You have obviously studied Waldens journalism and formed an opinion of him which will be more popular than mine.

In the Eighties Walden ran a Sunday TV show with peter Jay. Jay is another right-wing Labour villain for Lifeboaters to hiss. As a financial journalist in the 70s he introduced the now forgotten Friedmanite Monetarism virus to the UK. He was an awful snob and had no concern for the workers. I don't care)

Walden and Jay set a standard of fairness and clarity I have never seen equalled. Before every interview they sought to present the intervee s opinions more powerfully and fully than he would "Brian I could not have put it all better myself" I remember Tony Benn once saying. Such high level devils advocacy ruled out in advance ad hominens,

straw men, irrelevant gossip, which are the dishonest
staples of today's "Political Thinking"

Recently it has become impossible for the Left to get any kind of hearing at all - it has been driven underground into social media - but Walden and Jay actually gave it a fair hearing

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