The New Statesman political editors’ reunion: covering Westminster from Thatcher to Sunak
Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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The New Statesman's History
It wasn't highly paid, but anyway, it didn't involve a great deal of work. The last pieces I ever did for the New Statesman were on the rise of Mandela. It was so exciting to have a ringside seat when Jeffrey Howe launched his attack on Thatcher. And at that stage, we knew it was all over for her. She had so dominated my life up to that point as just as an ordinary citizen. To be present at her fore was quite extraordinary. So really a historic span. Fantastic. Even most of the time I was covering the Maastricht Driesdee - which was endless and quite dull,. But presaging the Brexit wars and the rise
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