Rather than reinforcing the same-old lies from the military and the state, now would be a good time for the British media to demonstrate some of the freedom over which it has been shedding crocodile tears at the Levenson Inquiry
Read More »A blood-soaked knife, gently wrapped in a fairytale
Perhaps military spin makes us feel slightly less bad about military atrocity. But that makes us more complicit, not ‘more innocent’.
Are all Vince Cable’s ideas stupid? If not, why does he keep withdrawing them?
The horse-trading over tax at Westminster shows that as a political culture we have simply failed to understand what tax is for – or to celebrate it as we should
On the day when the former PM of Iceland goes on trial for his part in the banking crisis, the rest of us can only look on and wish our politicians were accountable too
The Institute of Directors has informed the world yet again that its members are demanding everything they want. Or else.
We have suddenly seen a resurgence in political attacks on the ‘right’ in Scottish politics. Just as long as everyone remembers its a political philosophy and not a photo op.
Read More »Great to hear the talk but ‘left’ means something
It’s got nothing to do with the Union Square garden proposal which seems nice. It’s everything else that should make us uneasy.
Read More »The aroma of pretty flowers can’t cover the stench
Does the CBI have a grasp of basic market economics? Its stance on the Tesco Tax suggests not. Unless of course it’s bluffing…
Three cops so full of rich man’s champagne they refused to do their job. And now they want us to praise them for their courageous choices? There is no shame left in the Met.