If Libya, why Britain?
If the first question to ask about the current UN action in North Africa is, why Libya, then the second question is why Britain. If yesterday’s blog entry is correct […]
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Taking sides in Libya
I listened to Green MP Caroline Lucas on the radio today explaining why she had voted against the resolution in the House of Commons endorsing military action in Libya. She
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Who speaks for Britain?
Maria Damanaki, European fisheries commissioner There is a seminar to be held next week in London to discuss the nature of the European Union in the light of the ideas
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Time travel: the limits of parliamentary democracy
A forthcoming proposal to change the time zone raises an interesting question about how our parliamentary democracy represents the diverse interests of this country. Putting the clocks forward by one
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Cameron in Kuwait: a breath of fresh air
By the standards of Tony Blair’s speeches on the battle for democracy in the Middle East, David Cameron’s speech to the Kuwait National Assembly on Tuesday was a welcome breath
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High food prices: can governments help?
Read a commentary here from a food industry expert that a spark for the revolutions underway across the Arab world was the high price of food. There must be something
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Who needs Wikileaks?
Who needs Wikileaks when we’ve got Sir Gus O’Donnell? His report into the background to the decision to release Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi from prison on compassionate grounds in August
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Development aid shows the limits of the national interest
A fascinating article by development expert Owen Barder on the difficulties of winning the argument over foreign aid. It is frequently argued that providing development to the world’s poorest people
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Why are all our politicians so similar?
A common contemporary complaint is that British politicians are now all too similar. There is not enough diversity at the top. (See, for example, “The fall of the meritocracy” by
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Should prisoners have the right to vote?
There will be a debate in the House of Commons later this week on whether people sentenced to prison should have the right to vote. The issue comes up because
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