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1. 1. David Ottewell: Your simple guide to AV

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 May 2011 Are you confused about Thursday’s Alternative Vote referendum? David Ottewell sets out the arguments for and against ...

2. 2. David Ottewell: Give MediaCity a fair crack of the whip

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 November 2011 Anyone who has walked round the MediaCity site, or Salford Quays in general - the Lowry centre with its A-list productions, the iconic Imperial War Museum North, the plush canal-side apartments - could hardly fail to be impressed, writes David Ottewell.

3. 3. David Ottewell: If NHS needs surgery don't apply a sticking plaster

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 14 February 2012 It's an irony of British politics that the NHS has killed off more than one political career. It is a unique system, a system which no doubt has its failings. A system that wouldn’t, and perhaps couldn’t be created from scratch in the early 21st century.

4. 4. David Ottewell: Would a ‘Boris of the north’ solve the democratic crisis?

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 30 January 2012 Local democracy is in crisis. The proportion of people who vote for their councillor has slumped to around one third. In inner-city areas, that figure is even worse.

5. 5. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 October 2009 THE date: May 7, 2010. The place: Bolton town hall. David Cameron stands on the steps as Britain's new prime minister.  According to the latest opinion polls - with the Conservatives on 41 per cent, Labour on 30 per cent, and the Lib Dems on 17 per cent - that is precisely the scene that will greet the nation in just over seven months' time.

6. 6. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 14 June 2010 Ed, Ed, David, Andy or Diane? Perhaps you don’t yet know; more likely you just don’t care. The Labour leadership election is in full swing – and it all feels utterly beside the point.

7. 7. David Ottewell: Cold winter for Cameron as economic tide fails to turn

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 21 November 2011 Prime ministers – even the most cautious, managerial types – tend to take office believing they can make the world bend to their will.

8. 8. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 22 September 2009 THE Liberal Democrats are in some ways closer to power than ever before. Labour appears a busted flush, but the British people are not yet convinced by David Cameron. It is quite possible that Mr Clegg will hold the balance of power in a hung parliament. The odds are currently around 5/2

9. 9. David Ottewell: Economy is the key to David Cameron's fate

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 September 2011 The Conservatives have gambled everything on a recovery in time for 2015. If by then we are back in the black, Mr Cameron and George Osborne will get the vast majority of the credit, and should be able to plan for a second term. If the country is still in the mire, the odds are they are finished.

10. 10. David Ottewell: What is the point of party conferences?

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 11 October 2011 What is the point of party conferences? It’s a question plenty of political hacks are asking right now. In the last few weeks, we’ve seen the Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Conservatives all gather for their respective annual set-pieces.

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