Benedict Brogan

Profile: Full name: Area of interest: Politics Journals/Organisation: The Daily Telegraph Email: benedict.brogan@telegraph.co.uk Personal website: Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/benedict-brogan Blog: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/benedict_brogan Representation: Networks: https://twitter.com/benedictbrogan

Biography: About: Education: Career: Current position/role: Deputy Editor, Chief political commentator also writes/has written: Daily Mail Other roles/Main role: Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Memo to Benedict Brogan: stick to the politics - David Blanchflower, New Statesman, 27th January 2011 Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

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The Daily Telegraph: Column name: Remit/Info: Westminster politics. Has no regular column but writes frequent blog http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/benedict_brogan Section: Role: Chief political commentator Pen-name: Email: Website: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/benedict-brogan Commissioning editor: Day published: Regularity: no regular column Column format: Average length:

Articles: 2012 Socialists’ joy of victory will be shortlived - The winner in tomorrow’s divisive French election faces an angry nation that can no longer duck the hard choices of austerity - 5th May

Articles: 2011 David Cameron's bravado masks a nation that has lost its nerve - The real worry is not the Prime Minister’s fit of recklessness over Libya, but our reaction to it - 3rd March

Articles: 2010 Will we remember David Cameron for the triumphs or the trivia? - Leaders who focus on their grand design often come a cropper on the detail - 11th November Can David Cameron turn America's weakness into a strength? - Behind the scenes, a diplomatic transformation could be under way - 4th November The biggest threat now facing free schools is the enemy within - Ministers should rally to Michael Gove's cause - it will be their turn to do battle next - 28th October Spending Review 2010: Politics still matters for George Osborne - The Tories should be glad that in George Osborne, they have a Chancellor with a taste for battle - 21st October At long last our politicians have acquired the wisdom of humility - They are anxious to be modest, diligent, honest and effective – so can we learn to trust our MPs again - 14th October Conservative party conference 2010: Let battle commence - The Tories are attempting a Herculean task – to dismantle the all-powerful state. The child benefit row will soon be forgotten - 7th October Forget Red Ed, it's Optimistic Ed whom David Cameron must confront - The Tories can attack Miliband on many fronts - but there's a catch - 29th September The challenge will come when it's time to split the Coalition apart - Those looking for cracks in the alliance find only growing bonds - 23rd September The Coalition has been Tasered by the police – and the fightback starts here - No 10 has been sparked into action by police provocation - 16th September These are troubled times for the Coalition, but worse is to come - All hell will break loose when George Osborne unveils his spending cuts - 9th September Troubled times for the Coalition, but worse is to come - All hell will break loose when the Chancellor unveils his spending cuts - 9th September Students deserve a degree of fairness from our politicians - Why isn't David Cameron ruling out the graduate tax proposal - 12th August Trident is a sacred Tory cow – David Cameron meddles at his own risk - The missile system is not just a deterrent, it is a symbol of what the PM's party stands for - 5th August Cameron is keeping his Conservative friends close, but his enemies in the Coalition closer - The love-bombing of the Lib Dems is prompting unease, but the Tory leader can contain it - 29th July Cleaning up MPs' expenses has turned out to be a dirty business - David Cameron faces rebellion from his party – but which way can he turn? - 22nd July Civil servants are feeling the love, but preparing to face the pain - The Coalition has re-energised Whitehall, but the sacrifices ahead will test both sides - 8th July A new foreign policy is taking shape under David Cameron, but is it Tory or Lib Dem? - A steely determination can be detected in the Coalition's attitude - 30th June Europe has fallen for the Tories, but a quarrel is in the offing - David Cameron must be prepared to upset his new friends if Britain is to maintain its sovereignty - 18th June This relationship is special, despite the BP oil spill - David Cameron can focus on building a better rapport with Barack Obama, leaving others