Iraq: ‘sovereignty’ was not transferred; a British ‘Fahrenheit 911’?
Home from Farenheit 9/11. Where’s the alternative to Blair for whom we could conscientiously vote?
Brian Barder's website and blog Brian Barder's website and ephems
The lasting harm done by a great television series: ‘Yes, Minister’
Yes Ministers has produced a culture of contempt for and suspicion of our public service which has played some part (I wouldn’t say decisive, but certainly contributory) in enabling successive governments, starting with those of Thatcher and enthusiastically continuing with those of Major/Heseltine and Blair, to destroy the political independence of the public service
The prince, his lover, the archbishops and the press
George Carey’s memoirs reflections on whether Charles will marry Camilla
The June election results and what they mean for Britain and the EU
The really significant thing about these results, surely, is that the Europhobe (UKIP) and Eurosceptic (Conservative) votes together totalled 43% of those voting
Abu Hamza: worse than apartheid?
How shaming that our drastic security laws under a Labour government should be even more draconian and illiberal than those of apartheid South Africa in the bad old days.<