The political gossip columns are delighting in the suggestion in Adam Boulton’s new book that Peter Mandelson’s return to government last summer was all part of a conspiracy. (Read the […]
No conspiracy: just the facts Read More »
I was delighted to find in an old collection of papers this cartoon: it appeared in The Independent some time in 1991, I think, when the term “subsidiarity” first made
A vote by the European Parliament earlier this week confirmed José Manuel Barroso in office for another term as president of the European Commission. Mr Barroso had been more or
Re-election of Barroso reveals old flaws Read More »
I wrote on this blog at the end of June asking who had won the European elections. The figures on seats won were quickly announced, but it has taken longer
European election results finally published Read More »
Twenty years on from the collapse of communism in eastern Europe, some of the stories of the time are now coming out. The British Foreign Office has published some papers
The wind of change Read More »
Here is another example of the interaction between criminal justice and national sovereignty. Samantha Orobator was convicted in Laos of possession of heroin and was sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted
The human rights of a transferred prisoner Read More »
Gordon Brown has resisted calls to express an opinion on whether or not the Scottish government was correct to grant a compassionate release to the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi.
Silence over the Lockerbie bomber Read More »
The recent decision by Scottish justice sectary Kenny MacAskill to free, on compassionate grounds, the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi has provoked a storm. American politicians are complaining, British politicians
Not enough separation in Scotland Read More »
When the Queen visited the LSE last November, she asked the assembled experts why no-one had seen the economic crash coming. The question was accepted as representing the insight of
Who saw the crash coming? Read More »
The dog days of summer lend themselves to the more minor issues of political campaigning. Across the country, Conservative MPs and PPCs are trying to pick a fight over elected
Regional assemblies are a hard sell Read More »
