
Tories circle as Watson starts to fail the smell test
One of the Labour deputy’s key sources on Brittan claims to have been “right up for witch-hunts” against Conservatives.
One of the Labour deputy’s key sources on Brittan claims to have been “right up for witch-hunts” against Conservatives.
Plus: The UKIP London Mayoralty selection – latest rumours and plots.
The investigations into child abuse and the Iraq War both have the same failing.
Those prepared to stand up to “arbitrary authority or witless mass opinion” enrich public life, and we should celebrate them.
Plus: Two policemen’s child abuse claims. Lamb for LibDem leader. Osborne for the Foreign Office. And: why won’t Waterstones stock more copies of Farage’s book?
Yet again the Local Government Association defends the indefensible.
Plus: Lord Ashcroft’s Scotland poll – I must revise my predictions. Abuse in Rotherham. An upset in Sheffield? My drivetime success. And: in memoriam, Martin Gilbert.
“So you don’t arrive at a decision because you’re a barrister and therefore you favour the bar or because you’re a solicitor and therefore you favour the solicitors’ firms.”
Plus: My Big Fat New Wedding. An invitation to Roger Bird. And: Happy New Year to you all. P.S: Here is my, er, prediction success rate for last year.