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Admissibility of evidence extracted by torture
My letter in The Times about the admissibility of evidence obtained by torture in terrorism cases
Mr Blunkett: his new plans for our liberties
Iniquitous proposals for a national database revealing all our personal details to everyone but ourselves
You Couldn’t Make It Up Department (3): New hard-working Aides-de-Camp
Wasn’t Commander Tim an Equerry when Princess Anne first came across him? Presumably going from Equerry to Aide-de-Camp is yet another promotion, or so we must hope. If it is, not many people know that.
The curious case of Peter Mandelson, forgiven (again) for having done nothing wrong
Peter Mandelson is to be UK’s EU Commissioner. If I were in his shoes, I’d sue the lot of them.
You Couldn’t Make It Up (2): New 10-year Plan For Transport
How to abandon a ten-year plan after four years
UN and Iraq: Blair’s version of history
My letter in the Independent about how the prime minister tried to re-write history once again over who was responsible for the failure to secure UN authority for the attack on Iraq