Aarovitch - the Inquisitor!

And not just any old inquisitor, but a key inquisitor.

Emulating the best of TV and radio, the Battle of Ideas brings together broadcasters, journalists and columnists to continue their invaluable role as key inquisitors of current affairs. Additionally we challenge panels of pundits to become more than talking heads, and instead interact with the audience and engage with their ideas. The IoI seeks to gather those who want to look behind the headlines and who are no longer prepared to be patronised with simplistic sound bites.

Aaronovitch, David is one of these. Via, of all people David T, who lists other big names: Madeleine Bunting, Conor Gearty, Ted Honderich, and Bernard Crick. (I wouldn't have thought David T would have thought Madeleine Bunting was a big name, still it's five syllables, so bigger than most.)

A quick skim of the names suggests than none are Euston signatories. As advertised above, none are elected (MPs councillors, mayors, that sort of thing).

Actually David T is right about the cultishness. RCP bods seem to chair everything. Sounds like a weekend of fun.