Newspaper allegiances
One day after all the papers were talking about the Attorney General’s advice, Iraq is nowhere to be seen on the front page of the Guardian website. Their lead story returns to the theme of the “tory threat”, with a story about the Countryside Alliance helping canvass for the Conservatives against anti-hunt Labour MPs.
The Independent, the paper most supportive of the Lib Dems, has a detailed study saying what many bloggers have been pointing out for ages, that a swing from Lab to Lib will not result in a Conservative government.
Meanwhile, a consensus appears to be developing (on this week’s Any Questions, for example) that the current first past the post electoral system is broken, and needs to be replaced. Peggy Toynbee, in making an excellent argument for proportional representation, reminds us that, when there isn’t a general election on, she’s quite a decent read.
I’ll probably post something on Goldsmith’s advice this evening.