Mark Pack

Michael White writes: The murky underworld of sleaze and gossip which permeates the backdoor politics – and most walks of life where power, money, or the lack of it, matter – existed before the internet was invented or McBride got involved. It will continue to thrive in his absence, only much faster than generations ago. Then a [...] »

The Telegraph has reported: Row as Number 10 emails ’smear Tories’ The emails, which made a number of unfounded, innuendo-laden suggestions about the private lives of David Cameron, George Osborne and other Conservative MPs, came into the possession of Paul Staines, who writes the Guido Fawkes political blog… The prospect of publication [of the emails] alarmed ministers, who [...] »

Yesterday I spoke at a Hansard Society event on this very topic, along with Derek Draper (of LabourList) and Jonathan Isaby (of ConservativeHome). You can watch my talk on hustings.com.  »