tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post8081766018500015132..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Anthony Howard has diedJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-32159902635868654922010-12-19T22:46:10.638+00:002010-12-19T22:46:10.638+00:00Yes sad news indeed. Howard was that rare thing - ...Yes sad news indeed. Howard was that rare thing - a serious journalist of the left who didn't take himself too seriously.<br /><br />It makes me wonder, though, whether the Staggers is only ever a good read under a Labour government, when it has to confront the realities and compromises of power. Unlike in the 1990s it's not Labour's internal struggles but an all-consuming hatred of the Lib Dems and the coalition that is making it a very heavy read just now.Iain Sharpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249331216466329232noreply@blogger.com