Now where was I?

Apologies for the interruption. I’ve been out of the fray for what feels like an eternity, but I’m now back, on a new platform, to which many welcomes. If you are a follower of this blog, thanking you for tracking me down. And if you are new, I hope you might find here a useful mix of political news, insight, gossip and assorted bits. This new version of the Brogan blog is a work in progress, so bear with me while I work out what this button does, as it were.

I’ve returned amazed at how I managed to miss such a joy of stories, and why there’s so much excitement about a hirsute Scot on YouTube (but enough about Alistair Darling). To my holiday-addled brain, the most significant development of the week is the outing of Ed Balls and his shadow spin operation. Did he really say of “Mr” Damian McBride: “I haven’t been involved in his political work”?  Eh? The opening post of a new blog should set the tone by avoiding sensation. It should be scrupulously fair-minded. At all cost it should avoid unedifying name-calling. So I shall merely say, in the gentlest way possible: “liar liar, pants on fire”.