What's in store for Pakistan? Anatol Lieven forecasts. Listen now
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Good. As the battle for the Lib-Dem leadership between Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne enters the final round, with ballot papers now going out and the
Moderator: This is the final part of a three part exchange between David Marquand and Anthony Barnett. You can read the first part here and the second part here.
David
Jon Bright (London, OK): As so many people have already pointed out, the loss of the UK's child benefit database is a disaster for the government. The incompetence
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): A new hero has emerged blinking into the light. Professor Ross Anderson took part in the discussion on Newsnight about the discs fiasco. Could the systems
Moderator: This is the second part of a three part exchange between David Marquand and Anthony Barnett, the first of which is here. The final part will be published tomorrow.
Jon Bright (London, OK): Interesting bit of blue sky localism thinking by Daniel Hannan (of Direct Democracy) in the Telegraph here. Hannan calls for a Local Sales Tax to replace
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I've just got round to reading Sue Cameron's FT column signaled by Ben Brogan and others, she writes:
“It’s nonsense to
Jon Bright (London, OK): OurKingdom lost a chance at a hatfull of easy metaphors for Salmond's rise and Brown's fall on Saturday when the football results
Indonesian prisons: radical workshops
Despite the Indonesian government's wide-ranging efforts to combat Islamist militancy in the country, the state of Indonesian prisons threatens to undermine anti-radicalisation initiatives. Many
Moderator: This is the first part of a three part exchange between David Marquand and Anthony Barnett. The second part will be published tomorrow.
David Marquand (Oxford):
Dear Anthony
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Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Interesting how it is two traditional print journalists who have become the spokesmen for the two sides of the detention without trial debate - and both