to maintain contact with BP chief Tony Hayward - 10th June Britain is full up - Cameron must act to stem the tide of immigration - With Labour at last accepting that immigration is an issue, the Coalition needs to move fast - 3rd June Voters wanted this harmony, but British politics could turn nasty quickly - David Cameron and Nick Clegg have embraced change, while Labour hasn't got the message - 27th May George Osborne will need all his political skills to survive the task ahead - The Chancellor and his leader have clawed their way to power, but the honeymoon will be brief - 20th May Don't believe everything that the happy couple is telling you - David Cameron and Nick Clegg have acted out of expedience. After all, they are politicians - 13th May Hung parliament: Cameron’s PR coup to wrong-foot Labour - The full extent of David Cameron's audacity is beginning to emerge - 10th May Election 2010: a bracing reminder of the price we pay for political freedom - Benedict Brogan takes a step off the campaign trail - and is confronted by the true meaning of democracy - 6th May (General Election 2010) Election 2010: The truth is out about Gordon Brown, but what about the other two? - Despite Mrs Duffy's intervention, the party leaders are still failing to answer the voters- 29th April Cameron the best by a mile, but he can’t shake off Clegg - Mr Cameron found himself up against not Mr Brown but Mr Clegg at the SKY TV Leaders' Debate - 23rd April General Election: the Tories have a fortnight to save themselves from disaster - The nation wants change - and Cameron must show that he's the man to deliver it - 22nd April Election debate: sparring, but no killer blows - Have 90 minutes in Manchester changed British politics? The Liberal Democrats certainly hope so after Nick Clegg came top of the instant polls and was declared the winner of a three-way contest that has shaken up Britain’s traditional bipolar politics - 16th April Beware the seductive charms of Nick Clegg – he, too, is a politician - The Lib Dems plan to surf to power on a wave of indifference- 15th April General Election 2010: Are we ready for first-lady politics? - It may have started with Cherie Blair, but the increasing influence of leaders’ wives has taken another giant step this week - 10th April General Election: Look beyond the spin to find candidates with character - Voters are just waiting for the right kind of politician to inspire them - 8th April Eureka! At last, I can see what Cameron is on about - We demand vision from our leaders - and the Tories' plan for society is truly radical - 1st April A thrilling fight to the death - Alistair Darling's Budget made one thing clear: Labour has no plans to lose the election - 25th March In a brash and brutal general election, the buccaneering spirit will prevail - A campaign focused on the party leaders could prove Gordon Brown's undoing - 18th March Gordon Brown has voters in a trance - it's time for a wake-up call - The Conservatives must show the killer instinct that comes naturally to Labour - 11th March The Tories are on a rocky road towards their sunlit uplands - Despite his woes, David Cameron is on the verge of delivering a message of hope - 4th March David Cameron: clear and simple - There was a distinctly seasick tint around the gills of many Tories in Brighton. But their leader came out fighting - 1st March There's a blackout coming - unless someone sees the light - The Tories must rescue Britain's energy policy after years of dangerous neglect - 25th February Brown's 'psychological flaws' revealed - New book paints an all-too familiar portrait of PM's struggle to cope with responsibilities of power- 23rd February Gordon Brown: summary To win, Cameron must convince the public to trust politicians again - We shouldn't expect any headline-grabbing gimmicks from the Tories - 11th February The Tories look wobbly, but it's Gordon Brown the voters want to ditch - David Cameron must remind his critics exactly what's at stake in this election - 4th February How the charity of a peer's wife will propel Cameron to power - A chance purchase at a fund-raising auction turned the Tories into a vote-winning machine - 28th January If the Tories have a secret plan for power, they're keeping it quiet - Despite their boasts about being prepared for government, there are some anxious faces in the party's high command - 21st January The crusade against faith schools is an attack on our freedom - Ed Balls's drive to control the admissions policies of faith schools robs parents of vital choices - 14th January Mandelson will save Brown until he can be properly sacrificed - Yesterday's coup plot was foiled to preserve New Labour - 7th January

