So the battle lines have been drawn in the debate over the Beijing Olympics, to devastating effect in London last weekend.
On one side is the anti-China lobby. They have, interestingly, been quickly been re-cast as the pro-Tibet lobby in a piece of benevolent editorialism that suggests they have the backing of some in the media. And on the other side are the pro-Olympians, who have not quite played ball in entirely refusing to get into a fight.
In the last couple of weeks there has been an inevitable increase in our coverage of the GLA and Mayoral elections. So far we've been treated to visits by each of the three headling candidates for Mayor, which is nice.
There is a sense of professionalism in that election, which couldn't be in starker contrast to the race to win the Barnet and Camden seat for the GLA.
"We're here to save your post office! Can we do that?"
Announced Brian Paddick after he, GLA Lib Dem candidate Nic Russell, Nic Russell's PA, two photographers and a journalist (that was me) piled into a Childs Hill post office.
A more-than-slightly nonplussed lady behind the counter appeared quite scared at the 6ft 4inch policeman looming over her in a Gucci suit, before pointing quietly to her husband, behind the glassed-off section of the sub-post office, and muttering "Ask him."
For a few fleeting days it was an explosive story.
The 'revelation' that Barnet schools were charging parents to secure places for their children was electric and unsurprisingly caught the attention of the national media.
There are very few occasions when the victory of a huge, national corporation over a lone ranger brings a sense of keen satisfaction. But Alexander Martin-Sklan's failure to sue M&S for £315,815 because he thought he had slipped on a grape in their car park is, I think you'll all agree, a good thing.
One of (many) misconceptions about journalists is that we actually achieve anything.
Often, particularly in the pursuit of a story that's long running, I find my questions met with the response: "But what will actually happen if you write this story?"
Well, the most honest answer is nothing. Or at the very best, nothing that I can claim credit for.
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