Jon Bright (London, OK): It is, I suppose, a cliché to call Labour addicted to centralisation. The big, clunking, Stalinist hand of state socialism is an easy way to caricature
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The sudden announcement that the government will seek to extend what is in effect internment to 42 days is as ridiculous as it is outrageous. For
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I'm supporting a campaign to prevent the extension of detention without charge beyond 28 days: NOT A DAY LONGER. You can sign up to
Britain must be in trouble! In the spirit of the blitz a lot of serious people, including more than a few of the once great and still good (or at
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Legal showdown over Guantanamo
In a momentous hearing in the US Supreme Court today, the Bush administration policy of denying the right to habeas corpus to "enemy combatants"
Jon Bright (London, OK): Interesting article here by Ordovicius on the Wardman Wire, who analyses three factors which are significant in Welsh voting patterns: a lack of concerted and systematic
Robin Wilson (Belfast, Democratic Dialogue): First Belfast makes it into the Lonely Planet guide as a must-see destination. Now Der Spiegel reflects its best face, suggesting the Titanic Quarter
by Ceri Hayes
[this is the second part of a blog entry addressing the ways to tackle Violence Againt Women. Part 1 is here].
Co-ordination between and the commitment
Gareth Young (Lewes, CEP): It seems that the renewed furore over the Barnett Formula and the West Lothian Question has emboldened regionalists who are now popping out of the woodwork
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I've been asked, "Why was Watt not spotted as a liability?"
Answer, because they saw him as an asset, an opportunity, a
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I am trying to assess the implications of Labour's cash crisis. Yesterday I wrote about parts I - IV and that what matters most was
