I might be late on this, but I wonder whether Simon Jenkins's sour piece today on Ali's little tome has something to do with Campbell's perceptive estimation of Jenkins on page 178:
He struck me as a total wanker: very self-important.
You are right, it is a sour piece and Jenkins can be full of his self-importance, but he's right here isn't he?
"Campbell's failing was the opposite of the one usually laid at his door, that he used the power of government to corrupt the press. From the moment he entered Downing Street he used the power of the press to corrupt government. To him a good decision was anything that next day's Murdoch or Rothermere editors would applaud."
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Takes one to know one ?
But SJ can write. Even his rubbish is a pleasure to read.
You are right, it is a sour piece and Jenkins can be full of his self-importance, but he's right here isn't he?
"Campbell's failing was the opposite of the one usually laid at his door, that he used the power of government to corrupt the press. From the moment he entered Downing Street he used the power of the press to corrupt government. To him a good decision was anything that next day's Murdoch or Rothermere editors would applaud."
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