Independent political commentator John Rentoul does a neat line in pricking the balloon of journalistic and political hyperbole with his “questions to which the answer is no” series, so it is curious that he has managed to come up with an absurd, over the top conspiracy theory almost entirely devoid of fact today. Writing about… Continue reading Is Charles Kennedy organising a Liberal Democrat putsch?
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15 February 2003: five years (and 11 days) later
A combination of Valentine’s Day, a business trip and subsequent workload conspired to prevent me from writing about my experiences of the 2003 anti-war demo, but I’m taking the trouble to do so now. This is partly to provide people to an archive of the old website I set up for the day, which five… Continue reading 15 February 2003: five years (and 11 days) later
EXCLUSIVE: Team Kennedy backs Huhne (updated)
Originally posted: 19 October 2007, 10.27am. Thus far, it has looked like Nick Clegg has been getting it all his own way with regard to getting public support from the party establishment. The support of Steve Webb and Paddy Ashdown are, for differing reasons, clearly coups. But he hasn’t entirely had it his own way.… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Team Kennedy backs Huhne (updated)