Just watching the debate on clause 3 of the Terrorism Bill which relates to websites, which has clarified for me how this will work – as opposed to how the government claims it will work… …well it’s now as clear as it ever will be given that Hazel […]

Just spotted this at the end of the same Guardian article on the Terrorism Bill in which I noted errors including provision of a link to the wrong Bill entirely. The human rights lawyer Geoffrey Bindman said existing legislation already outlaws the activities which ministers say the glorification […]

It appears that an Aussie TV station has got hold of another run of Abu Ghraib photos, reputed to be the one’s that US government is trying to avoid releasing to the ALCU. The article is here, you’ll need to scroll down for the new images, the first […]

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny James Madison – 4th President of the United States of America and signatory […]

Just a thought I’d like to pass on to everyone who’s crowing about the decision to ban smoking in public places. Even though this will shortly be banned, there will still be people who have never smoked in their lives who will develop lung cancer and die – […]

Why is it, I wonder, that whenever I see a senior member of my own party saying things like this: McCartney warns of party division Labour MPs should vote for the education reforms or risk division, chairman Ian McCartney has warned. He said the Labour by-election loss last […]

The BBC are reporting that ‘Ministers compromise on ID cards‘ Ministers have compromised on plans to introduce identity cards in an effort to head off a Commons defeat. The government has accepted that completely new legislation will be needed to make the cards compulsory, following defeats in the […]

The Mohammed Cartoons get yet more attention today in Times, with Andrew Sullivan adding his ‘considered’ opinion on the matter, all of which amounts to: …much of the “offence

I really must wean myself off visiting Harry’s Place if only for my own sanity and sense of well-being, but then I have to admit that they views of its main commentators on the Mohammed Cartoons do have, for the time being at least, rather a compelling quality […]

Polly Pot on the Lib-Dem leadership contest: Huhne is the most knowledgeable of the three – an economist, ex-Guardian economics editor, founder of his own economic consultancy Yes, ok Polly. He’s a fucking economist. Is it me or is anyone else thinking that Polly’s finally snapped under Tim’s […]