Richard Heller | Contributor

Contributor | Richard Heller

Richard Heller was chief of staff to Denis Healey from 1981 to 1983 and to Gerald Kaufman from 1985 to 1987. He has reported or analysed six Presidential elections for British media. He is also the author of The Prisoner of Rubato Towers.

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I have lost hope in a Labour government which appeases Donald Trump

For over fifty years I have regularly told wavering Labour supporters...

Richard Heller

October 3, 2025

Give Donald Trump a bust of Neville Chamberlain

At the start of both of Donald Trump’s terms of office,...

Richard Heller

August 15, 2025

Another supply of wet cardboard from Keir Starmer

George Orwell once likened political clichés to tea leaves blocking a...

Richard Heller

April 14, 2025

Trump’s State Visit: A call for national derision

In spite of the magnificent language of their Privy Council oaths,...

Richard Heller

March 31, 2025

Was Donald Trump Really Saved By God?

In his Inauguration Address Donald Trump claimed that “"I was saved...

Richard Heller

March 4, 2025

Starmer has put his head even further into the mouth of Donald Trump

Let no one say that Keir Starmer lacks daring. In appointing...

Richard Heller

January 16, 2025

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