A racist on the BBC
The rest of the country is blogging and tweeting about Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time last night, so let me join in. For those who have the good fortune […]
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The future of the EU after the Lisbon treaty
I was asked to give a talk to the politics society at Royal Holloway college in Egham a couple of weeks ago, on the future of the EU after the
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Justice and peace
The Archbishop of Canterbury was forced to give a sermon today at St Paul’s cathedral at a service to mark the end of military operations in Iraq. You can read
Proof of origin
A continuing theme on this blog is the way in which politics has to adapt to the real world. Theoretical concepts such as democracy, sovereignty and free trade need to
What happens to the Lisbon treaty now?
The vote in Ireland last Friday, or more accurately the result last Saturday, has cleared away the biggest obstacle facing the ratification of the Lisbon treaty. The only member states
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Making assumptions about other countries
Now that the Irish have proved that they remain the nation of Molly Bloom, the eyes of Europe return to the Conservative party. Tory front bencher Michael Gove was on
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The Irish vote today
The Irish people vote on the fate of the Lisbon treaty today: British eyes are looking west to see what they will decide. One of the founding principles of the
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Extradition to America, yet again
Another extradition case hits the headlines. Film director Roman Polanski, who is wanted in the United States – he absconded from court before sentencing for a crime to which he
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War is hell (2)
I have written on this blog before about the impact that fighting has on people – how violent acts create a violent culture that spreads within society. This is aside
Symbol of a closed order
A news story in EUobserver last week on the plans for a new building for the Council of Ministers reminded me of the issues we raised the last time the
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