Independent owner to be inundated with emails on Liddle

The new owner of the Independent, Alexander Lebedev, is to be inundated with emails from the 3,500 strong facebook group opposing the Independent’s mooted appointment of Rod Liddle as editor. Members of the group were emailed last night by creatortest

Help Haiti

With the BBC reporting that the death toll in Haiti could hit 100,000 and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issuing an urgent call to the international community to assist Haiti, Left Foot Forward sets out how concerned readers can help. Astest

Politics Summary: Wednesday, January 13th

Alastair Campbell’s appearance at the Chilcot inquiry is the main story for most papers. He stood by the September 2002 dossier which contained the controversial “45-minute claim” and gave details of Tony Blair’s pre-war guarantee to President George Bush. Thetest

What the Sun won’t tell you

The Sun today makes uncomfortable reading for Labour supporters. But the underlying data supports the claim that they are using polling to help undermine Brown.

Politics Summary: Monday, January 11th

Gordon Brown has set up a 10-member “inner cabinet” to oversee Labour’s general election campaign following last week’s failed coup. In the FT, Ed Balls says, “I’m totally against a class war strategy” and insists Labour must be honest abouttest

Stop Rod Liddle

A facebook group has been launched to stop Rod Liddle from becoming Editor of the Independent newspaper. Liddle is renowned for a series of offensive outbursts.

Green groups welcome offshore wind announcement

The Government’s £75 billion offshore wind turbine programme has been welcomed today by green groups including the Green party. The Guardian reported this morning that, “Round three will be the biggest wind programme announced by the Crown Estate so fartest