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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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Who should be Oxford University’s new Chancellor? Anyone but Peter Mandelson.
The world is already engulfed in fake news, fake science, and...
Richard Heller, Comment Central contributor
Richard Heller
November 14, 2024
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Blair and Mandelson do little to aid Starmer’s cause
Having wheeled them out for the local elections, Keir Starmer would...
Richard Heller, Comment Central contributor
Richard Heller
May 31, 2022
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What are some more interesting ways of showing our anger at Putin?
While governments and nations continue to denounce the actions of Vladimir...
Richard Heller, Comment Central contributor
Richard Heller
March 23, 2022
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Goodbye to the Western world - we’ll be sorry when it disappears
As peace in Eastern Europe appears to stand on a knife-edge...
Richard Heller, Comment Central contributor
Richard Heller
February 8, 2022
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Boris Johnson remains the David Brent of British politics
Despite history being littered with political gaffes, Boris Johnson's efforts to...
Richard Heller, Comment Central contributor
Richard Heller
January 5, 2022
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The strange appeal of Putin and Xi Jinping to Progressives
Richard Heller examines just why, despite all evidence of their tyrannical...
Richard Heller, Comment Central contributor
Richard Heller
August 25, 2021
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