Tom Watson

The best recent thrillers – review roundup
Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson makes a winning debut
Alison Flood
02, Nov, 2020 @8:30 AM

Third of UK football fans put off buying kit if it has betting sponsor
Survey reveals support for disentangling sport’s ties to gambling industry
Rob Davies
11, Oct, 2020 @2:19 PM

Tom Watson's remarks calling Paddy Power 'dirty' emerge as he takes job
Former MP’s 2014 comments were made about firm taking bets on trial of Oscar Pistorius
Rob Davies
18, Sep, 2020 @11:30 AM

Tom Watson takes job as adviser to Paddy Power and Betfair
Owner Flutter Entertainment says it will pay former Labour MP for advice on problem gambling
Rob Davies
17, Sep, 2020 @3:00 PM

Jeremy Corbyn makes fresh complaint over rejected House of Lords nominees
Anger is growing on the left after Labour peerages were blocked, as Lord Fowler, a Tory, criticised the chamber’s expansion
Michael Savage Policy editor
02, Aug, 2020 @6:17 AM

Tom Watson peerage rejected by Lords vetting commission
Former Labour deputy leader one of three Jeremy Corbyn nominations to be rejected
Peter Walker Political correspondent
01, Jun, 2020 @7:16 PM

No pubs, no kissing, no flying: how Covid-19 is forcing authors to change their novels
Never mind newly minted corona lockdown stories, authors are frantically rewriting existing projects to reflect a world turned upside down by the pandemic – or shelving them indefinitely
Alison Flood
01, Jun, 2020 @5:00 AM

Don’t stand so close: how live music has changed its tune in lockdown
From drive-in concerts to livestreaming on Fortnite, the industry has had to adapt creatively to the current restrictions
Nosheen Iqbal
16, May, 2020 @6:05 PM

Tom Watson is no friend of a free press | Letters
Letters: Tim Luckhurst is unimpressed by the former Labour deputy leader’s enthusiasm for state-sanctioned regulation of newspapers, while Nathan Sparkes of Hacked Off says robust, independent regulation must be introduced
Letters
01, Mar, 2020 @6:15 PM

The tawdry secrets behind the press campaign to deny Tom Watson a peerage | Alan Rusbridger
Elements of the press attacking the former Labour MP’s elevation to the Lords have interests to declare, says the former Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger
Alan Rusbridger
28, Feb, 2020 @12:38 PM

Labour antisemitism row: Corbyn under fire over Karie Murphy peerage nomination
Party leader criticised over nomination amid investigation by Equality and Human Rights Commission
Heather Stewart Political editor
19, Jan, 2020 @11:41 AM

Tom Watson’s betrayal thriller – and other politicians who vent in fiction
After quitting parliament over its ‘brutality’, Watson is co-writing thriller The House. Can we expect a tale about a deputy leader righting wrongs?
Alison Flood
15, Jan, 2020 @1:57 PM
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