You Couldn’t Make it up Department (6): Praise the Lord, and send a cheque NOW
Bathos in a mendicant letter from Africa
Brian Barder's website and blog Brian Barder's website and ephems
Control orders are unacceptable, whoever issues them
Whether they are signed by a judge or a politician is beside the critical point
Was the Iraq war legal? What the Attorney-General didn’t tell Parliament, and why
Was the Iraq war legal? What the Attorney-General didn’t tell Parliament, and why: A scenario that may explain the mystifications and contradictions
Remembering an extraordinary diplomat
Which former British ambassador spoke such good Russian that he was thought to be a Russian?
The new Anti-Terrorism Bill: what can it mean, if anything?
The impenetrable wording of this shameful Bill in laying down the duration of the proposed control orders
Oppose the house arrest proposals: write to all the MPs and peers you know
We need to do everything possible to defeat this Bill, the most reactionary and unprincipled threat to our liberties and rights for centuries — and not even necessary
Owen Barder’s Blog: go visit
Many good things on another (filial) Barder blog, by a stimulating chip off an increasingly old block.
Detention without trial (again: sorry!): a letter in The Independent
A proposed alternative to the home secretary’s misconceived plans for house arrest without trial – letter to the Independent
Queens, their consort Kings, and when a queen is not a queen
More thoughts on pretending that Queen Camilla won’t be the Queen, exactly; including an article by Jane