Some time ago, I wrote a post about a favourite blogger – Jack of Kent. What I said was Firstly, he has a rare ability amongst lawyers: that of making complex legal principles and processes understandable to the layperson. Secondly, he campaigns tirelessly for one of the great rights: freedom of speech. Thirdly, he does [...]

Sunny ‘Liberal Conspiracy’ Hundal is organising a follow-up to 2008′s successful ‘Blog Nation’ event. Details over at Liberal Conspiracy, but Sunny asks what we’d like to discuss; below the fold, then, are some thoughts. In terms of logistics, I would make three suggestions. Given the layout, it’s important that each table isn’t talking amongst itself [...]

Remember the Tatler Ten? No? Let me refresh your memory. Tatler profiled ten up and coming young Tories, pictured at the Evening Standard. They were high-flyers set for rapid promotion to the Cabinet. Let’s see how they did in their various elections. Shaun Bailey (Hammersmith) lost Mark Clarke (Tooting) lost Joanne Cash (Westminster North) lost [...]

I’m doing a YouGov survey and a fascinating question comes up: Which, if any, of the following websites have you visited in the last month? It’s fascinating not so much for the question as for the websites it lists: Cosmopolitan.com, Graziadaily.co.uk, Vogue.com, Closeronline.co.uk, Instyle.co.uk, Redmagazine.co.uk, Heatworld.com, Us.glamour.com, Look.co.uk, Nowmagazine.co.uk, Moremagazine.co.uk, Handbag.com, Marieclaire.co.uk, Fabsugar.com, Elleuk.com, Glamour.com, [...]

Jonathan Ross for a year – £5.6m Anne Robinson for a year – £3m Graham Norton for a year – £2.5m Jeremy Clarkson for a year – £1.8m BBC’s talent bill for a year – £229m BBC Asian Network for a year – £12.1m BBC 6 Music for a year – £9m Finding new talent, [...]

I have nothing but sympathy for Jacqui Janes. I can’t begin to imagine what she’s going through. No parent should have to bury their child, but it must be near-unendurable to wonder whether more could have been done to save Jamie Janes’ life. I’d love to know if the Sun has passed money to Mrs [...]

A little while back, I wrote a piece arguing for a ‘Guardian London’ supplement to the Guardian, similar to Guardian America or Comment is Free, both here and at Liberal Conspiracy. Whether or not the Guardian read, let alone paid any attention to, my thoughts, I am very glad to see this: Guardian Local planned [...]

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The headline on the front page of the new, positive London Evening Standard reads 10 troops died and ‘only 150 Afghans voted’ Note the quotation marks. What’s inside them is never referenced to anyone. The ‘story’ is that only 150 people voted in Babaji. A second story is that ten British soldiers died in Operation [...]