'Fleet Street' is running hatchet jobs on me, so it seems. Fair dos. Every error I made at The Sun is piled in - I took responsibility years ago for my errors - but what about the decency I bought to the paper? Also: if they are going to call me an alcoholic, please also give me

Robbie Gibb should never have been appointed in the first place and he should not stay a day longer

Glad to see the VLV adding its voice to this debate. Important to stand up for a strong and independent BBC. Too many enemies out there. In the last few weeks it has looked like a concerted campaign. The Telegraph and the Times have been running several anti-BBC stories every day

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Time for MRPs to be reported with more caution 3/4 yrs out from an election. Result closer to constituency polling - but still 10% off for Plaid. We’ve gone back to consuming polls as gospel only a year on from Labour lead being grossly overstated & seat forecasts 50 seats out

A richly deserved award for an outstanding journalist.

Truly great night at the George in Chiswick - magnificent hosting from @Stokesie some brilliant, previously unheard tales from @kevingallen10 @marcbircham Lee Cook and the mighty Martin Rowlands- even met a marvellous QPR obsessed Hollywood-type in @robsprackling - you R’ss

RT @lewis_goodall: So much of the commentary on Palestine today without much sense of the deep history. No this is unlikely to make much or…

Sir Robert Worcester, legendary pollster and founder of MORI (now Ipsos UK) has died at 91. He taught so many people so much about the value and importance of opinion polls in modern democracies - everyone in our industry and politics owes him a debt of gratitude.

Please pass this on to everyone you know. Gordon Brown is right it’s time to tax the bookies.

Could it be that we in the media by incessantly reporting on crime give the public the impression that there is far more street crime than there is?

Why are we commemorating Hiroshima’s 80th anniversary with new nuclear weapons? And why is the Govt backing a glossy PR campaign to persuade us we need nukes whilst also trying to block inquiry into the impacts of nuclear war? Me for @IndyVoices @CNDuk https://t.co/RXAkBpjkVV

Around 400 Palestinians, including dozens of children, have been killed while trying to get humanitarian assistance. I don’t recall these incidents (including this weekend) leading many papers or news bulletins. Are we really saying a few chants from a couple of musicians is more

via @NYTimes Shameful

Gaza, Glastonbury and the BBC - by Robin Lustig. The level of hysteria over the BBC and Glastonbury is ridiculous. Some much needed words of common sense by my former colleagues Robin Lustig.

NEW: With Labour, there have been 4.2 million additional appointments in the NHS since July last year. That’s double our target, and 100,000 more appointments a week than the Tories were doing. There’s more to do, but we’re getting on with the job.

@BasementFilms @bendepear

If there are good reasons why the #BBC is not showing the #Gaza doc, it is failing to show them. ATM it looks like craven cringing to lobby groups. Impartiality is about looking at all angles then reporting the truth without favour or fear.

Some interesting and creative ideas from a man who knows his way round the tax system.

Interesting that Starmer has big plans for people to learn English. Where? Who? How? FE colleges have been decimated over the last few years. Where can people go to get cheap or free English lessons, that are near to their homes, taught by experienced, well-trained teachers?