The private eye coverage of this is very interesting, incredibly pro-Obs despite the Eye having serialised flat earth News – doubtless informed by the fact that nick Cohen works for both publications…

“We apologise for last week’s story about Dr Hastings Banda in which we implied he was not universally beloved by the people of Malawi and had engaged in unorthodox financial practices, an allegation which we now accept to be wholly untrue following interference from our proprietor.”

Donald – lose the last five words or you’re sacked.

there’s also far too much dead wood – anthony and cohen spring to mind, but robert mccrum is the textbook example.

Whether you think this is a good idea or bad, well, that’s up to you. But that is indeed the aim of those “reconsidering the Observer’s position”.

Brought to you from a very reliable source indeed inside The Observer. Not that it’s exactly been a secret for some time….

So far the large profits from Emap and AutoTrader, helped along by some good tax planning of course in alliance with private equity firm Apax – those Guardianistas are not strong on consistency – have been more than enough for both Guardian and Observer, but obviously times are tougher now.

(Of course the Scott Trust itself is the result of inheritance tax avoidance.
What would Richard Murphy think?!)

One would imagine that the golden goose of public sector job adverts might be laying fewer eggs in the future too.

Still I look forward to seeing Seumas Milne on the picket line.

My favourite Private Eye story – which sums guardianista-ness up in a nutshell – is that Rusbridger cycles to work each morning but has his bike taxi-ed back home in the evening as he goes out elsewhere.