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 a
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
John Palmer reviews Fog in Westminster - Europe Cut Off by Peter Sutherland.
This pamphlet shows how narrow and unreflective the European debate is in Britain and how misguided the
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Thoughtful post by James Graham on Quaequam on the way politics in Britain is also rotting from the bottom, not just the top, and how even
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Call me naive. Go on! While I was away in New York it seems that the so-called Senior Salaries Review Body has suggested,
a tightening of
Guy Aitchison (London, OK): For those interested in how the government's "national conversation" is shaping up from the perspective of the ministers in charge, Michael Wills
Stephen Taylor (London, 5jt): NO2ID has posted a leaked government document at WikiLeaks.
It's interesting in various ways. First, as an insight into some high-level shuffling around a
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): In a swift meditation on the Microsoft bid for Yahoo, oD's Editor-in-Chief Tony Curzon Price concludes that we can now foresee the future of
Jon Bright (London, OK): David Marquand has written an article for OurKingdom we have published in on our openDemocracy article page: England and Europe: the two 'E's
Greenland a CIA hotspot?
Denmark has expressed concern over allegations that the CIA used a clandestine airstrip in Greenland, the semiautonomous Danish territory, to ferry terrorist suspects in so-called "
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Today's Independent reports that Tony Blair is warming to the idea of becoming President of Europe even though he would have to give up
