George Walden



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Full name: George Walden

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 * also writes/has written for: The Scotsman, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Telegraph

Other roles: occasional columnist and book reviewer at New Statesman

Other activities: Conservative MP for Buckingham 1983-1997 (ret)

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Controversy/Criticism: George Walden is a Pub Bore - Iain Dale's Diary, 24th September 2004

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Other: Father of Daily Telegraph writer Celia Walden



Books & Debate:

 * God won't save America: psychosis of a nation OCLC65204081, 2006
 * Time to emigrate? OCLC81146707, 2006
 * Who is a dandy? OCLC51082657, with J Barbey d'Aurevilly, 2002
 * The new elites: making a career in the masses OCLC59556087, 2000

Latest work: China: A Wolf in the World? (Gibson Square) OCLC225448282, 2008

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 * must resist the pull of the new bleak'' - Let’s ignore the grumbling of the anti-fashionistas and be glad that Britain has style - 20th September 2010
 * children still can’t get into our better universities'' - When Tories send their kids to the new state schools, I’ll shut up - 20th May 2010
 * want the truth? Here’s my anti-manifesto'' - No politician would dare to suggest these brutally realistic proposals on the NHS, housing and education - 15th April 2010
 * waste and waffle of EU diplomacy'' - A new legion of ambassadors will dangerously diminish Europe’s voice in the world - 16th March 2010
 * the high fly, the rest sink. And no one acts'' - Selection by ability, normal in most countries, has become selection by cash. This is insular, hypocrital and damaging - 24th February 2010
 * was right to do a deal with Beijing'' - And it’s now right for the company to withdraw because the moral wind in China has changed - 14th January 2010
 * the opium wars'' - Britain is in a poor position to condemn Shaikh's execution with its history of drug dealing to China - 30th December 2009
 * realise Britain is a soft touch'' - The Tzipi Livni fiasco illustrates how slavishly this country follows hypocritical UN edicts - 17th December 2009
 * bogus, ludicrous, overpriced job'' - We do not need an EU president. Ministers can operate better without a figurehead in the way - 19th November 2009
 * last we’re getting our heads out of the sand'' - The crises in the City and Westminster have shaken up the ostrich-like British. Good. It’s a first step on the road to recovery - 10th November 2009
 * can’t afford the moral high ground'' - In tough economic times, Britain cannot be too picky about whom it does business with - 22nd September 2009
 * were not universities (and shouldn't be)'' - Graduates face a lethal mix of mushy degrees, recession and debt. We urgently need the real expertise of polytechnics - 24th February 2009
 * Protectionism could destroy us all - Governments will need huge reserves of political will and an internationalist spirit to resist putting restrictions on free trade, says George Walden - 31st January 2009
 * might get better sooner than we think'' - This is the ‘light and fast' century, so ignore the mediocre minds who predict a prolonged slump - 1st January 2009
 * Tank: New ideas for the 21st Century: Bring on the culture crunch'' - A dose of austerity may improve the arts - 30th November 2008
 * the credit crunch – the arts crunch?'' - Hyperbole and boosterism have obscured the sad truth about the so-called renaissance of the arts in Britain - 26th November 2008
 * biggest black hole was in the budget'' - The former science minister recalls a collision with the high priests of particle physics - 11th September 2008
 * Identikit parade of young pretenders'' - A glance at the fresh-faced David Miliband, David Cameron, James Purnell and Nick Clegg might make you think that the policemen are getting younger, and they are - not in age but certainly in appearance, demeanour and experience - 20th August 2008
 * Chairman Mao led China to humiliation'' - The Great Helmsman's mishandling of the nuclear crisis with the Soviet Union was a turning point in world history - 6th August 2008
 * vote for London Mayor'' - The candidates are uniformly dreadful - and only about a third of Londoners vote anyway - 9th April 2008



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