In this week's Spectator (web pages are closed to subscribers only) their political editor Peter Oborne comments on David Cameron's Demos speech. Oborne has welcomed the
What should the world make of the new Tory leader, the first for ten years who might really win a general election? I wrote an assessment after hearing him talk,
It's ironic that it would be cartoons about Mohammed that got the world's blood boiling, when the tone of the public debate in Denmark for years
The human rights activist and outspoken Iranian government critic Akbar Ganji is serving his fourth month in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. He is serving a six year sentence
David Cameron on the Constitution I went along to listen to David Cameron the new leader of the Tory party. He was speaking at Demos, the London think-tank that helped
WSF delegates wear bright red-orange badges. These have our names on them, and allow us to ride the metro for free between events. People on the street are curious to
Two nights ago I saw El Jefe himself talk to local Venezuelans, forum participants, and various supporters at a well-choreographed event at a stadium on the edge of town. I
At his summit in the Poliedro de Caracas, on friday the 27th, President Hugo Chavez confirmed that Venezuela will export oil to Bolivia in exchange for soy beans and 20.
The WSF is all about peace. So why are there military vehicles with missile launchers decoratively parked out on the street? To show off Venezuelan ingenuity the soldier guarding them
For those of you who chose not to attend the social forum because you fear being surrounded by preachy ideologues and endless panel discussions on neo-liberalism, you will be heartened
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The place to be on Friday night in Davos was the Kirchner Museum (confirming the view of the FT’s ‘Survival Guide to Davos’ published just before we all headed
