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1. 21. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 June 2009 The politicians who are brave enough to take risks and trust their instincts - the Thatchers, the Blairs - connect best with the public and inspire people to vote.

2. 22. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 17 November 2009 TONY Blair famously didn't ‘do’ God while prime minister. His atheistic press secretary, Alistair Campbell, was at pains to keep his boss off the topic of religion.

3. 23. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 December 2009 WHISPER it, but we could have a ‘live’ election next year after all. The winter nights are drawing in, and it is the Conservatives who are feeling the chill. The mood has changed more quickly than anyone believed possible.

4. 24. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 February 2010 A chilly September day in 2007, and I’m at an archaeological dig in Wythenshawe, speaking to James Purnell.

5. 25. Leaders' debate: David Ottewell's verdict

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 April 2010 Historic, compelling, and occasionally even dramatic - but ultimately inconclusive. The first-ever televised election debate between three party leaders in Manchester was an experiment that worked. Yet it is more likely to have re-enforced people's views than have changed them.

6. 26. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 May 2010 Who will be in government after the general election on Thursday? I wish people would stop asking, because I honestly can’t be sure. But I know this much: the question as to who will be in government is only slightly more significant than the question as to why.

7. 27. Opinion: David Ottewell

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 March 2010 In Conservative Central Office the mood is a mix of concern and bafflement … It isn't that Labour are winning. The Conservatives are losing.

8. 28. Total Politics Manchester debate - as it happened

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 February 2010 A Question Time-style debate was held in Manchester on Thursday night with three MPs and the MEN's David Ottewell on the panel discussing political issues.

9. 29. Graffiti, drugs, swearing and vandalism... a snapshot of yob culture in Greater Manchester

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 May 2012 As Home Secretary Theresa May unveils new ways to tackle anti-social behaviour, the MEN asked readers to tell us their experiences. David Ottewell reports on the findings.

10. 30. Replay: Salford voters question mayor candidates

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 24 April 2012 Salford's mayoral hopefuls clashed in a debate organised by the M.E.N – and you can follow what happened here. Seven candidates lined up to take your questions in a debate chaired by the M.E.N’s head of politics David Ottewell.

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