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  1. 5 live made this video for the website - a rant by me about why politics matters. If you fancy a look it's here http://bit.ly/37QFKQ 6:38 AM Oct 20th from web
  2. Just putting my weekly podcast together. Labour MP Tom Harris says being an MP is as reputable a job now as "Gary Glitter's tour guide". 8:27 AM Oct 15th from web
  3. More personal stuff. Talking NHS, describes wot its like "carrying a child in your arms" to hospital in the middle of night. #CPC09 7:12 AM Oct 8th from web
  4. Iain Duncan Smith - author of welfare reform plan to rejoin Tory team.#CPC09 7:01 AM Oct 8th from web
  5. Cam quotes e-mail from pensioner,"We don't bother watching police dramas on the TV, we just look out of the window." Sober mood in hall. 6:58 AM Oct 8th from web
  6. Cameron:"We are all in this together" - key election slogan. Pay freeze for pub sector workers, no tax credits for £50k earners etc.#CPC09 6:56 AM Oct 8th from web
  7. Big Cameron theme: attack on "Big government".Answer lies in "stronger society, stronger communities, stronger country" #CPC09 6:48 AM Oct 8th from web
  8. Strikingly personal : Cameron on death of son, Ivan:"It's like the world has stopped turning and the clocks have stopped ticking". #CPC09 6:40 AM Oct 8th from web
  9. Cameron announces Gen Dannatt joining Tory team - "we need people who understand war in whitehall" #CPC09 6:36 AM Oct 8th from web
  10. Videos, razzmatazz over.Cam immediately balances gloom with hope- "a steep climb ahead...the view from the summit will be worth it"#CPC09 6:32 AM Oct 8th from web
  11. Manc Evening News report: Tory activist arrested for failing to pay for bottle of champagne! Wot charge? Aggravated hubris? #cpc09 2:31 AM Oct 8th from web
  12. Went to jolly Tory Reform Group party. Heavily guarded, heavily curtained doors. They served prosecco. Felt like a speak-easy! #cpc09 2:28 AM Oct 8th from web
  13. Hague and Cam sorted out ref fall back plan. Now, it's under wraps - bit like sealed orders in captain's safe on submarine! #cpc09 6:52 AM Oct 5th from web
  14. m told most shadow cab members not told fall back policy on referendum pledge if Lisbon treaty ratified before elex.#cpc09 6:52 AM Oct 5th from web
  15. At 5live audience show, anger Cons won't answer: will u hold Lisbon ref or not ? As much abt honesty as EU, I think. Fascinating! #cpc09 6:52 AM Oct 5th from web
  16. That's it from Brighton - just time to wash a few shirts and pack for Manchester and the Tories. 5:53 AM Oct 1st from web
  17. My review of the week podcast - John Pienaar's political review - about to go live on 5live website. 5:53 AM Oct 1st from web
  18. They sang the red flag - violin hurt my ears - then ran for the station: pumped-up a little but more aware the odds are stacked agin 'em. 5:52 AM Oct 1st from web
  19. Harriet Harman tells conference:"I'm not going to be told by the Tories it's their turn...or the media". Backs-to-the-wall stuff!. 5:51 AM Oct 1st from web
  20. Is everyone using #cpc09 or #con09 for the Tory conference next week? #lab09 4:08 AM Oct 1st from web
  • Name John Pienaar
  • Location Westminster
  • Web http://www.bbc.co...
  • Bio BBC Radio 5 live's Chief Political Correspondent
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