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Why we should stop worrying and learn to love Tony Blair
on Oct 27, 2009 in Blair Politics Europe Tony Blair leads a charmed life, does he not? Property tycoon, in-demand international speaker, high-powered peace negotiator, part-time adviser to a major US bank (with a more-than-full-time salary), faith supremo (whom even the Pope himself was pr...
Sense and the Census
on Oct 26, 2009 in databases Society conservatives Politics government It seems that the Conservatives are objecting to some of the proposed questions for the 2011 Census, described by the Mail as "the most intrusive ever carried out". They are especially alarmed by the suggestion that householders will be required to...
Carey joins in BNP hatefest
on Oct 25, 2009 in journalism barmy bishops religion Politics Church of England BNP Hating the BNP is the new environmentalism. A way of showing you care, that you're (despite any evidence to the contrary) a Good Person. It's a bandwagon everyone wants to jump on, from expenses-fiddling former ministers to generals to TV personali...
His Bonnie from over the ocean
on Oct 24, 2009 in Politics BNP BBC Poor Bonnie Greer. The general, if not universal, consensus has it that the Newsnight Review regular did best in the bearpit that was Thursday's Griffin Time. I thought so (at least among the panellists: the best contributions came from the floor).
An account of bear-baiting, c.1575
on Oct 23, 2009 in Politics BBC The bear was brought forth into the court, the dogs were set to him ... Very fierce both one and the other, and eager in argument: if the dog in pleading should pluck the bear by the throat, the bear with traverse would claw him again by the scalp ..
Tearing Down the Fences?
on Oct 22, 2009 in rowan williams guest post religion Christianity CiF This is a guest post by Father James RattueFor Andrew Brown, characteristically, the Vatican’s announcement of a new Apostolic Constitution to be issued by Pope Benedict, allowing disaffected Anglicans a congenial means of submitting to Rome, was a...