1979 v 1989

I see that Newsnight will be discussing which was the significant year since the second world war on their programme tonight.

There are only two years to choose from.

1979 when Mrs Thatcher came to power,the Soviets invaded Afghnistan and the Iranians chucked out the Shah or 1989 when the cold war came to an end,and the Berlin wall fell

Simon Schama, Francis Fukuyama and Lord Lawson will be debating in the studio.

The man with the bucket

I didn't see the interview on Newsnight yesterday but Tom Watson gives a run down of George Osborne's encounter with Jeremy Paxman including a line that will surely go down in the annals of political debate

You’re like the man who walks behind the horse with the bucket?

asking

All these media interviews afterwards, the actual announcement of policy is made by the party leader. Why not by the shadow chancellor?