Gary Gibbon
Not so much The Sweeney as Softly, Softly
Our Political Editor reports on what he hears of the questioning of the defecting Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa.
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Gary Gibbon
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Five Libyan diplomats expelled from UK
Britain is expelling five Libyan diplomats because they “could pose a threat” to national security, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced.
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Gary Gibbon
Libya meeting more about meaning than action
As the Libya conference draws to a close, Political Editor Gary Gibbon says the key aim was to show that the dismal planning over Iraq is not a mistake that is being repeated.
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Jon Snow
Hague story not about sexuality
The UK is behind the United States in accepting that it does not matter at all if people in public life are gay, writes Jon Snow.
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Gary Gibbon
Why Blair agreed to hold the Bloody Sunday inquiry
You might think that the Bloody Sunday inquiry was used to break a deadlock, avoid a republican walk-out. Unionists and Tories have told me just that. Someone who was a very senior British official at the time tells me it was nothing of the sort.
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Gary Gibbon
Cable felt new deputy leader better for Lib Dems
Business Secretary Vince Cable decided the Lib Dems needed Simon Hughes as deputy leader and that it was healthier and better for the party’s soul in the challenges ahead.
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Hague in Washington shows how much has stayed the same
First stop for new Foreign Secretary William Hague is Washington – it makes sense for a new foreign secretary who takes the traditional view that Britain’s relations with America trump all others, writes international editor Lindsey Hilsum.
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Hague in the Foreign Office: merging party differences
Funny how the differences talked up in the election campaign can seem so easy to play down when needs must, writes Lindsey Hilsum.
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Gary Gibbon
Ashcroft anger turns on official as Tories snub meeting
I am in a select committee looking into Lord Ashcroft. No Tory MPs have turned up.
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Gary Gibbon
Hague v Harman: watch out for Lord Ashcroft references
Harriet Harman, standing in for Gordon Brown in the Commons today, will no doubt be invoking the name of Lord Ashcroft at some point, writes political editor Gary Gibbon.
