Matthew Parris
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 74 |
| Date of birth | August 7,1949 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Johannesburg |
| South Africa | |
| Partner | Julian Glover |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Job | Actor |
| Journalist | |
| Politician | |
| Education | Waterford Kamhlaba |
| Clare College, University of Cambridge | |
| Yale University | |
| Current partner | Julian Glover |
| Previous position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Movies/Shows | Weekend World |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 477759 |
Chance Witness
Parting Shots
A Castle in Spain
The Spanish Ambassador's Suitcase: Stories from the Diplomatic Bag
Inca-Kola: A Traveller's Tale of Peru
Great parliamentary scandals
Scorn: With Added Vitriol
Scorn With Extra Bile
Mission Accomplished! Things Politicians Wish They Hadn't Said
Read My Lips: A Treasury of the Things Politicians Wish They Hadn't Said
The Great Unfrocked: Two Thousand Years of Church Scandal
Off message
Look Behind You! Sketches and Follies from the Commons
So Far So Good . . . : Selected Pieces
Coping with the Soviet Union: A New Tory View
I Couldn't Possibly Comment--: Sketches and Follies from the Commons Again
Is That Mic Off? More Things Politicians Wish They Hadn't Said
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Matthew Parris Life story
Matthew Francis Parris is a British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament. He was born in South Africa to British parents.
The voters of therapy need to do?
... Matthew Parris, a columnist for the Times, the former Conservative MP and ardent Remainer, says: I think, I eat, I dream exit from UK EU...
The Papers: Fracking ban and England rugby heroes
... Elsewhere, the columnist and former Conservative MP, Matthew Parris, uses his weekly column in the Times to announce that...
Headlines: 'Johnson ' s day of reckoning as MPs vote on offer
... a warning to those Labour MPs, Matthew Parris in the Times writes, that He argues, getting the deal over the line will allow to create Tory ideologues, their vision of a stripped-down, and deregulated government - dismantling the obstacles to what he says Brexiteers see how the animal spirits of a free market economy ...
The Papers: Tory rebels threat and 'no river safe to swim in'
... Deals between parties? Electoral pacts, not parties, are the future, suggests Matthew Parris, as he reflects on how the Lib Dems success in the by-election was assured by the agreement of Plaid Cymru and the Greens not to field any candidates...
The Papers: Fracking ban and England rugby heroes
There is a consensus in the papers that Nigel Farage 's warning that his Brexit Party will stand in every seat unless Boris Johnson scraps his Brexit deal is not good news for the Conservatives.
The Financial Times.
thinks it risks splitting the Leave vote, making the Prime Minister 's electoral challenge more difficult.
says the Tories have gone to war with Mr Farage after he threatened to wreck their election hopes.
In its editorial, The Paper feels he has overreached - and urges Mr Farage and his hardliners to dilute their ideological purity and embrace pragmatism.
The takes up the theme, saying the Brexit Party leader has won his place in history, but his Time Is up.
The Sun , because his stance is far more likely to prevent Mr Johnson winning the majority which is vital to delivering Brexit.
The Daily Mirror accuses him of indulging in a cheap that could spell trouble for both Labour and the Conservatives.
But, Mr Farage defends his approach, saying that if his party is the only one willing to stand up for a proper Brexit, then so be it.
The Daily Telegraph focuses on The General election campaign, saying the Tories are preparing to launch.
Elsewhere, the columnist and former Conservative MP, Matthew Parris , uses his weekly column in The Times to announce that.
He says he finds himself unwilling to support a leader who - he says - is A Stranger to honesty or principle, and who surfs a foolish populist wave for the sake of ambition alone.
The Time has arrived, he argues, to give up hoping for a return to Tory sanity, saying although he is not a Liberal Democrat, he will unhesitatingly vote for them on 12 December to "defeat Tory zealotry over Europe".
After Twitter's decision to ban all paid for political advertising, the and requires further investigation.
With The General election under way here and the US Presidential election a year away, the FT concludes the stakes are exceptionally high.
The Guardian expresses concern that Facebook's power over what users see. The Paper suggests that forcing Facebook to reveal where parties are spending campaign cash and enforcing constituency spending limits would be a start.
The papers also focus on the government's announcement that fracking will be banned.
Sees the decision as a U-turn and a huge victory for green campaigners.
The Times says.
The Guardian believes.
And finally, there's much excitement about the Rugby World Cup final.
The Daily Mirror suggests England, who meet South Africa on Saturday, stand.
The Times suggests an England victory at a Time when it needs a Distraction .
has a 16-page pull out. But, with The Game due to start at 09:00 GMT, The Paper 's readers might be pushed to read it all In Time .
Source of news: bbc.com
