More about the soon-to-be-suspended Mayor
An update to my earlier piece about the absurd affair of the suspended mayor, noting the flimsiness and lack of proportion of the full text of the tribunal’s finding [More >>>]
Category: Politics
Club class for a prince? I wonder
Prince Charles confided to his diary that on his return from the handover of Hong Kong he had to endure the rigours of a club class seat while the politicians travelled in First. There could though be another explanation [More >>>]
The Queen’s personal prerogative powers and a federal Britain (dream on)
Proposals: transfer the Queen’s remaining personal prerogative powers to an independent commission; finish the half-completed task of making the UK a proper federation — evidently too radical to be given an airing (except here)… [more >>>]
Bush priorities: defence up, health down
‘Bush puts stress on defence’ and cuts health — Financial Times [More >>>]
Muslims and the west: a notable television debate
Anyone with broadband who missed the BBC TV Newsnight debate about the Muslim protests over the Danish cartoons and their global implications on 6 Feb should watch it on the BBC Newsnight website while it’s still available [more >>>]
Those cartoons: support the Danes!
It was silly to exercise the undoubted right to publish those cartoons, but the hysterical reaction across the world has been an outrage, and we should give far more support to our Danish friends and partners [More >>>]
Hamas and the prospects for a settlement
Israeli brutality is rightly condemned, but with Hamas as government of Palestine there seems no longer any basis for a settlement with Israel and little chance even of a truce [More >>>]
New threat to Blair from Microsoft and the Chancellor
The Financial Times reveals that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Microsoft have ganged up to drive Tony Blair from office — official [More >>>]
Who wrote that FCO advice to No 10 on rendition?
Internal evidence suggests the hand of the CIA in the FCO’s advice on rendition to No. 10 [More >>>]
What Ruth Kelly didn’t say
Ruth Kelly might have won more respect and saved herself much unnecessary (and objectionable) work if she had been prepared to defend a fair and defensible system against ignorant and hysterical attack [More >>>]