With only a month to go before they step down, Blair and Reid have launched proposals for yet more draconian police powers in yet another anti-terror law, while Blair blames the judges, the opposition and ‘society’ for limiting his scope for further eroding our civil liberties [More >>>]
The Independent publishes my letter offering Gordon Brown a Big Idea for the launch of his government, one that answers the West Lothian question and scuppers the case for Scottish independence. It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity [More >>>]
An unpublished letter to the Guardian shows that the 1999 NATO attack on Yugoslavia over Kosovo was not a Blair triumph, as often claimed, but an illegal, unnecessary and unsuccessful misadventure whose misrepresentation as a justified success led on to Iraq [More >>>]
Dr Reid, the (mercifully) departing home secretary, has been explaining that if judges and ministers insist on obeying the letter of the law, they may fail in their duty to protect citizens’ lives — an unusual attitude to respect for the law for a home secretary in office [More >>>]
The almost unintelligible PR system for Scottish elections has produced a virtual stalemate in which almost anything could happen and the chances of a stable and consistent government look slim [More >>>]
