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 >>>]
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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 >>>]
Three cheers for David Davis
David Davis’s principled initiative has trapped New Labour in a no-win situation, but most other Tories apparently don’t get it [More >>>]