Finding the motivation
In the first of a series of investigative pieces on violence in Iraq, the Sunday Times meets with three Iraqi, Jordanian and Syrian men who plan to
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): One questioner managed to get back at Gordon Brown in today's press conference, the BBC's Nick Robinson. He posed the issue of
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Half way back from the march they wanted to ban but which the police let into Parliament Square bit by bit while managing the traffic trying
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): Harriet Harman is a beautifully unspun politician. This morning, she provoked chortles and chuckles all round by blithely informing a small assembly of journalists and
Jon Bright (London, OK): So it was the key marginals that prevented November from being exciting (for those of us who are excited about elections). Or was it? You might
Suzy Dean (London, The Manifesto Club): A couple of weeks ago the Manifesto Club hosted a mock version of the citizenship test that everyone wishing to become a British citizen
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I am going along to Trafalgar Square at 1pm to support the call for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. I was under the impression
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I think it is important to take a step back from the Cameron/Osborne triumph in facing down Gordon Brown and ask what is going on
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Peter Oborne's new book The Triumph of the Political Class has a very insightful analysis of the relationship of our rulers to ideas. Because
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I've just watched Ed Miliband handling the decision not to call an election. He looked relieved as he justified it, and had probably argued
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): One consequence of the appalling, drawn-out spectacle of the political class getting its knickers in a collective twist as to whether an election should be
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Clear short summary of balance of views of whether an election is on or not by James Forsyth at the Spectator Coffee, saying on balance he
