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JohnRentoul

  1. Craig Oliver is right: the BBC does have a problem @benedictbrogan soc.li/4kwVqsU 7 minutes ago via Tweet Button
  2. Boris Johnson, half right. Opposed to 3rd runway at Heathrow but still pushing for fantasy island airport bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… 30 minutes ago via web
  3. Craig Oliver vs @BBCNormanS: the transcript of the disputed report - decide for yourself politicshome.com/uk/article/545… 33 minutes ago via web
  4. @CllrMarkBennett Sorry, it was a poor joke. Telegraph editorial a posh version of barging in and shouting "war criminal". about 1 hour ago via web in reply to CllrMarkBennett
  5. I don't think he did, you know. AFP: "Blair admits being too close to Murdoch" google.com/hostednews/afp… about 1 hour ago via web
  6. My review of Tony Blair at the Leveson inquiry for tomorrow's @Independent independent.co.uk/opinion/commen… about 1 hour ago via Tweet Button
  7. Tomorrow's Telegraph leading article, written by David Lawley-Wakelin soc.li/2pzg1Ke Not a single substantiated charge. about 1 hour ago via Tweet Button
  8. @LukeBozier "A Journey", Luke. Blairite fail. about 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to LukeBozier
  9. Oh, I disagree with Tony Blair. He said he had "averred" something earlier. #BannedList about 11 hours ago via web
  10. @Andrew_Keenan He did live briefly in Glasgow, in Stepps, on return from Australia and before Durham. about 11 hours ago via web in reply to Andrew_Keenan
  11. Blair takes issue with the Paul Keating view that Murdoch simply backs the winner. Strong political views too. Persuadable. #leveson about 11 hours ago via web
  12. After 2005 "a significant part of the media was a closed book to us" #blair #leveson on why he spoke so much to Murdoch newspapers about 11 hours ago via web
  13. @Andrew_Keenan He really isn't. about 11 hours ago via web in reply to Andrew_Keenan
  • Name John Rentoul
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  • Bio Columnist, Independent on Sunday; visiting fellow, Queen Mary, Univ of London; biographer of Tony Blair; author, The Banned List; Political Tweeter of the Year
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