Career
He is a journalist on Lloyd"s List, the world"s oldest English-language daily newspaper, and has previously worked as news editor for Tribune, the Labour weekly, and for the Labour Research Department. His freelance contributions have appeared in a number of widely read newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, The Observer, The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and the New Statesman. In 2002, his book Labour Party Plc: New Labour as a Party of Business.
He wrote a blog which was described by Conservative blogger Iain Dale as "brilliantly written and extremely insightful".
In 2007, he was sued for libel by political activist Johanna Kaschke for a blog article and reader comments which she claimed connected her to the Baader-Meinhof gang. The case was struck out in May 2010 by Justice Eady as an abuse of process.
Kaschke was refused the right of appeal in September 2010.
