Cameron labelled an undeserving icon
Readers of Arena have given David Cameron the thumbs down, listing him fourth in a poll for the men’s magazine’s “Anti-Icon of the Year”. Sky News reports that Cameron was picked as an “undeserving...
View ArticleShould BBC licence fee-payers foot £150k ‘Sachsgate’ fine?
No, says Don Foster, the Lib Dems’ shadow culture, media and sports secretary, following media regulator Ofcom’s announcement on Friday that it was fining the BBC £150,000 following the infamous prank...
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On Twitter, Leveson, media standards… and Labour MP Ian Austin labelling...
I love Twitter and I hate Twitter. At its best, it is a brilliant way of enjoying a shared moment with friends and friends-of-friends, whether glorying in the Olympics or bitching about X-Factor. At...
View ArticleOpinion: Russell Brand – a turgid mess of a manifesto
On Friday this week I was challenged by a friend to read Russell Brand’s article in the New Statesman, after I went on Facebook to casually eviscerate his interview with Jeremy Paxman. I cursed my...
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We need to embrace Russell Brand – he’s the new political messiah
He’s not going to go away. After all, celebs rarely do, even after their stardom has faded. My instinct is to ignore him. But I’ve talked to young friends. And they tell me my instinct is wrong. They...
View ArticleWhen politics, business and comedy collide with real lives
View image | gettyimages.com The following story is a bit like a Tom Sharpe novel. It involves an American investment firm, an estate in London’s East End, aggrieved local residents marching on...
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