I know i won’t be garnering a great deal of support by expressing sympathy for our PM, Tony Blair, given the current climate. It seems these days that it’s cool to criticise him and ’so last year’ to be in support of the party and his leadership of it. That being said, a conversation...

“So the people don’t trust politicians, hold the front page”, said Iain Dale, political commentator at the launch of this year’s Edelman Trust Barometer. Dale went on to explain that he believes that when people conform to stereotypes, trust in them tends to diminish. The press has long depicted...