The legal action set in train by Lord McAlpine against those who used Twitter to defame him looks set to achieve more than merely vindicating his unjustly damaged reputation. Lord McAlpine is preparing to sue for libel a long list of people who falsely suggested on Twitter and other social media outlets that he was a paedophile.
Seeing the opportunity to make trouble for David Cameron and possibly gull some wavering voters into switching to Labour, Mr Miliband suddenly declares that the EU doesn’t seem to be working.
ANDREW PIERCE: Michael Dugher will be responsible for communication strategy and promoting the canard that Labour has changed and is ready to govern again.
DR ROBERT LEFEVER:THC certainly has its own medicinal effects, such as helping with pain relief and improving the desire to eat- very useful in cancer treatment. But, there are other ways of achieving those results without risking addiction.
Why can't Prince Charles come clean about his finances, talking to trees and whether or not he eats seven boiled eggs for breakfast everyday? Columnist Janet Street-Porter thinks he ought to - after all, she would!
Polls show that the British people are inexorably losing faith in their governing elites and institutions, just 14 per cent of us trust politicians to tell the truth, and only 17 per cent of us trust government ministers.
The demand last week by 42 Conservative MPs and peers for statutory regulation of the Press was deeply disturbing, newspapers play a huge role in maintaining our liberal democracy.
Helen Boaden (pictured) was spotted visiting Sue Inglish at the BBC's Westminster office but made a quick getaway when she was warned that one of her own BBC film crews lay in wait to ambush her.
WILLIAM FORBES: Curiously, the three major stories to emerge during the last fortnight, perhaps of equal importance although that will depend on the reader’s standpoint, are all linked to the British Ministry of Defence, the MoD.
PETER HITCHENS: I hate to say it and he won’t be pleased by my endorsement, but Paddy Ashdown is right. Afghanistan is not worth the life of one more British soldier.
As an MP with a 'colourful' personal life, I have experienced numerous run-ins with newspapers - including The Mail on Sunday.
PETER MCKAY: Mr Crews' wrote a letter to his children expressing his disappointment in them all. Many parents in his position will have said far worse. His rebuke to his children is shocking only because it has been revealed to the world. But he should apologise for the phrase 'copulation-driven.' It's something we might think, but should never utter.
Sometimes deals can be dangerous. Conceding a policy you hate, in return for being allowed one you desire, is more likely to destabilise a government than to keep it on the rails.
JAMES FORSYTH: Before Christmas, the Prime Minister is 'almost certain' to set out how he aims to change the terms of Britain's membership of the European Union.
STEPHEN GLOVER: Voters who are married will want to know whether the Government intends to carry out its promise about tax allowances.
IAN BIRRELL: Amazon, Google and Starbucks, three of the corporate giants that define our age and all of which preach the language of ethical capitalism, have been exposed as money-grabbing pirates.
VIV GROSKOP is angered at the constant warnings dished out to pregnant women - the latest says women must avoid alcohol or risk their baby having a lower IQ
JAN MOIR: Following the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, I simply do not believe that the staff of Galway University Hospital stood by and idly watched a woman die.
Internet porn and the rape suspects aged TEN
New fear for young after 24 police forces arrest under-13s for sex crimes in a year
Oh no no no! Martin Clunes ditched from Churchill insurance adverts after being banned from driving for speeding
Clunes featured in Churchill Insurance's adverts
BBC staff 'played Jim'll Fix It theme tune at drunken party at Television Centre'
Journalists are alleged to have played the song over and over again
Alan Davies faces being sued by Lord McAlpine after naming him as a paedophile on Twitter
He is among thousands of Twitter users who could face legal action
Qatada intends to sue for £10million says his family
Hate preacher wants compensation for years spent behind bars
Charles agrees payout to Butler 'who was bullied and compared to Raoul Moat'
Grant Harrold said he was forced out of his post
Brian Viner: Along with signs, barriers and other examples of street furniture, traffic lights have multiplied in places where they are simply not necessary.
ADRIAN HILTON: Throughout his entire Christian life, Justin Welby has sought to appeal to all people so that by all possible means he might save some.
SIMON HEFFER: In the Sixties and Seventies, the BBC was at the forefront of a movement to tear down traditional establishment values.
MARTIN SAMUEL: Although India has one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Britain's withdrawal of aid will only add to the disastrous conditions many have to live in.
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