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I don’t expect to defend people I consider political opponents – particularly from their own side. Today I’ve done it twice. And helped a third. It’s all the more extraordinary because there’s an (unrelated) by-election in Hackney today which makes me feel particularly tribal. However, I couldn’t sit idly by and watch Steve Hilton be [...]

The Press Complaints Commission has rejected a complaint by Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP against the Daily Telegraph. The commission said that the Telegraph had not reported inaccurately the story of Keith Vaz’s support for the government’s proposal to detain terror suspects for 42 days. This is a farce of unbelievable proportions. I read the [...]

The BBC is in trouble again. It has refused the request of the Disasters Emergency Committee to broadcast an appeal for aid to Gaza. The BBC worries that broadcasting the appeal will raise funds that can’t be distributed and compromise its news neutrality in an area where a story is ongoing. There’s been much comment [...]