Andrew Rawnsley had an interesting piece in yesterday’s Observer in which he reflected on why there were so few politicians among Britain’s public intellectuals. As he wrote: “In challenging tim... Read More
Post-war politicians can be broadly divided into two categories: those who have been dedicated to real, substantial achievement, and those who have concentrated on style and presentation. Within the f... Read More
When Ed Miliband was elected leader of the Labour Party, he loudly declared New Labour to be dead. Nonetheless, its ghosts keep coming back to haunt him. Today, the Guardian has an interview with Pete... Read More
So the number of officers working on Operation Weeting, the Met’s phone hacking investigation, has been increased from 45 to 60. Surely I’m not alone in thinking this is a ridiculous waste of ... Read More
By addressing head on the allegations hovering over him, David Cameron has stemmed the flood for the moment. Questions may now catch him up, and there’s the debate still to come, but so far this... Read More
With the marquees of the broadcasters arrayed on college green like the pavilions of a besieging army, the hacking story is ready to eat itself. The BBC even has a special logo of photos of the Murdoc... Read More
You almost have to feel sorry for Ed Miliband. He’s been doing pretty well throughout this phone hacking scandal, staying ahead of the game and not giving any more disastrous robot interviews. S... Read More
Two Tory MPs have described the last seven days as the week the 2015 election was lost. One of them, talking to the Independent’s Mary Ann Sieghart, was predicting a Conservative defeat. The other, ... Read More
He was in hiding all weekend and has now run away to South Africa, but the stink of the phone hacking scandal has followed David Cameron all the way there. The Prime Minister has this morning said &#... Read More
David Cameron came a step closer to being engulfed by the Murdochalypse yesterday with the arrest of Rebekah Brooks and the resignation of Sir Paul Stephenson. “Could Cameron be next?” ask... Read More