Articles: 2009 Britain just might pull off this high-speed railway revolution - Lord Adonis's visionary plan has already cleared its biggest hurdle - 31st December 2009 David Cameron must act quickly, but not hastily, in 2010 - The Tory leader is not only preparing for a general election, but to become prime minister - 24th December Britain's judicial system is being used to help the bad guys - The state's ability to defend itself against militant Islam is now at risk - 17th December Pre-Budget report: is Darling's statement a suicide note, or a poison pill? - This deeply political pre-Budget report was littered with traps for the Tories - 10th December Labour has given up governing and now just wants a class war - Gordon Brown is picking a fight with the Tories that will damage Britain - 3rd December Why both Cameron and Britain are counting on Olympic gold - The London games are on track to lift the national mood at just the right time - 26th November We need more naked politics - Only David Cameron and the Tories can rebuild Britain, and voters want to know how they'll do it - 19th November Is David Cameron a real radical, or just the compromise candidate? - A lack of red meat on the Tory leader's policy menu is provoking rumblings on the Right - 12th November Lisbon Treaty: David Cameron's referendum U-turn is another test of trust - David Cameron's change of course over the Lisbon Treaty referendum was a painful and necessary part of the return of honesty in politics - 5th November The debt crisis of 1976 offers a vision of the blood, sweat and tears facing David Cameron - Our debts are much worse but the political situation will be much better for David Cameron - 23rd October Now it is Cameron's turn to put his friends in high places - The Tory leader will use his powers of patronage to break Labour's grip on public life - 15th October Cameron's speech answered all the big questions - The Tory leader had an argument – the size of the state is at the root of all our problems – and an account of who he is and what he stands for - 9th October We say we’re prepared for pain, but are we ready to vote for it? - David Cameron will today leave us in no doubt what the alternatives will be come polling day - 8th October The sun has finally set on New Labour's love affair with the media - Like John Major before him, the PM is now a leader at war with those who report him - 1st October At last! Gordon Brown discovers that the middle classes matter - The bedrock of Britain who have paid for Labour's excesses will decide the next election - 24th September Cameron must not be deterred from giving us the bitter medicine - Tempatations and obstacles will test the new prime minister's mettle to the limit - 17th September David Cameron: a PM for the 24/7, digital age? - At every stage this summer David Cameron has demonstrated a knack for using the insatiable demand of news channels and websites to advance his causes - 10th September Cameron’s lesson in leadership for a Prime Minister in retreat - A TV debate will offer Gordon Brown a chance to reassert himself against a dominant David Cameron - 3rd September Labour's betrayal of the poor is an open goal for David Cameron - The Tory leader can cast himself as a 'progressive' saviour - 20th August The Tories’ programme of policy piracy could still run aground - The Cameron team have scoured the world for bright ideas – but will they, and their civil servants, be able to push them through - 30th July The holiday reading that could decide who runs Britain - Cameron and Brown are both plotting campaigns that draw on Tory leaders of the past - 23rd July MPs' expenses: We were promised a new order, but all we've had is foot-dragging - Rather than rushed solutions, we need to see some real signs of repentance - 9th July Cutting Britain's defence budget to pay other bills is a false economy - both the main parties are missing the point of maintaining a nuclear deterrent - 2nd July The Great Purge has started in the Conservative Party - About half of its MPs will not be returning after the election, mainly because of the expenses scandal - 25th June Gordon Brown's purge will leave us with MPs fit only for a call-centre - The Prime Minister is changing the face of the House in a spiteful act of class envy - 18th June John Bercow is the Speaker that Parliament is going to get but not the one it needs - John Bercow will almost certainly win – the question is whether he will last - 11th June Who is going to knock at No 10 and tell Gordon Brown the game is up? - Most of the Cabinet believe the PM has to go - the question is which one will wield the axe - 4th June MPs' expenses: the leader who dares to purge will win the keys to Number 10 - Gordon Brown and David Cameron are playing a cut-throat game of brinkmanship - 21st May Speaker Martin: Still the man in the midden - The lack of grip and competence displayed by the Speaker over the MPs' expenses scandal is now the most pressing issue facing politics - 19th May Gordon Brown, what are you waiting for? - The Prime Minister's failure to act decisively in a turbulent week has left MPs and voters baffled - 16th May As Gordon Brown blusters, David Cameron shows the mark of leadership - This week will be a milestone in the Tory leader's progress towards No 10 - 14th May Could Labour turn into a liberal party after Gordon Brown is beaten? - Blairites and Brownites are both resigned to life in opposition - 7th May How Cameron is preparing Whitehall for his first 100 days in power - Despite our sudden-death system of government, the Tories intend to hit the ground running - 30th April Budget 2009: Labour is desperate, and fighting to the end - Tories must not fall into the elephant trap on taxation - 23rd April

News & updates: Benedict Brogan returns to Telegraph - The Daily Telegraph has hired Daily Mail political editor Benedict Brogan to be an assistant editor and its chief political commentator. Brogan, who is returning to the Telegraph after almost five years at the Mail, four as political editor, will write a weekly column and a blog on Westminster - Stephen Brook, The Guardian, 13th February 2009 Can Brogan Really Restore the Telegraph’s Reputation for Political Reporting? - Guido Fawkes, 27th April 2009

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