Brian Barder's website

A discussion about the pros and cons of aid.

Wimbledon fortnight is here again and all the Brits are out before the first weekend.

Fascinating and encouraging article about the economic progress and successes registered by Tanzania and a raft of other African countries in recent years.

My reply to David Rieff’s criticism of Live Aid

In response to popular demand, expressed variously in other people’s blogs as a ‘meme’ or a ‘tig’ (neither of which terms I understand), I join other contributors in answering four challenging questions – challenging, because blogging, emailing, cycling aimlessly round Wandsworth, listening to Radio 3, and watching the 24-hour news programmes on television leave virtually [...]

I doubt if Blair and Brown are worried

Software to read blogs with.

Once again the government is seeking parliamentary approval for the religious hatred Bill which has been repeatedly condemned and rejected on all sides, from far left to far right, as an unconscionable and unenforceable assault on freedom of speech and expression. Notable features of the Bill include the absence of any attempt to define ‘religion’ [...]

The paradox highlighted by Tam Dalyell’s West Lothian Question (why should Scottish MPs at Westminster be allowed to vote on English domestic matters while they would not be allowed to vote on Scottish domestic matters, which are dealt with by the Scottish Assembly?) reflects the anomaly in our constitution created by devolution. With what amount [...]

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