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Wall Street Journal: Should America Ban 'Aggressive Interrogation'?
There is much popular anger directed at the USA because of its alleged use of torture in interrogating combatants detained in the war on terror. On this blog 'Selsdon Man' has been a persistent and...
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Melanie Phillips: The Whitehall Free-For-All
Sir Christopher Meyer may have earnt some money from his DC Confidential book but he has undermined the standing of Britain's diplomatic and civil services. That is certainly the view of Melanie...
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Roy Spencer: It Is Impractical To Ask People To Suffer Economically For...
Opportunity cost is one of economics' most important ideas. It refers to the cost of the lost opportunities that are involved in pursuing one course, rather than another. If, for example, I have...
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John Stevens: Police Killers Deserve The Death Penalty
Lord Stevens - former Metropolitan Police Commissioner - has used his column in the News of the World (not online) to call for police murderers to face the death penalty. His intervention comes after...
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Michael Ashcroft: The Rules On Funding Parties Are Clearly Mad - So Let...
Writing for today's Times Lord Ashcroft, the former Tory Treasurer who rescued the Conservative Party from the financial ruins of the 1997 General Election campaign, has called for political parties to...
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Ferdinand Mount: The Tories and LibDems Have Become Natural Allies
In yesterday's Telegraph, Ferdinand Mount wrote that "the old abysses separating the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats have narrowed or virtually disappeared". He suggested that a "fresh axis"...
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Nicholas D Kristof: How Much Genocide Is Too Much?
I recently noted David Cameron's weak response to the worsening situation in Darfur, Sudan. His reliance on UN-led action amounts to poseur multilateralism. I can't believe that it wins the approval...
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Joe Lieberman: America can't abandon 27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists
"I believe we are fighting to create a tolerant and accountable democracy which will bring peace and justice to a country whose people have been denied both for so long. Ranged against us is a...
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The Independent: More chameleon than green
Newspapers are not exactly models of consistency.The Daily Mail preaches family values in its leader columns but its feature pages are full of tittle tattle about celebrities and their lifestyles. It...
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Commentators in the spotlight
The Independent: More chameleon than greenJoe Lieberman: America can't abandon 27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists Nicholas D Kristof: How Much Genocide Is Too Much?Ferdinand Mount: The Tories and...
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Wall Street Journal: Should America Ban 'Aggressive Interrogation'?
There is much popular anger directed at the USA because of its alleged use of torture in interrogating combatants detained in the war on terror. On this blog 'Selsdon Man' has been a persistent and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Melanie Phillips: The Whitehall Free-For-All
Sir Christopher Meyer may have earnt some money from his DC Confidential book but he has undermined the standing of Britain's diplomatic and civil services. That is certainly the view of Melanie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Roy Spencer: It Is Impractical To Ask People To Suffer Economically For...
Opportunity cost is one of economics' most important ideas. It refers to the cost of the lost opportunities that are involved in pursuing one course, rather than another. If, for example, I have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
John Stevens: Police Killers Deserve The Death Penalty
Lord Stevens - former Metropolitan Police Commissioner - has used his column in the News of the World (not online) to call for police murderers to face the death penalty. His intervention comes after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michael Ashcroft: The Rules On Funding Parties Are Clearly Mad - So Let...
Writing for today's Times Lord Ashcroft, the former Tory Treasurer who rescued the Conservative Party from the financial ruins of the 1997 General Election campaign, has called for political parties to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ferdinand Mount: The Tories and LibDems Have Become Natural Allies
In yesterday's Telegraph, Ferdinand Mount wrote that "the old abysses separating the Conservatives from the Liberal Democrats have narrowed or virtually disappeared". He suggested that a "fresh axis"...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nicholas D Kristof: How Much Genocide Is Too Much?
I recently noted David Cameron's weak response to the worsening situation in Darfur, Sudan. His reliance on UN-led action amounts to poseur multilateralism. I can't believe that it wins the approval...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joe Lieberman: America can't abandon 27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists
"I believe we are fighting to create a tolerant and accountable democracy which will bring peace and justice to a country whose people have been denied both for so long. Ranged against us is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Independent: More chameleon than green
Newspapers are not exactly models of consistency.The Daily Mail preaches family values in its leader columns but its feature pages are full of tittle tattle about celebrities and their lifestyles. It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Commentators in the spotlight
The Independent: More chameleon than greenJoe Lieberman: America can't abandon 27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists Nicholas D Kristof: How Much Genocide Is Too Much?Ferdinand Mount: The Tories and...
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