The Spectator’s thoughts on Boris running for Mayor see Mary Wakefield’s ten point plan and the magazine’s official endorsement.
We also have comprehensive coverage of the Alastair Campbell diaries. Anthony Browne, head of the think tank Policy Exchange and the former chief political correspondent of The Times, flags up and explains the key passages below; Reading the Campbell Diaries Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and XI. Our political editor Fraser Nelson previews the coming three-part BBC documentary on the diaries here and Toby Young explains why Campbell is, in reality, more like Adrian Mole than Nicolas Machiavelli.
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