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.
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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.
John Rentoul: Labour must read the Tories' book
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Four unsuitable leaders cost the Conservatives power. Gordon Brown should take note and act fast
John Rentoul: David Miliband's threat to Brown
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Oops. The Times, unexpectedly, this morning asks Number 168 in my series of Questions to Which the Answer is No: Is David Miliband seeking the role of EU foreign minister?
John Rentoul: Defeat from the jaws
Monday, 9 November 2009
I am completely with Amol Rajan in his contempt for The Sun's "shameful" attempt to exploit a mother's grief in order further to humiliate the Prime Minister.
John Rentoul: Cameron is the new Blair
Sunday, 8 November 2009
The Tory leader has learnt from New Labour not to promise too much. There's little danger of that
John Rentoul: It's Miliband's turn for hard choices
Sunday, 1 November 2009
And they're all about him. Should he aim to be Europe's foreign minister, or wait and see what else might come up?
John Rentoul: Why Cameron makes no sense
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Philip Collins in The Times today expounds brilliantly on why David Cameron's "progressive conservatism" is a contradiction in terms
John Rentoul: Iraq, the false prospectus
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Someone's got to do it, and not just to keep Hopi Sen happy. Not so much making the case for Tony Blair to be President of the European Council, but trying to ensure that, if the decision goes against him, it will not be because of untrue propaganda put about by the haters.
John Rentoul: Blair Revolution, a few years late
Monday, 26 October 2009
Wonderful news of a real breakthrough in public service reform, which is of course, therefore, hardly reported at all in today's newspapers.
John Rentoul: Labour's special delivery to Griffin
Sunday, 25 October 2009
The BNP leader on TV was pure panto, but the real villains in this drama have been at the cabinet table
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