Listen up, George Osborne: here's what I'd put in a Great Exhibition of the North
Helen Pidd
The 2018 showcase should celebrate the region’s true cultural riches – from barms and breadcakes to Gillian Duffy and the phrase ‘wrong ’un’
June 2015
Obama’s retort to a heckler made me nostalgic for this lost political art
Steve Richards
In the post-Gillian Duffy era of stage-managed meetings with voters, witty exchanges between a leader and a heckler have become all too rare
February 2015
Gillian Duffy: I’m backing Ed Miliband and Labour
The Rochdale woman who helped end Gordon Brown’s election chances in 2010 returns to party fold
April 2013
Wintour and Watt blog
Ed Miliband wins over angry man on the dole after insults on immigration
Nicholas Watt: Ed Miliband believes he has found the formula for connecting to voters by inviting all-comers to high street question and answer sessions
June 2012
Ed Miliband says voters worried about immigration 'are not bigots'
Speaking in reference to Gordon Brown's description of Rochdale pensioner Gillian Duffy in 2010, Miliband calls for open discussion on immigration
July 2011
Was it Sky wot won it for Cameron?
Letters: The game-changing event of the 2010 UK general election was the convenient Sky microphone left on Gordon Brown that picked up his remarks about Gillian Duffy
April 2011
Royal wedding: How Britain fell in love with the royal family all over again
Dominic Sandbrook
Labour must bury working-class conservatism, not praise it
Lynsey Hanley
This week
This week: Andrew Lansley, Gillian Duffy, Mark Zuckerberg
Gillian Duffy was not 'used' by Labour
Simon Danczuk
What adopting Gillian Duffy as a mascot says about Labour
Deborah Orr
Gillian Duffy v Nick Clegg doesn't come close to 'bigotgate'
John Harris
Gillian Duffy reclaims her place in angry voters' hall of fame
Gillian Duffy challenges Nick Clegg over coalition spending cuts
Gillian Duffy grills Nick Clegg on coalition spending cuts
Politics blog
Gillian Duffy takes on Nick Clegg
Labour still haunted by Gillian Duffy
Madeleine Bunting
February 2011
Shortcuts
When politicians lose their cool
A Lib Dem councillor has responded rudely to a letter from a constituent
December 2010
Observer New Review: faces of 2010
Gillian Duffy: why she made the headlines in 2010
Gillian Duffy's questioning of Gordon Brown led to 'Bigotgate' and probably helped Labour lose the election. She talks to Carole Cadwalladr
July 2010
Gillian Duffy backs David Miliband in Labour leadership battle
Woman branded a 'bigot' by Gordon Brown in general election campaign offers support to shadow foreign secretary
