Land of Hope and Glory: do you blush?
The British middle classes either squirm or sing along with Land of Hope and Glory on the last night of the Proms. Which of them…. [more >>>]
Author: Brian
The Stockwell shooting and the police: mistrust the rush to judgement
Demands for the resignation of the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, are culpably premature. We should all await the report of the independent inquiry.
Welcome to foreign visitors: all of them!
What has prompted visits to this website from almost every country in the world – and then some? Intriguing.
Robin Cook: Yes, but…
Robin Cook, a true political heavy-weight, deserved most of the eulogies. But he was terribly wrong on Kosovo.
Solving a link problem
If some of my links don’t work, enable pop-ups or right-click to ‘open in new window’.
Deporting to torture
Mr Blair’s plan to deport terrorism suspects to countries liable to torture them, and to pass new laws forcing the courts to uphold it and sabotaging their rights of appeal, is a constitutional monstrosity.
How to Épater les bourgeois, of course
A Guardian columnist’s ill-judged strictures on a pop lyric, and an even worse-judged ‘of course’.
Mimi of Georgia on the war in Iraq
In her comment on a year-old Ephems entry, Mimi from Georgia indicts America’s leaders and Tony Blair for their actions in Iraq.
Are al-Qaida’s aims negotiable?
Some argue that al-Qaida’s aims are limited and capable of being at least discussed. I believe that their aims are so far-reaching as to be fundamentally non-negotiable.