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So, by a narrow margin, it’s Ed not David. And that “narrow margin” seems to have been the focus of today’s news and Ed Miliband’s comments to the press. It was the affiliate vote – and by extension union vote – that determined the outcome of the Labour leadership contest under the slightly unusual version [...]

It’s no longer about Coulson. Chris Bryant on Sky News described the ongoing saga about Andy Coulson’s role in Downing St and his alleged part in any “phone hacking”* as a “sideshow”. Instead, the story is now all newspapers and whether they’ve been involved in similar conduct. Guido Fawkes has got stuck-in in customary fashion [...]

I’ve finally listened to the Any Questions debate from Friday (which much like more regular blogging, ended-up slightly lower down on my to-do list than expected). One of the more interesting moments was Ed Miliband’s mention of a loss of faith in politics as a consequence of the expenses scandal. This seems to be the [...]