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						DID YOU WAIT FOR HOWARD?


						FROM NEWSNIGHT EDITOR, PETER BARRON 
					




						What is it about Michael Howard and Newsnight? 


The former Conservative leader already holds the accolade for the greatest-ever Newsnight moment with, of course, that interview with Jeremy in 1997 in which he failed to answer the same question 12 times in a row (watch it here). 


Last night he made a renewed bid for YouTube immortality in an extraordinary moment of theatre involving his old adversary Alastair Campbell. Howard and Campbell were live in Newsnight's studio discussing Blair's legacy, and as midnight hovered into view something of the night seemed to overtake Mr Howard. He launched a savage and sustained attack on Campbell's modus operandi, effectively blaming him for the ills of the Blair years and accusing him of using lies as a weapon of government. 


In case you'd already gone to bed, click here for another chance to enjoy.


Peter Barron is editor of Newsnight


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