Anthony Barnett (London, OK): In the post below, Jon Bright asks when did you decide that Brown had lost it? My answer is different from his, though not the timing.
Jon Bright (London, OK): Bit unfair, perhaps. He hasn't lost it yet. But with Cameron polling enough for a 90-seat majority, and gleefully forcing the Lib Dems to
Normal Mouth (Rhondda, blogger): Gordon Brown's determination to define his Premiership through a full-throated defence of Britishness seems like a baffling political strategy that can only be doomed
Jon Bright (London, OK): As Anthony wrote yesterday, Polly Toynbee has come out criticising the Henry Porters and No2IDs (and, to an extent, OurKingdoms) of this world. Worrying about CCTV
Danish t-shirt sellers acquitted
In an unusual ruling, a Danish court acquitted seven leftist activists - who had sent funds to the FARC in Colombia and the Popular Front for
Jon Bright (London, OK): What makes an issue an issue? It's a cyclical thing in my opinion, a slowly building climate. People start talking about something, then other
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): A hideous headcold has laid me low, and my brain can't take looking at the light of the screen, emails, other blogs and life
Emily Robinson (London, Goldsmiths University): Britain's relationship with the European Union excites a great deal of emotion. It is a staple of the tabloid press and one of
Jon Bright (London, OK): I must admit, I'm a bit stumped on this one. Why didn't Brown rearrange either the UK Parliament Liaison Committee, or move
Jon Bright (London, OK): involve launched their pamphlet 'Participation Nation' yesterday at a panel event with Matthew Taylor, Shaun Bayley and Hazel Blears. It was nice to hear
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Christopher Harvie (Fife, author and MSP): 'Don't mention the Woman!' could have been the silent sentence in David Cameron's 'ugly stain of separation&