Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Today's Guardian is fascinating for anyone interested in democracy. Start with the good news. A campaign to rid the Kingdom of plastic bags is
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): What is going on when the serving head of the army starts to lecture us about policy and strategy? The first word that springs to mind
Sarko the Calm
French president Nicolas Sarkozy distanced his government further from the claims of the foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, who earlier this week suggested that the west had to
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): On the way to the Lib Dem conference earlier this week I noticed that the only paper which had sold out in a Victoria Station WH
Jon Bright (London, OK): A lot of chuckling can be heard over at the BBC following reports that Brown wants a new British motto for us all to rally round.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): There's a great post over on our brand new sister-blog dLiberation. Clive brings in J S Mill to consider the progress of the European
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Ming's speech has discomforted the conservative blogland, see the Spectator, and Shane Greer standing in for Iain Dale while Thatcher continued to roam the
Anthony Barnett: Just picked up from Pickled Politics and Chicken Yoghurt that Tim Ireland and Craig Murray's blogs have both been taken down because of a libel threat
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Just been watching the Smirk, my name for the BBC's The Week with Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo and usually Diane Abbott. Tonight there
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I popped in to a very crowded Royal Society of Arts session on the death of the establishment and its usurpation by a new political class.
Another Lebanese assassination
Continuing a depressingly familiar pattern, another car bomb claimed the life of an anti-Syrian Lebanese MP. Antoine Ghanim, a member of the Maronite Phalange party, was killed
Jon Bright (London, OK): As Alex Parsons indulges in some blue sky thinking over reforms to the UK's voting system below, Sunder Katwala mixes the art of engagement
