It seems to us the question that needs asking over the bugging farrago is this: why did the Metropolitan Police feel the need to listen in on conversations between Sadiq Khan and his constituent Babar Ahmad? Could it have had anything to do with the Met's concerns that Khan wanted… read more…

The Sadiq Khan bugging story is developing in interesting ways. For one thing, the report on the BBC last night tried to suggest that the bug may have been ordered by the Americans. Without quoting any evidence whatsoever for said assertion. Who said journalism was on the decline in this… read more…