Female political Sun columnist? What shall we do with her Alistair Campbell?

Alistair Campbell had some advice for what Rupert Murdoch should use recent Sun recruit Louise Mensch for: “@chalongcircle: .Wouldnt be suprised if @louisemensch turned up on page 3 next”> great idea @rupertmurdoch sort it out — Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret)...

In the internet age, why are politician still banging on about immigration?

Miliband, Clegg, and Cameron have all delivered their ‘big immigration speech’, but given how connected the world is now it seems bizzarre that anyone still cares. Call me a member of the metropolitan elite, but one of the things I think about least of...

Sue Perkins’ ‘Heading Out’ might be fun, but it matters

Great British Bake Off star Sue Perkins’ sitcom ‘Heading Out’ has received mixed reviews, but not only is it funny, it is an important step forward for lesbians on TV. Many of you will be familiar with the arguements about female gay characters on TV...

Games Tax Relief stuck in Europe, but on its way

The video games industry has been lobbying for Games Tax Relief for a while now, and the Chancellor agreed it needs to come in. However, its scheduled arrival has been delayed by the European Commission. Yesterday, Dr. Richard Wilson, who is chief exec...

Guido Fawkes launches campaign for an open blogosphere

Guido Fawkes has launched a campaign to try and counter the moves towards blog censorship that were put out in the Royal Charter passed on Monday. The truth is this that the Leveson agreement was written in a rush, with little consideration of how the...

No party Leader voted Leveson

On Monday Parliament voted to bring in exemplary damgages, as recommended by Leveson, as part ofthe Crime and Courts Bill. To try and make some sense of the mess created by the Royal Charte I have been going through the Hansard record of Monday’s debate...

[Budget 2013] The Sun prove that too many tweets make a…

There was always likely to be a Twitter gaffe today, and you might have thought it would come form George Osborne’s new account.   There was even a question about Twitter in PMQs, warning the Chancellor of the perils of the social network. Perhaps those...

[Budget 2013] Evening Standard appear to have the budget already