I have no link to Denis O'Brien

Stephen Glover has taken me to task about my London Evening Standard column on The Independent's revamp. You can read and enjoy it here.

Dogs will eat dogs, but one innuendo requires rebuttal. Glover writes: "I am sure he cannot be in cahoots with Denis O'Brien, the Irish billionaire, who is stalking this newspaper's highly profitable parent company, and says he will close The Independent if he ever gets his hands on it."

For the record, I have never met or spoken to Denis O'Brien, nor to anyone representing him. I have never sought to contact him. As I have said consistently, the willingness of Tony O'Reilly's Dublin-based company, Independent News & Media, to spend millions supporting The Independent is greatly to its credit.