Anthony Barnett (London, OK): At midnight tonight, with cordite still stinging the nostrils from the Sunday fireworks that mark the celebration of saving London's parliament from Catholic jihadists,
Maurice Frankel (London, Campaign for Freedom of Information): Gordon Brown’s recent Speech on Liberty is a turning point in the government’s approach to freedom of information. For the
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There is a must read, two-page exchange of emails between Henry Porter and David Cameron in today's Observer. Henry P sets out the case
Gareth Young (Lewes, CEP): We are indebted to Ordovicius for bringing us Richard Wyn Jones' series of fatalist scenarios on the break-up of Britain. On an English parliament the
This is cross-posted from Beena Sarwar's Yahoo Group.
At around 5 pm all the TV news channels were taken off the air. This meant 'emergency declared'
David Hayes (London, openDemocracy): Paul Gilroy is, along with Stuart Hall, the foremost black intellectual in Britain of the past two generations. Stuart, pioneer of contemporary cultural studies as an
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): I’ve just signed up to Amnesty International’s “unsubscribe” campaign. It aims to unite people against the human rights abuses carried out by governments in
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LTTE political chief killed
Tamil Tiger spokesmen have confirmed that SP Thamilselvan, the leader of the rebel group's political wing of the Tamil Tigers, has been killed in
Chris Bose (London, CentreForum): This is an article partly in response and stimulated by Jon Bright's insightful blog entry below.
The launch of CentreForum's pamphlet, ‘Globalisation:
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Jon Bright (London, OK): Someone pointed out recently that I seem to begin every post these days with 'I have just come from event X' in a fairly