Gongs all round at the Paddy Power Political Book of the Year Award at the Imax cinema in Waterloo. It was a bumper night for Spectator writers. Congratulations to Charles Moore, who took the top spot for his Thatcher biography, to our regular book reviewer Richard Davenport-Hines, who won Political History of the Year for his brilliant account of the Profumo scandal, An English Affair, and to Iain Martin (occasionally of this parish), who scooped the debut prize for his damning account of the collapse of RBS.
Mr S’s attention was piqued by the fact that News UK – the media conglomerate formally known as News International – was among the headline sponsors. And many guests were amused to see Hacked Off’s pious Dr Evan Harris tucking into plenty of the champers.
Host Gyles Brandreth also noticed the presence of News UK.
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