Peter Oborne reviews: Best for Britain?: The Politics and Legacy of Gordon Brown by Simon Lee.
This book brilliantly dissects Brown the intellectual and exposes the cynicism and dishonesty behind
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I wish Nick Clegg well, but this I can't resist. He did today's Guardian's G2 Question time. Asked why he
Rupert Read (Norwich, The Green Party): So the Cabinet has (yesterday) spinelessly given the unanimous go-ahead for our kingdom to ‘go nuclear' once again. The formal Parliamentary announcement that
Stuart Weir & Andrew Blick (Cambridge & London, Democratic Audit): Lawyers have joined judges as scapegoats for politicians who wish to protect either themselves or the state from being made
Jon Bright (London, OK): In a wide ranging and provocative article for OurKingdom, Conn Corrigan takes a look at how far Irish republicans are from uniting Ireland, what the '
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Jon Bright (London, OK): ePolitix makes the hopeful claim this morning that "News that the prime minister and chancellor are set to impose three-year public sector pays deals dominates
There are clashing accounts of whether the move against Hillary and towards Barack is generational or reproduces traditional prejudice against women. Gloria Steinem talkes the latter view in the NYT
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Gordon Brown's "Don't call it a relaunch" is now fully underway. The scene was set by his long interview with
Jon Bright (London, OK): Hearing yesterday's news of wide ranging plans to increase screening on the NHS to turn it into a 'preventative' rather than '
Bethan Jenkins (Neath, Plaid AM): "Now, please tell me on a scale of 1 to 5, how British are you? To explain, the closer to 5 in your definition,
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Britain may be about to produce "the greatest art yet created", ushering in a "new Renaissance" comparable with that in 15th century