Phone-hacking is a symptom, political influence is the disease
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan Ed Miliband, together with excellent contributions from Labour MPs Tom Watson and Chris…
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We must repersonalise the debate on cuts
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan I’ll start by telling a story. The story is true – but you’ll…
The pursuit of excellence: why ‘elite’ isn’t a dirty word
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan e•lite/iˈlÄ”t/Noun A group of people considered to be the best in a particular…
Why we shouldn’t be fawning over Obama
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan I logged onto Twitter earlier and, I have to say, was rather embarrassed…
Public interest vs. What the public finds interesting
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights sets out, in very…
You don’t have the right not to be offended
By Jonathan Roberts / @robertsjonathan We all know that freedom of speech is a cherished hallmark of any…
Cracking down on sexual slavery
By Jonathan Roberts / @jroberts82 Being from a tiny rural market town, there was a time when I…
A manifesto people can believe in
By Jonathan Roberts / @jroberts82 Too often ambition is painted as a negative characteristic of modern politics. Those…
Securing our seas
By Jonathan Roberts / @jroberts82 There is a war brewing – another one – slowly, silently and hundreds…
No place in our party for victimisation or abuse
By Jonathan Roberts / @jroberts82 A strangely under-reported story from last week was the embarrassing and appalling news…
