Archive for new statesman
Politicians are not mere pawns in the hands of journalists
Understandably the Leveson Inquiry has concentrated on the misdeeds of journalists and the behaviour of newspaper owners. However, the appearance of a series of figures this week at Leveson could – indeed should – have highlighted how often the power lies with politicians, not the media. We had three figures appear who all, in their [...]
LibLink: Nick Clegg, the New Statesman interview and crying
The latest edition of the New Statesman has an interview with Nick Clegg, which has mostly garnered attention for the shock news that Nick Clegg is a human being and has been known to cry to music: He is besotted by his “three lovely boys” and is most proud “by a long shot” of the [...]
Meet the Lib Dem bloggers: Olly Grender
Welcome to the latest in our series giving the human face behind some of the blogs you can find on the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator. Today it is Olly Grender, who blogs at http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/olly-grender. 1. What’s your formative political memory? A toss up between my Mum voting in favour of joining Europe in the referendum [...]
