I'm afraid to say that the Daily Telegraph has rather let itself down today.
Not in its coverage of the De Menezes inquest, its sports report or its in-depth and remarkably balanced analysis of the Brand/Grant debacle. No, it is the headline on the lead story on page 6: ‘Cocaine use doubles under Labour'.
I mean, come off it - this government is responsible for many things but it's a massive stretch of the imagination to apportion blame for this.
This is a tactic that the Daily Mail adopts all too often (and is quite rightly ridiculed for) and it takes any credibility away from the story and paper as well as insults the intelligence of its readers.
While there is a genuine news story buried somewhere in the piece and that I'm all in favour of holding the government of the day - and particularly this one - to account, this comes across as a cheap shot and devalues what is, on the whole, an otherwise quality product.
