I guess this stands as proof that Justin was right on the money when it comes to Charles Clarke. Fresh from having to apologise to Rachel North’s father – the full story behind the apology is to be found here – we now find dear old Safety attacking […]

…and whispering, “I will ne’er consent” – consented Lord Byron One of the better ways to put any law to to the test is to see just how easily you can conceive of a situation in which, despite the best intention of legislators, the law ends up looking […]

Just when you get to thinking that maybe your own party had cornered the market on career-ending stupidity, along comes a cheering reminder that when a Tory decides to fuck up their political career then boy do they do it in style… Tory in woman sex sale attempt […]

I made a point of avoiding Parky’s interview with Tony Blair where, despite the maxim set down by Alistair Campbell, he finally came clean and confirmed what we’ve known all along; that Tony does ‘do god’. Quite a few others have looked at different aspects of the story […]

1. It blew up. 2. We’re fucked if we know why. Hat Tip: Mr Eugenides

A couple of days ago, Craig Murray broke the story of the arrest an interogation of the three of the stars of the award winning film ‘The Road to Guantanamo’ The Lip, an online multicultural magazine, has now added a new strand to the story with an exclusive […]

Couple of posts here from James at Quaequam and Joe Otten which raise points which need to be addressed. First off, as one of the Labour contingent in this I should address the raising of the ‘Old Labour’ appelation. The one thing this is not about is ‘Old […]

Interesting day on the Beeb with only a couple of weeks to go to polling in the Lib Dems leadership election. As both Iain Dale and Guido are reporting on Chris Huhne getting a bit of a Crick – Michael Crick, that is – in his campaign this […]

Will have much more to say over the weekend on the subject of the ‘coalition of the willing’ but in the mean time two date for your diary. The Terrorism Bill goes back to the House of Lords on 28th February – expect fireworks on that date as […]

I trust the Times will forgive me if I reprint a letter from today’s edition in full, so important is its content. Sir, Clause one of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill (Comment, Feb 15) provides that: “A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision for […]