Judy Finnigan tells us which Dane she’d take on holiday, which book she found in her mother’s bedside drawer and which book had better be on Richard Madeley’s reading list. Eloise by Judy Finnigan is published by Sphere. She tweets @judyfinnigan. 1). What are you reading at the moment? I’m currently re-reading American Wife, by
‘So the flood-defence funding was cut, then?’
‘I think you’re right — it does make you look younger.’
‘We tend not to watch TV unless it’s an old film.’
‘So I was here and the arms lobby was over there…’
‘I wonder if we could use your loo?’
‘How would you deal with Prince Charles?
‘I found out he was mating for life with someone else behind my back.’
‘Me, too. I can remember exactly where I was when I heard that President Lincoln had been shot.’
‘Me, too. I can remember exactly where I was when I heard that President Lincoln had been shot.’
‘And that, in its simplest form, is the lowest energy tariff currently available.’
‘Me too. I thought coming as Jimmy Savile would be a really funny and original idea.’
The toxic centre-ground Sir: I found it hard to be convinced by Matthew Parris’s claim (‘The centre holds’, 20 October) that David Cameron has ‘brilliantly understood’ that old ‘nasty party’ problem. It is held by the soft wet left of the Conservative party that Mrs Thatcher’s party was that ‘toxic’ nasty party. However, the figures
Home Andrew Mitchell, the Conservative chief whip, resigned, still denying that he referred to police as ‘plebs’ for refusing to allow him to cycle through the main gate to Downing Street three weeks ago. The Chancellor, George Osborne, was caught in a first-class carriage with a standard-class ticket. One of his aides paid £160 for
Public officials, even retired ones, should not as a general rule attempt to undermine democracy. Imagine if, for example, a permanent secretary in the Home Office took to the airwaves to persuade the public to sit on their hands in a general election, in the hope that a low turnout would remove legitimacy from the
