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: Brown is safe, but not home and dry
The Prime Minister had a good week, but the murmuring of leadership challengers is always audible
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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
John Rentoul: Cameron's biggest U-turn
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
How much do the "progressive" Conservatives care about poverty?
John Rentoul: Do the polls flatter Labour?
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
n ICM poll in The Guardian this morning gives the Conservatives a 13-point lead, roughly the same as the 14-point lead in our ComRes poll for The Independent on Sunday at the weekend, and another 14-point lead from YouGov in The Sunday Times.
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