Tony Blair's team called it the 'masochism strategy' - going out to talk to people you know will give you an absolute monstering.

The argument is that even through the public dislikes you, they might start listening if you take it as much as you give.

So this Thursday, LBC...

I've been spending Christmas in Ireland with my wife's Irish family.

But for one family here, they spent Christmas Eve burying a father who supposedly died because of online trolling.

Shane McEntee was an unassuming but generally well liked junior minister in the Irish government.

But his death is being...

I'm typing this on the train back to London after spending the last two weeks trying to get John elected.

He spent the last year trying to get selected as Labour's candidate and then elected as one of the first Police and Crime Commissioners.

I'll write a bit more about...

I suppose the measure of any successful writer is to spark a reaction.

To that end, I found myself muttering at my iPhone as I read Mehdi Hasan's polemic against Blair's return.

I tweeted I'd like to Fisk his article but realised I had a...

When the News of the World closed down, you'd think after playing a small part in its downfall, I'd be happy.

Working with John, Tom Watson and Chris Bryant, we helped to expose the lie that it was one rogue reporter and only a handful of people were hacked. One...

There's been a lot of debate about THAT Newsnight interview. If I'm honest, the programme's appeal has diminished for me over recent years.

If you want interaction, audience and a better quality of debate, Question Time has become compulsive viewing.

If you're after light-hearted fruity political banter - Blue...