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1. 1. David Ottewell: Tony Blair played the 'feral beasts' of the press at their own game

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 May 2012 Tony Blair might not have enjoyed having to deal with the press, but he did it with gusto - and rewrote the rules of the game, writes David Ottewell

2. 2. 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 ...

3. 3. 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.

4. 4. David Ottewell: Sorry Prime Minister, but you can’t cover up a crisis with a grey pullover

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 21 May 2012 THE leaders of the world stood on the grass at Camp David, seeking desperately to project a sense of casual calm.

5. 5. David Ottewell: Divided Tories could use a bit more blue-sky thinking

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 March 2012 When Steve Hilton stood down as David Cameron’s strategy guru last week, Conservatives were quick to portray it as a simple case of a man wanting to spend more time with his family. Fair enough, you might think. After all, Mr Hilton was himself renowned for his ability to put a positive spin on the most unlikely of stories.

6. 6. 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.

7. 7. David Ottewell: Mailshots don’t inspire the public to turn out and vote

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 30 April 2012 They are everywhere. Crammed in overflowing letterboxes, scattered across hallways, and trampled – unread and unwanted – into damp pavements across the land.

8. 8. 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.

9. 9. David Ottewell: Mayoral sideshow will not rouse public from its apathy

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 April 2012 Is a vote against politics really a vote for democracy? If that seems a pointlessly theoretical question now, it might not on May 3.

10. 10. David Ottewell: Budget will reveal coalition is fundamentally fractured

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 March 2012 All in it together? These days, sometimes it seems the coalition isn’t even ‘in it’ with itself. If the political spinning is anything to go by, tomorrow’s Budget will be something truly remarkable: prudent yet generous, radical yet moderate, Thatcherite yet economically liberal.

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