1989 football disaster in Liverpool on 12 September. Someone who has been following the panel’s work very closely tells me that the revelations which come out of the documents will be “immense” and “very significant”. As to why, my source wouldn’t be drawn.
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Law not meant to bar Simon Weston, says Theresa May
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs about Falklands war hero Simon Weston’s bid to become a police and crime commissioner
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Teenage crime set to disqualify war hero Simon Weston
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs about the Falklands war hero Simon Weston, who could be disqualified from standing as a police and crime commissioner because of a criminal conviction from 37 years ago when he was just 14.
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Caro’s incredible biography of Lyndon Johnson
“If you’re a political animal and have never read Caro, I urge you to do so.”
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Former aide urges Queen to do TV interview
A former senior aide to the Queen has suggested she should record her memories of the extraordinary experiences of her long reign, and the lessons from this, in a broadcast interview, or a series of interviews writes Michael Crick.
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Knife-edge lead for Yes campaign in Irish referendum
What if Ireland does vote No tomorrow? Enda Kenny repeated to me today that unlike the referendums on Nice and Lisbon, Irish voters won’t be given a second chance to change their minds.
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Leveson inquiry: News Corp’s close links to Downing St
On the day David Cameron announced the establishment of an inquiry into media ethics in the midst of the phone hacking scandal, his communications director had dinner with a News Corp lobbyist.
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Family politics of BBC frontrunner’s family politics
Channel 4 News political correspondent, Michael Crick, on the family connections between the frontrunner for the director-general of the BBC and the House of Lords
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The business of electing Police Commissioners
The elections for the 41 new Police and Crime Commssioners in England and Wales take place exactly six months from today – on 15 November. And commercial enterprises are starting to set themsleves up offering to help prospective candidates with their campaigns. One is run by a former adviser to David Cameron in Downing Street;…
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Minister admits family ‘shame’ over Perceval assassination
The attack took place in what was then the lobby of the House of Commons. Perceval is the only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated.
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‘Boris bikes’ and other names that ring a bell
A friend, Tom Fairbrother set me the challenge of coming up with other politicians’ eponyms – things named after people.
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30,000 police march through London in protest over cuts
More than 30,000 off-duty police officers march through central London in protest at cuts aimed at reducing their numbers by 20 per cent.
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Scottish elections: SNP ahead of Labour
The SNP wins more seats than Labour in the Scottish local elections, but both parties make gains while the Liberal Democrat vote collapses.
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On the stump with Boris and Ken
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs on the Lomdon mayoral elections.
