Comments on: BOTW: The End of the Party by Andrew Rawnsley http://themediabookclub.com/2010/03/03/botw-the-end-of-the-party-by-andrew-rawnsley/ The blog of The Media Bookshop Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:51:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joseph Stashko http://themediabookclub.com/2010/03/03/botw-the-end-of-the-party-by-andrew-rawnsley/#comment-80 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:22:58 +0000 http://themediabookclub.com/?p=597#comment-80 I’m a 100 or so pages in to the book now. It’s thrilling reading, I’ve got to admit, and it’s my opinion that Rawnsley is a journalist with integrity.

I’ve blogged about the book here, with a comment piece:

http://josephstashko.com/politics/gordon-brown-aggressive-really/

Be appreciated if you could comment on it with some wise words :)

]]> By: Clare Carney http://themediabookclub.com/2010/03/03/botw-the-end-of-the-party-by-andrew-rawnsley/#comment-78 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:21:22 +0000 http://themediabookclub.com/?p=597#comment-78 Fair point. Rawnsley enjoyed a pretty privileged education – grammar school – scholarships and Cambridge – but his long service in the Fleet Street/Westminster network and the privy relationships he has built up in that time makes his opinions hard to ignore.

Rawnsley has a lot to lose if his claims turned out to be false – I imagine any working relationships he still holds in the Labour camp (at least those on Gordon’s team) may have already been damaged by his “kiss-and-tell”.

Though I have a soft spot for Ant and/or Dec they haven’t won either a British Press Award or Columnist of the Year in the What The Papers Say Awards

]]> By: resistor http://themediabookclub.com/2010/03/03/botw-the-end-of-the-party-by-andrew-rawnsley/#comment-73 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:54:11 +0000 http://themediabookclub.com/?p=597#comment-73 ‘It is pretty hard to argue with Rawnsley’s credentials.’
Public School, Oxbridge, Fleet Street? I don’t call these credentials, I call it privilege.

‘Currently working for The Observer as chief political commentator, his newspaper columns have won him several prestigious awards.’

For what? Ant and Dec have won several prestigious awards too.

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