Thoughts on this and (especially) that
Reflections on Gordon Brown, votes at 16, the double high commissioner appointment, MPs on government gagging of ex-diplomats, the Olympic Follies and the US elections [More >>>]
Category: Politics
Vote for your top ten blogs
Vote for your ten favourite UK politics blogs by e-mail to toptenblogs@totalpolitics.com [More >>>]
Kosovo: the terrible aftermath
International administration of Kosovo has failed to bring development, as an authoritative LRB article demonstrates. Now Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence, not universally recognised, leaves it in limbo with little prospect of future prosperity — another western blunder following that of 1999 [More >>>]
Who lost Glasgow East for Labour?
A friend analyses the reasons for the Glasgow East fiasco, attributing most blame to GB [More >>>]
Ruth Lea on cutting public sector wages
An exceptionally objectionable piece by Ruth Lea in the Guardian and CIF defends pay cuts for the public service: understandable from a banker, but why should the Guardian publish such stuff? [More >>>]
International relations: a website for students — and others
A new website for students’ essays on international affairs and for comments by more established writers is a useful new resource [More >>>]
Yet more jottings
Some observations on recent media items that have struck me as funny, outrageous or improbable, or all three [More >>>]
Immigration: defects in policy and practice
Derek Partridge CMG, former diplomat, writes from experience in denouncing aspects of British immigration policies and practices [More >>>]
A modest programme to save Gordon Brown (and Britain)
A 10 + 1 point programme for saving Gordon Brown and the nation, more in hope than expectation [More >>>]
The Irish referendum: how to restore confidence in our political leaders
Lessons of the Irish No vote on the Lisbon treaty: more equitable distribution of the burden of dealing with renewed inflation might help to restore confidence in political leaders and willingness to accept their recommendations on EU reform [More >>>]