Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Hold on a second. I was reading the Evening Standard on the way home when I saw this a report by Keith Dovkant. Irritatingly the paper
Edward McMillan-Scott (Yorkshire & the Humber, MEP): David Miliband must tell it like it is. He is talking about supporting democracy and human rights around the world but China is
Stuart Weir & Andrew Blick (Cambridge & London, Democratic Audit): Who and what are 'stakeholders'? Public bodies and consultants fall over each other to assert that they take
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): It seems that the BBC has an advance copy of the speech Jack Straw is due to make at George Washington University. He will say:
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Anthony Barnett (London, OK): According to ePolitix Jack Straw is on his way to the USA and...
Justice secretary Jack Straw visits the US, where he delivers a speech on
Simon Barrow (London, Ekklesia): As in many media firestorms, a lot of the smoke over the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent pronouncements has come from the minor conflagrations over lesser
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Our mothership, openDemocracy, has two articles on the ABC/Sharia debate. One by Tina Beattie who thinks the UK has become a country whose eagerness to
Ali Eteraz (writer): It would be prudent to understand the various arguments made in favor of recognizing Sharia in the UK. Doing so will be helpful to those wishing to
A car bomber killed ten people, including acandidate in upcoming elections, in northwest Pakistan when he slammed hisvehicle into the candidate's convoy. Nisar Ali Khan was due to
David Beetham (Manchester, Democratic Audit): I agree with most of the substance of David Marquand's critique of Gordon Brown's constitutional reform agenda. It is based on
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): According to the Guardian the Foreign Secretary is about to give a major speech in Oxford in honour of Aung San Suu Kyi. From the way
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): It has long been obvious that the government would make another push to extend pre-charge detention beyond the current 28 days under Gordon Brown'