June 2012
2 posts
Five Years On....The day GB became PM
5 years ago today, Gordon Brown became Prime Minister. Here are some personal memories and reflections….
It’s not often you’re paid to hurl abuse at someone who’s about to become the most powerful man in the country, but that’s how the day started. Sue Nye and I joined Gordon and Sarah in one of the large rooms on the Treasury’s ministerial corridor where he was rehearsing the speech he’d...
Errol Barrow and the Mirror Image
25 years ago today, one of my heroes, Errol Barrow died at the age of 67. His was an incredible life. Born and educated in Barbados, he gave up his academic career aged 20 to join the RAF. He survived more than 45 bombing missions over mainland Europe, rising to the rank of Flying Officer and serving on the private plane of future Air Marshal Sholto Douglas. He trained for the Bar in London,...
