What newspaper do you read?

[DodgyAgent]

Political, yes.

But overall (as opposed to individual columnists) would you say it has a political bias and, if so, to which politics?

To me it seems to be fairly neutral politically but maybe that is just because my political views are closely matched to theirs. When I read any other newspaper now the political views that come through (either blatantly or "between the lines") just jar so badly.

Well obviously if you like the Standard then you will agree with their political position, which presumably is quite neutral. Now neutral to me shows a blatant political bias (towards neutrality) of its own. I like the standard politically mainly because it challenges that arse Ken Livingstone. What I dont like is their column writers Cohen and Self who are a pair of Islington lefties. They now find themselves being wonderfully confronted by the failure of the political ideals of NL which they have so long supported.

[SueEllen]

I resent the fact that even factual articles have to be spun to the politics of the proprietors. They can uncover corruption by having a go at all with the same vigour. This is why a newspaper like the Telegraph annoys me, excellent in places it spoils it with blatent propaganda, are the readers not intelligent enough to decide for themselves? Much the same can be said for the Daily Mail.

Daily Mail readers intelligent?

They would be much better of reading The Sun or The Mirror as at least the headlines have some relevance to the story below it.

[WotNxt]

What I dont like is their column writers Cohen and Self who are a pair of Islington lefties. They now find themselves being wonderfully confronted by the failure of the political ideals of NL which they have so long supported.

I find their political pain quite entertaining actually. If they weren't so pompous about everything it would be better though.

Did you ever used to read that column about the single girl's lovelife by Laura Topham (Tup'em?). That was hilarious reading - it was screamingly obvious that no man was ever going to want a long term relationship with the poor girl until she sorted her f'ing head out.

[DodgyAgent]

I find their political pain quite entertaining actually. If they weren't so pompous about everything it would be better though.

Did you ever used to read that column about the single girl's lovelife by Laura Topham (Tup'em?). That was hilarious reading - it was screamingly obvious that no man was ever going to want a long term relationship with the poor girl until she sorted her f'ing head out.

No I never read those diaries, shame! I will look more closely at it in future. I like the reviews, the dishing of Ken Livingstone and I quite like their finance pages. Also the TV guide is very simple to follow. I can also do the back page Sudoku between work and hiome.

[sasguru]

No I never read those diaries, shame! I will look more closely at it in future. I like the reviews, the dishing of Ken Livingstone and I quite like their finance pages. Also the TV guide is very simple to follow. I can also do the back page Sudoku between work and hiome.

You can do sudoku? That must put you into the top 0.01% of all agents. Bet it's the easy one though

[shaunbhoy]

You can do sudoku? That must put you into the top 0.01% of all agents.

Let's be honest, you can get into the top 10% of agents by chewing whilst you walk though.

[Clippy]

It depends whether I want to read about the world, about London, about footballers shagging pop stars, or about how horrible immigrants are.

I think the least horrible is the independant...but even that has got on my nerves over the last year.

Agree - particularly regarding the Indy.

They seem to have lost their way.

[Clippy]

I was unshaven and my hair was long, he probably expected me to be on crack.

Or Shameless.