Friends like these

This week: the Tories feel the downside of a friendly press. Also, an important question about Bank/Monument answered, and the adventures of the Bolivian Navy.

One of my more “no really, I actually think this stupid thing” opinions is that, just occasionally, having much of the media onside is actually really, really bad for the Conservative party. 

That the newspapers lean to the right, and that even those which don’t tend to be liberal rather than left, is not especially controversial. For all the gnashing of…