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International

Goodbye to ’Churchillism’: from Munich and Suez to the Iraq war

Gordon Brown’s role in the Iraq war will come under focus today when he gives evidence to the Chilcot inquiry. By Gerry Hassan. The Iraq war is the point where Tony Blair lost his political touch, and became ‘Bliar’ in the eyes of many (...)

5 Mar. 2010 | | openDemocracy

Local News

Yeboah the gorilla - a French "lover" in London

French men have something of a reputation - deserved or not - when it comes to "ardour and amour". Whether they actually live up to it is, of course, open to debate. But what of their male counterparts in the rest of the animal kingdom? (...)

3 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Johnny Summerton

International

Renewed Battle for the Falkland Islands Suits the Embattled British, Argentine Leaders, and Others

The artificially-engendered revival of the dispute, which began in February 2010 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has been portrayed as a posturing by embattled Argentine Pres. (...)

2 Mar. 2010 | 1 comment | Staffjam

Comment

Taliban behead Sikh youths they kidnapped in Pakistan

Speaking to an old Sikh friend of mine here, he told me about this and that there seems to be some meetings arranged this week and some kind of protests might happen in the UK. Also, more worryingly, he said that this is going to push the Sikhs more (...)

22 Feb. 2010 | 2 comments | BD

International

Britain alleges Brit tortured by Pakistan at US behest: That was not torture, you tell me!

UK Document Calls US Actions Torture, it gets worse but should it? Okay lets talk torture! Water boarding we have discussed many times. That most definitely is torture and there is no gray area there. However sleep deprivation? I can handle that. If (...)

16 Feb. 2010 | 2 comments | James Joiner

Politics

19 nov. 2009 | | Jon Newton

Europe

A referendum on the UK’s EU membership ? Please not yet !

In an eloquent article on Our Kingdom, David Marquand, the academic, former Labour MP and later chief adviser (1977-78) to Roy Jenkins as President of the European Commission, laments that the Britain he’s proud of, the Britain that “stood (...)

12 nov. 2009 | | Brian Barder

Europe

“No one under the age of 52 has had the chance to vote on the EU”

So runs the argument of increasingly prominent anti-EU Tory, Daniel Hannan MEP - still advocating a UK referendum despite the final ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. This is, of course, very true. Since the 1975 referendum on EEC membership, the British (...)

5 nov. 2009 | | Nosemonkey

Media

UK to adopt corporate 3 Strikes plan

The clock is now ticking In the face of massive consumer [read voters] outrage and objections not only from ISPs, but also from police and intelligence services, British politicians say they’re nonetheless determined to turn the corporate (...)

29 oct. 2009 | | Jon Newton

Comment

The BNP controversy

I’d just like to say a few words about the BNP controversy that’s taken over in the last few days since Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time. And I hope I’m not saying anything too obvious. If anyone has seen the Question (...)

27 oct. 2009 | | jultra

Media

Joost UK shuts down

On the heels of news that Kazaa Kreators Niklas Zennstrom (left) and Janus Friis figure the net should again be alive with the sound of music ( their music ) comes further information that their Joost online TV thingie, launched with much ballyhoo a (...)

15 oct. 2009 | | Jon Newton

Comment

London must allow Wilders’ racist Agitation ?

February 2009, British Government did the right thing. They did not allow Geert Wilders to come on British soil in order to spread his venomous ideas under the umbrella of the anti-European UKIP party. Blocking an elected representative from a befriended (...)

14 oct. 2009 | | Huib Riethof

International

Are the UK and Holland standing in the way of Iceland seeking its legal rights ?

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned in a blog post that our [then-] minister for health Ögmundur Jónasson had resigned over the Icesave issue. Yesterday we finally got the full details of why exactly he resigned. Those of you who have been following us for (...)

12 oct. 2009 | | Alda Sigmundsdóttir

Business

Will everyone please stop obsessing about debt and start worrying about unemployment ?

In a Comment is Free article about the Tory obsession with the level of Britain’s national debt, Ken Livingstone aptly quotes the distinguished Conservative economist Sir Samuel Brittan writing in the Financial Times on 1 October : The British (...)

9 oct. 2009 | | Brian Barder

Comment

History, Ready to Repeat Itself ?

