The BBC was forced to defend its neutrality after its director general met with senior aides to David Cameron to discuss its political coverage

Courtsey of Richard at Lenin’s Tomb You can’t call peaceful Muslims a bunch of genocidal fascists any more… posted by lenin …it’s political correctness gone mad. (Hat-tip, and context. Bad news for Harry’s Place). This refers to a libel by Stephen Pollard, editor of the Jewish Chronicle writing on the Spectator blog, where he refered to Islam Expo

from AVPS  While Iain is currently rattling off the annual Top 100 politics blogs, it’s time to look at the real stinkers polluting political blogland. This list was compiled from those who voted in the 100 Worst UK Politics Blogs poll that ran between 10th July and 11th August. There have been a few exclusions: three

As the feuds continue, factionalism spreads, and the likes of Blair and Mandelson are drawn on their views on the latest Labour leadership contest, now seems a good time to stop and consider what exactly we know about the UK’s second strongest political force; the Parliamentary Labour Party. We know they have an extensive record

When bloggers meet, I often find that old allegiances (be they left right, or Unionist/Republican often dissolve into a different political spilt. Those of us who imagine that we ‘get’ the read-write web against the political colleagues that we have who, we believe, fail to foresee the possibilities or the threats. I’ve occasionally witnessed left-right-and-centrist

This is a guest cross-post by Tim Davies – originally posted on the Political Innovation site: The communication revolution that we’ve undergone in recent years has two big impacts: It changes what’s possible. It makes creating networks between people across organisations easier; it opens new ways for communication between citizens and state; it gives everyone

My Voice colleague Iain Roberts has already blogged about this afternoon’s big political news that William Hague’s special advisor Christopher Myers has quit his post following allegations — vehemently denied by both — that they might be having an affair. Iain writes: “We at Lib Dem Voice wish both the Hagues and Christopher Myers well,”

Harry Potter star, actor Daniel Radcliffe, was one of the Lib Dems’ star supporters in the lead-up to the election — and it seems he’s sticking by Nick Clegg and the party in government, according to the Voice’s favourite online political read, ShowbizSpy.com: “I’m a very big fan… I don’t agree with everything he says,

A former Director General has stated that the BBC did have a “massive bias to the left”, He admits that many BBC journalists struggled to understand Margaret Thatcher’s popularity with many voters, refused to see Euroscepticism as a serious political position and did not want to handle issues like immigration. He is right to say

There's an old saying: don't look in the crystal ball, read the book. It is clear that Tony Blair wants not just to write Labour's history but to help shape its future. The test of the political significance of his book is whether it marks the end of the journey he led his party on or helps to ensure that it continues? The re-opening of old political wounds will be enough to make so...