Andrew Marr
Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a Scottish journalist and political commentator. He edited The Independent for two years until ... More »
Tory co-chairman Feldman to face meeting over 'swivel-eyed loons' claim
Hunt spoke for Downing Street when he told the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1: "The person who is alleged to have said that has denied it and I know the individual and I trust him. " The unease across the party was highlighted yesterday when 35 current or former Conservative associations ... Read more »
UKIP poll surge as one in five voters say they'd back them as major parties suffer
He appeared on last Sunday's Andrew Marr in a discussion about an EU referendum and his party's supporters Farage's popularity was not mirrored in Edinburgh, where he said 'Scottish nationalists are Fascist scum' Despite a week of controversy, in which UKIP leader Nigel Farage visited ... Read more »
Michael Gove: I would vote to leave EU
Michael Gove told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show he was going to abstain in this week's vote on the Queen's speech. Photograph: Reuters Michael Gove has entered the seemingly endless Tory row over Europe by admitting he would vote to leave the European Union if a vote were held today. As David ... Read more »
BBC News Eurosceptic MPs attacked by business leaders
But Mr Hunt insisted on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that the party was "absolutely united" on the issue of Europe and Lord Howe's views did not "represent the reality" of the situation. Mr Cameron has pledged an in-out referendum on Britain's membership of the EU by the end of 2017 if he ... Read more »
Privatised out-of-hours service is failing NHS patients – official
“I think we need to go back to GPs having responsibility for making sure that for the people on their list there is a good [out-of-hours] service available,” he said on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show. The routine inspection by the CQC, which was carried out in March, found that Harmoni did ... Read more »
Eurosceptics running protection racket in Tory party, says Lord Mandelson
Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show on BBC1, he said: "I don't think those views actually represent the reality. The substance is that the Conservative party says if we are going to be successful in that global race we need to renegotiate that relationship with Europe and give the British ... Read more »
Howe Says Cameron Is Losing Control Of Party
After a torrid week dominated by Europe, the PM is set for further party rows as gay marriage laws return to the Commons. David Cameron is facing calls to deal with damaging rifts with Tory activists over Europe and gay marriage. The Prime Minister is battling on several fronts after a week ... Read more »
BBC News Tory activists attack David Cameron on gay marriage
David Cameron's support for gay marriage has made winning the general election "virtually impossible", Conservative activists have said. In a letter to the PM, more than 30 past and present local party chairmen warned his backing for a change of law had led to voters switching to UKIP. MPs will ... Read more »
Record-breaking tenth Sony gold for radio DJ Christian O’Connell
Eddie Mair, who has recently won plaudits for his television presenting on “Newsnight” and as a stand-in on BBC1’s “The Andrew Marr Show”, was named Speech Radio Broadcaster of the Year for his work hosting “PM” on BBC Radio 4. But there were relatively few prizes for BBC Radio 2... Read more »
Boris Johnson puts Michael Gove in his place over EU referendum
It's fun to watch one ambitious Tory outmanoeuvre another, and no doubt Ed Miliband will be delighted too Boris Johnson, who responded to Michael Gove's comments on the EU in his Telegraph column. Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters Part of the charm of politics is watching ambitious players ... Read more »
David Cameron rebukes ministers for saying they would vote to leave EU
The education secretary burnished his Eurosceptic credentials when he added on The Andrew Marr Show that Britain would enjoy "certain advantages" outside the EU. Sources admitted that Gove – and Hammond, who used milder language – had chosen to answer the question about an immediate ... Read more »
Leaving the EU would not solve lazy Britain's problems, Boris Johnson warns but he says we should st...
Asked whether he thought Britain should leave the EU if there were a referendum today, Mr Gove told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show: ‘Yes, I’m not happy with our position in the European Union. But my preference is for a change in Britain’s relationship with the European Union. ‘My ideal is ... Read more »
EU referendum: cabinet crisis for David Cameron as ministers break ranks
Gove told the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1 that he would abstain in the vote after No 10 said ministers would be free to take the rare step of declining to offer wholehearted support for the Queen's speech. No 10 is offering backbenchers a free vote and ministers the right to abstain. The ... Read more »
Britain's Cameron faces growing party splits over European Union
Britain's Education Secretary Michael Gove speaks during a broadcast of the Andrew Marr Show at the BBC studios in London May 12, 2013. (Via Reuters) LONDON: A senior British minister said on Sunday he would support an exit from the European Union if there were a vote on the issue, as ... Read more »
BBC News Gove: 'Pupil premium should be protected from cuts'
"I'm fighting hard to ensure that the budget priorities that we have, particularly making sure that we can protect spending for schools and spending for the most disadvantaged children, is insulated from the necessary economies that we need to make," he told the Andrew Marr show. ... Read more »
BBC News Lib Dem plot to oust Nick Clegg
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, Mr Gove said the reforms were "absolutely right" but that he was prepared to look at "an adjustment here or there" to meet concerns. Asked about Mr Clegg's position, he said: "I don't think we can understand Nick Clegg's position without also ... Read more »
Even Trevor Phillips agrees: the intolerant 'equality' lobby is choking on its own orthodoxy – Teleg...
When he was leaving his post there last year, Phillips told the Andrew Marr Programme : There’s only one thing that matters in Britain today: the economy; can we fix it? There’s some interesting research that’s come from the United States in the last couple of weeks which shows that ... Read more »
Hunt in GP call over A&E crisis
Mr Hunt told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show: "I would never blame GPs because I think they work extremely hard. I've been in GP surgeries and they have very, very long days. "But I do think that contract is one of the contributing causes, yes, because I think what happened was when you removed ... Read more »
A feminist's 50 sense worth (Matriarchal news matrices #2)
Ashley, wife of the BBC’s Andrew Marr, frames the feminist-politico creation as a force to redress the plight of female “sandwich carers”, women caring for elderly relatives and for children too. But she cites research done by Care UK, not the feminist Labour confab. A summary of that ... Read more »
Baroness Thatcher wanted UK to withdraw from EU, says biographer
While President Obama was ... Cecil Parkinson, a veteran Tory politician dating back to the time of Margaret Thatcher, appeared on Sunday's "Andrew Marr Show" on the BBC. A political debate show is always interesting and often diverse. Today, of course, Baroness Thatcher was featured. ... Read more »
