The evidence does not support the recently repeated myth that in resigning over the Falklands war, Lord Carrington and his FCO ministerial colleagues were selflessly carrying the can for the errors of their officials. But the myth persists [More >>>]
The Virginia Tech horror can’t justify the government’s misconceived plan to lock up untreatable people with severe personality disorder in case they might otherwise commit a crime, “just to be on the safe side”. Another example of risk-averse ministers trying to guard against any accusation of complacency or inaction [More >>>]
My letter in today’s (12 April 07) Guardian is another attempt to publicise the virtues of a fully federal system for the UK, the only sensible and durable answer to the West Lothian question. We mustn’t let the right-wing Little Englanders hijack it [More >>>]
Some more linguistic or conceptual howlers, mostly from or quoted by the Guardian [More >>>]
The Iranian kidnapping of the fifteen Brits has divided UK opinion into romantics who blame the Brits for not resisting capture and for cooperating with their captors, and those who are relieved that they were released without bloodhsed. The usual suspects condone the Iranians’ action because they ‘understandably’ hate the British [More >>>]
