About two dud stories
A friend and former colleague has set me a challenge that (probably recklessly) I can’t resist: I would be interested in your view of 2 recent events involving Gordon Brown. The first is his...
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Classical music and an online revolution
It looks as if YouTube and its owner, Google, may have come up with a revolutionary new idea that could save classical music from extinction in the digital internet age. If you have ever...
On leaking
A lively debate is in progress over on Owen’s blog about leaks of sensitive government information and the best way to deal with them. With apologies for my cowardly reluctance to butt in to...
The Arrest of Damian Green MP: Part 2
According to the BBC’s latest report, The solicitor for the Home Office worker who leaked information [Christopher Galley] says he did it because it was material that was “important for the public to know”....
Arresting Damian Green MP
A huge storm has blown up in the media and among MPs over the action of the police in arresting the Tory front-bench shadow immigration minister, Damian Green, holding him for nine hours (including...
Was the attack on Iraq a crime of aggression[1]?
Today’s (20 November 2008) Guardian publishes a letter from me about Lord Bingham’s recent declaration that the attack on Iraq was illegal, and the counter-arguments by Lord Goldsmith, Attorney-General at the time, that it...
Obamas on TV, Bingham on Iraq
In case any reader of this hasn’t already heard it, President-elect Obama’s first weekly address, delivered on 15 November, can be seen and heard on YouTube at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd8f9Zqap6U . It lasts some three and...
Obama-McCain: some facts and figures
The final results of the US presidential election are not yet in [16 November 2008], but we know enough to highlight some key figures. With 66.7 million popular votes and counting, and with a...
Ephems has a facelift
Thanks to my trusty filial Webmeister-in-Chief, Website and Blog Manager, Ephems has had another major makeover. It’s now even more closely integrated with its parent website and the very useful ‘Search’ facility at the...
Obamania
Last night was an exciting time to be in New York. Our younger daughter, L, voted in the morning for the first time in an American national election since becoming an American citizen: there...