Strange times bring forth strange fruit, what will the wine-making be like.
The only one of New Labour's young stars with the courage to resign leaves a smooth but deadly calling card.
John Strafford of the Campaign for Conservative Democracy had a significant column in yesterday's Observer. He describes how decision making in his party has been scooped away from
A new website is launched to map part of Britain's collapsing state
Gordon Brown's plans for a 'sovereignty of the people' and electoral reform should not be taken at face value (from CiF)
There's a great review of Henry's book just out in the Washington Post by Patrick Anderson. Here is a taster:
English journalist Henry Porter's
If we needed to know that Britain's political system is a wreck, Gordon Brown's speech yesterday was confirmation. Chaired by Liza Harker of ippr, who retained a steady Mona Lisa smile through his performance, the Prime Minister declared the time had come for ‘New Politics’.
Anthony Barnett goes back to the openDemocracy archives
Two weeks ago, in conjunction with Channel 4 and Dispatches, openDemocracy published a careful pamphlet on the Pro-Israel Lobby in Britain by James Jones and Peter Oborne. You can buy
The Economist's UK editor, who writes under the name of Bagehot, has just published an excellent column that qualifies him for membership of OurKingdom's growing network.
After I read Norman Baker's book on The Strange Death of David Kelly I was convinced that he was probably killed - and not by his own hand.
This is how Angela Epstein concludes her report from Manchester on becoming the first person to be issued with a UK ID card:
I loved seeing my name, face and
