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John Rentoul

John Rentoul

John Rentoul is chief political commentator for The Independent on Sunday, and visiting fellow 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.

John Rentoul: Why aren't we shocked  new

I didn't comment on the report in Saturday's Daily Mail about six foolish people who have had medical qualifications and who think that David Kelly was murdered, because (a) it was in the Daily Mail, and there are only so many untrue stories in the Daily Mail that one can rebut; (b) it was the same story that has appeared in the Daily Mail several times before; and (c) Oliver Kamm beat me to it.

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John Rentoul: Will a third of Lib Dems vote Labour?  new

Monday, 7 December 2009

Anthony Wells at Polling Report asks number 189 of my Questions to Which the Answer is No.

John Rentoul: Brown is safe, but not home and dry

Sunday, 6 December 2009

The Prime Minister had a good week, but the murmuring of leadership challengers is always audible

John Rentoul: More pro-war propaganda

Thursday, 3 December 2009

Fine article by Greg Pope at Labour List in defence of those 412 MPs that voted in favour of military action in Iraq in 2003, of whom he was one.

John Rentoul: Howard's parting shot

Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Still haven't caught up with all the Chilcot-reporting rebuttal work that needs to be done, but there is other business that will fall off the radar if not attended to.

John Rentoul: Toff bashing

Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Iain Dale, Conor Ryan and Amol Rajan, an unholy alliance, all greatly impressed by Gordon Brown's performance at Prime Minister's Questions.

John Rentoul: The really disturbing question about Iraq

Sunday, 29 November 2009

Going in is not the issue now. Chilcot should be looking at how the occupation gave rise to such bloodshed

John Rentoul: Anti-war bias exposed by anti-war campaigner

Thursday, 26 November 2009

One advantage of being a true hardcore anti-war obsessive - I mean "doughty and dogged" - is that you do know a lot. Chris Ames realises that the reporting of the Iraq Inquiry is, as I suggested here, here and here, highly selective and biased:

John Rentoul: Iraq Inquiry misreporting rebuttal, day two

Thursday, 26 November 2009

There is just too much of it to try to rebut all the prism-reporting of the Iraq Inquiry. But it may be worth trying to do the lowlights.

John Rentoul: What did Clegg say?

Monday, 23 November 2009

John Rentoul: Like it or not, there it is. A Tory policy

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Voluntary work for young people is not new – but David Cameron wants to make it universally available

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