Jon Bright (London, OK): Simon Davies of Privacy International has a good article on the Sadiq Khan bugging affair in yesterday's Telegraph. In it he points out that
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): On Monday, James Macintyre and Andrew Grice in the Indie had a strong story on how the Prime Minister refuses to reveal his contacts with Murdoch.
In a lecture delivered in Beirut, Alastair Crooke of Conflicts Forum explores the language employed in waging the "war on terrorism" and finds it bordering dangerously close on
Jon Bright (London, OK): Compass have launched a short and effective Counter Terrorism bill consultation on their website here. Both Jacqui Smith and Shami Chakrabarti have written articles outlining the
Bill Thompson (Cambridge, BBC freelance): There has been a lot of fuss in the British press following revelations that conversations between MP and human rights lawyer Sadiq Khan and his
David Smith (Weymouth, Saving Democracy): I was involved with Charter 88 from 1992. Although we did our best to engage the general public, we only managed to get a very
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): Chances are you won't have heard anything about this in the mainstream media but Scotland Yard have apparently launched an investigation into allegations that
Jon Bright (London, OK): The BBC reports today that Hazel Blears is proposing councils issue "welcome packs" to migrants, which will contain advice on British "customs"
"Secular" angst
Columnists in the moderate Turkish daily Zaman are incredulous at the motivations of "secular nationalists" who recently took to the streets to protest against
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): The Joint Committee on Human Rights, a select committee made up of MPs and peers, has been an influential though largely unseen actor in the
From the Open Europe press summary:
"Furious" Geoff Hoon threatens pro-referendum Labour MPs with expulsion
The Sunday Times reported that three Labour supporters of the I Want
Jon Bright (London, OK): One of the aspects of the global war on terror which, as it were, would have been funny if it wasn't so tragic, was