More and more with each passing day, I get the feeling that conservatives and libertarians are going to have a great year in 2010. I really do. Even in the weeks and months before last year’s presidential election, I mentioned that a Barack Obama (...)

30 sep. 2009 | 2 comments | Jeff Schreiber

International

The nuclear-weapons agenda

A combination of security, political and financial pressures is creating a new dynamic in nuclear diplomacy. Britain is a test-case of an evolving process. By Paul Rogers. A big week in international politics sees the United States play host to a series (...)

25 sep. 2009 | | openDemocracy

Comment

In light of the recession, Labour must be the party of the working class

The current mood in the trade unions, as reflected with the Chequers summit on Friday and the TUC Congress this week, is one of increasing militancy. If that can filter through to the Labour Party itself, if some of that ethos can be absorbed by the LP (...)

22 Sep. 2009 | 1 comment | AllPeopleUnite

Local News

British tourist discovers the true meaning of "hôtel de ville"

Oh all right then, it’s still summer, and even though the French are gradually returning from their holidays, it remains nevertheless pretty much the silly season as far as news is concerned. And the latest daft tale comes to you courtesy of a (...)

22 Sep. 2009 | | Johnny Summerton

Politics

The GOP Has Troubles With Reality

Mike Stark has turned his talent for ambush journalism to Republican Congressmen. He asked them if they personally believed that Barack Obama is legally entitled to be President of the United States. Almost none of them would affirm this belief on camera. (...)

28 Jul. 2009 | | Michael Froomkin

Sports

A royal cocktail almost stumps English cricket bosses

A potentially embarrassing clash of two Great British institutions was only narrowly avoided last week and, as has often been the case in the past, the culprit was in a sense French. On Friday Queen Elizabeth II was a guest at Lords in north London, the (...)

20 Jul. 2009 | | Johnny Summerton

Europe

UKIP’s new Europe of Freedom and Democracy group

The old eurosceptic Independence/Democracy group in the European Parliament was kept more or less respectable largely thanks to the influence of its former joint leader Jens-Peter Bonde, who stemmed from the relatively moderate lefty side of (...)

3 jui. 2009 | | Nosemonkey

Comment

UK : Electoral ‘reform’ is back on the agenda : but do we need it ?

In a major Commons statement today (10 June 2009) introducing a national debate on constitutional reform, the prime minister included the system of elections to the House of Commons in his five constitutional topics for debate and possible reform : (...)

11 jui. 2009 | | Brian Barder

Local News

London : Tube Strike over sacked drivers

So just when most of us thought the current London Underground strike was all about pay, it appears that the latest pay deal which TfL offered was accepted but at the last minute RMT union leaders demanded the re-instatement of two sacked drivers. One (...)

11 jui. 2009 | | Annie Mole

International

Sarkozy’s D-Day diplomatic faux pas or outright snub to Queen?

June 6 marks the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings. There’ll be a special ceremony hosted by the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, with the guest of honour being his US counterpart, Barack Obama. Not present however will be Britain’s (...)

5 Jun. 2009 | 1 comment | Johnny Summerton

Arts & Entertainment

The Media’s attack on Susan Boyle

Ok I’m sorry to do this, but I want to comment again on Susan Boyle and some of the stuff going on in the press, because it’s actually gone out of control now, and it’s starting to look ridiculous. There’s a considerable effort (...)

3 Jun. 2009 | 3 comments | jultra

Politics

Is there a UKIP / BNP partnership ?

Buried away in the middle of an article about UKIP’s efforts to win over middle-England in today’s Sunday Telegraph : Accusations of racism are nothing new for Ukip. Last November a pro-BNP group stormed into a meeting of the party’s (...)

2 jui. 2009 | | Nosemonkey

Arts & Entertainment

Europe comes alive to the sound the Eurovision Song contest

The European parliamentary elections may just be over three weeks away, but Saturday sees a much more important "political" event taking place throughout the continent, and probably one which will have a higher participation level. Yes (...)

15 May. 2009 | 1 comment | Johnny Summerton

Politics

MPs’ expenses scandal

Sorry guys, I just don’t buy this stuff about MPs’ expenses. One can only guess what it may really be hiding, but this (aka sleaze) appears to be a way of getting rid of a weak government that’s no longer able to inflict some of the most (...)

13 May. 2009 | | jultra

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