John Rentoul
John Rentoul is chief political commentator for The Independent on Sunday, and visiting professor at Queen Mary, University of London, where he teaches contemporary history. Previously he was chief leader writer for The Independent. He has written a biography of Tony Blair, whom he admired more at the end of his time in office than he did at the beginning.
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Twitter has changed the rules of the game
18 November 2012 12:00 AM
Users have to be more careful than pub gossips
David Cameron and the impossibility of modern politics
11 November 2012 12:00 AM
The ambushing of the PM on television put him in a position where there was no right answer. Even so, he emerged with some credit
Twitter became an opinion machine – but this was still a television election
08 November 2012 12:00 AM
Media View: Journalists are excited by social media, but most voters still rely on TV for their political news
The man who saved the Union: Lib Dem Michael Moore is Westminster's answer to James Bond
04 November 2012 12:00 AM
The SNP will ask the Scottish electorate to vote for a greased pig in a dark poke
How the tax facts get in the way of the Tory story
28 October 2012 12:00 AM
Tory leaders are too incompetent to persuade us that they don't favour the rich
Errors and omissions: some are more prone to silly mistakes than others
26 October 2012 06:02 PM
Butlers, caravans and scientists have all been victim to slips of the pen this week
Andrew Mitchell's resignation after plebgate: Losing your temper and swearing at an officer is a sin, but not a crime
21 October 2012 12:00 AM
As Andrew Mitchell has resigned as Chief Whip after plebgate, Cameron seems to have walked from the wreckage uninjured.
Last Man Standing: Memoirs of a Political Survivor, By Jack Straw
14 October 2012 12:00 AM
A man of no little importance
How Ed Miliband gave David Cameron a road to the centre ground (where elections are won)
14 October 2012 12:00 AM
The Prime Minister can now claim legitimately to be associated with responsibility, aspiration, and balancing the books. Labour, alas, cannot
What Mr Cameron was really saying to his party
11 October 2012 12:00 AM
What he said "There are many things I want this Coalition to achieve but what could matter more than saving our United Kingdom."
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