Britain’s bogus “State of Emergency”
How many of us realise that we are in an official emergency — and likely to stay that way?
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Tony Blair: an exhibition and cartoon biography
An exhibition in London that you really need to visit while it lasts
Israel and Palestine: is optimism suddenly not so crazy after all?
Sharon’s Knesset speech seems to confirm many of the controversial points made recently by a middle east analyst
Down with apologies!
Boris Johnson should not have apologised for the interference in his editorial independence by Michael Howard, and Tony Blair should resign, not apologise, over Iraq
Iraq: government vs. the BBC “ Greg Dyke speaks (again)
The former BBC director-general robustly defends his record and lambasts those who sacked him
International law on humanitarian intervention
About an important article by the former assistant legal adviser in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Elizabeth Wilmshurst, who did resign over Iraq
Admitting evidence got by torture: a Commonwealth view
The harm that will be done to Britain’s standing abroad if the judgment of the Court of Appeal permitting the home secretary to rely on information got by torture is allowed to stand