Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Why didn't Cameron hold Brown responsible for Northern Rock, or for the government created Foot and Mouth virus? You can make a good case
Thai chillies cause London terrorism scare
A noxious cloud emitted from a five kilo pot of smouldering chillies in the kitchen of a Soho Thai restaurant sparked fears of a
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I rushed out my reaction to the Cameron speech thinking I should do so before reading the Conservative blogland. Now, some hours later, a quick look
Clean up your act
International Atomic Energy Association chief Mohammed El-Baradei has insisted that Iran must clear up its nuclear track-record with IAEA investigators before 22 November, when
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): First reactions to watching Cameron's speech from a sofa in London and his masterful control over his party conference. He rowed back from Blairism.
Jon Bright (London, OK): Interesting idea this that dropped into my mailbox. Who wants to be? is a 'democratic gameshow' where 100 audience members put £10 each into
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): As Cameron prepares for the 'speech of his life' it seems to me that the national question looms as the defining issue. It was
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I can guess how David Cameron will handle the issue of a referendum on the European Treaty - as one of trust - although what priority he gives
Brown in Iraq
In his first to visit to Iraq since becoming prime minister, Gordon Brown met with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki about handing further responsibility for control
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I'm sorry I couldn't be in Blackpool, it's not the same trying to follow a party conference from outside the
Jon Bright (London, OK): Ed Balls was quoted fairly widely for coming out in support of a written constitution at a Fabian fringe in Bournemouth, and his remarks have now
Jon Bright (London, OK): Just wrote a small piece on the problem of European identity over on the dLiberation blog. Without a common feeling of being European I don'
