Total launch
James Forsyth 4:44pm
I headed off to Milbank Tower last night for the launch of Total Politics, the brainchild of Iain Dale. The magazine looks great and has interviews with Gordon Brown and Lynton Crosby as well as articles by the great Mike Smithson, Paul Linford and The Spectator’s very own Clemency Burton-Hill. It is going to be a welcome and impressive addition to the reading lists of us political geeks. One has to take one hat’s off to Iain Dale, it is no mean achievement to launch a magazine in the present climate and to do so while getting married is doubly-impressive.
If you want to check out the magazine’s website, it is here. It has a whole bunch of fun features including a political speeches database which is very handy.
Previous
Jackson P
June 24th, 2008 5:41pm Report this commentI read the interview with Gordon Brown (on the website, of course). I thought it was atrociously written. Thank God I didn't spend £3.99 on the hard copy.
Hysteria
June 24th, 2008 6:34pm Report this commentJackson - I tend to agree - it seems to tee-up a point and then move on to another issue - it seems to be a series of non-sequiters.
Frankly - I got bored and skimmed the last 40% !
mckenzie
June 24th, 2008 6:50pm Report this commentAll seems too pink and vivid to me.
Alf Tupper
June 24th, 2008 10:19pm Report this commentmckenzie.
Don't know about the vivid.
Geeks is the word alright.
Play
June 24th, 2008 11:06pm Report this commentThe editorial board looks like the dinner party guest list from hell. Denis McShane, Caroline Lucas, Paddy Pantsdown, Shami Chakrabarti… oh my God! I'll give you £3.99 if you promise me it will never darken my door. Is that the business plan?
Frank Pulley
June 25th, 2008 5:31pm Report this commentYet another ginger group? (as Kenneth Horne would have said).
Back to top