Being quoted on Suez
Friday, August 29th, 2003The strange experience of being quoted on Suez by two distinguished authors.
Entries in August, 2003
ID cards and identity
Friday, August 29th, 2003ID cards and the attack on (harmless) double identities.
Hutton so far
Friday, August 29th, 2003Principal casualties of the Hutton inquiry so far.
Sharing authority with the UN?
Friday, August 29th, 2003More questions on the future of Iraq. Will the US accept the implications of sharing authority with the UN?
How did we get into Iraq?
Friday, August 29th, 2003Unanswered questions about how we got into this mess in Iraq
The trauma of moving
Sunday, August 10th, 2003The traumas involved in moving from one’s sizeable home of 26 years to a smaller one unable to accommodate a lifetime’s detritus. Never again!
Ulrika Jonsson
Sunday, August 10th, 2003Why the malicious media attacks on Ulrika Jonsson when reliable witnesses testify to her charm and decency?
Tom Kelly & Walter Mitty
Sunday, August 10th, 2003Tom Kelly and the Walter Mitty faux pas: couldn’t have happened if the old rules governing disclosures to the media had been observed.
The case for war
Sunday, August 10th, 2003Was the government’s public case for joining the Americans in invading and occupying Iraq firmly based on reliable information in its possession, or did the government dress it up, embroider or otherwise misrepresent it in order to gain public support for the war?
On David and Tom Kelly
Sunday, August 10th, 2003The affair of The Kellys, Tom and David. Likeliest scenario: Dr Kelly did make allegations as reported by Gilligan, but was forced to deny it by threats to his job and possibly pension. Unfortunate that this affair diverts attention from more serious questions about the real reasons for the attack on Iraq.
