Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Over on Liberal Conspiracy (cross posted from his own blog) Paul Linford has a strong piece about the vicious personalisation of attacks on Brown. He notes
Iraq's national security adviser Mowaffaq al-Rubaie sets out the case for regional federalism in the country in the Gulf Times. At the moment, the beleaguered government and squabbling
Conn Corrigan (New York, Columbia School of Journalism): Edwin Poots, the DUP minister for arts, culture and leisure, attended his first Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) game last Wednesday, in yet
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The BBC tells us that it has taken the Council of Europe to draw up a full report (opens as pdf) which confirms it is "
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): Last night, intelligence ² hosted a debate on the motion "It's better to bomb Iran than risk Iran getting the bomb" in partnership
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The hacks accompanying Gordon Brown to China felt intimidated by its one-party state security system. Quite right too. But I have a feeling that China is
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There's an interesting report in Tory Diary over on ConservativeHome about disagreements north of the border over whether the party should be supporting Labour&
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Following in the footsteps of Thatcher the Blairites always despised civil servants. Now one of them has spoken the sentiment they all share: “You have totally
Jon Bright reviews: Does Britain need a population policy? by Alasdair Murray of CentreForum.
Alasdair Murray dissects and demystifies the immigration debate, and shows why we need a policy of
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Shane Greer is trying to learn to think and asks
But here's my question to advocates of fixed term parliaments: what is unfair, indeed
Neal Lawson (London, Compass): Too often those who want to see a new democratic settlement talk in abstracts, and making it easy for our opponents to write us off as
by Eyad El Sarraj, forwarded by Anthony Barnett
Israeli military establishment decided to stop power supply and fuel to Gaza. Since Thursday, food and humanitarian aid are not allowed in.
