BBC's Evan Davis blogs a fizzing defence of Alistair Darling
                   
guardian.co.uk
03-Sep-2008
        

Alistair Darling doesn't write a blog, but he's interested in the internet and he's been known to ask his Treasury staff which websites they bookmark. I hope Evan Davis's blog was on someone's list - because Davis has just posted a fizzing polemic, In Defence of Alistair Darling. Other commentators (such as Larry Elliott) have already made the point that Darling doesn't deserve to be criticised for essentially... [read full story]                    

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