Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There is a must read, two-page exchange of emails between Henry Porter and David Cameron in today's Observer. Henry P sets out the case against Labour with respect to what it has done over the last ten years to cut away at our freedoms and asks the Tory leader for his views. Cameron squirms yet concedes. It is clear he fears unpopularity and it is quite a coup to unveil the positioning of a likely prime minister in this manner. At a hinge point in the exchange, Cameron makes the classic politician's claim that, "Parliament has been the strongest defender of our rights over the centuries". Not true, of course. But read it for yourself HERE. Europe may get him too in the end.
But something odd seems to be going on. If I hadn't been one of those still addicted to buying papers I'd not have know about it. It is not on the front page of either the Guardian Unlimited today or its Observer section. You can't even find it if you go to the Observer's politics section. It is tucked away under a 'human rights' tag and they only way to find it is by searching for 'Porter Cameron'. ie you have to know it exists to get to it. This pathetic lack of support for a signal journalistic initiative undermines the Observer man's main line of questioning which is to demand of Cameron and the Tories why they are not making more of a fuss about they way our liberty is being undermined. One answer it seems, is that not even the Guardian group cares about them so why should he.
