Stephen Pollard quotes an article by Daniel Finkelstein about a Chomsky rule, which is efffectively that you can save yourself a lot of time by seeing if something is recommended by Comrade Noam, and if so avoiding. He then explains his own "Jenkins Rule"
I myself apply another rule: the Jenkins rule. If I am unsure about a subject, I pretty much know straight away what I think by finding out Sir Simon’s views. And putting a ‘not’ in front of them.
Finally he has a poll where he has a selection of alteratives who may be better guides than Sir Simon Jenkins. He ruled as inadmissible large numbers of Guardianistas such as Comrade Moonbiot and Americans such as darling Maureen as being too easy but there are still plenty of juicy plausible options. I was tempted to go for "French Foreign Policy" but decided that Yasmin Alibi-Brownshirt showed more promise since "French Foreign Policy" by definition rules out discussion of things in France.