Category Archives: Politics

The publication of several thousand classified documents about the war in Afghanistan, by Wikileaks, is given extensive coverage in The Guardian. Read the lead story here, an editorial here, the main link page is here. On Wikileaks, the background is … Continue reading →

The legal advice given to Tony Blair in the run-up to the Iraq war makes for interesting reading. In a 2007 piece I discussed the shifts between memos prepared by Lord Goldsmith, the Attorney General, on 7th and 17th March 2003. … Continue reading →

Now that Petraeus has been appointed to Afghanistan, inevitable comparisons of his surge ‘success’ in Iraq and what may happen in Afghanistan are being made. The ever-readable Juan Cole has a very good analysis here.

The first of doubtless many hustings of the Labour leadership candidates – this time on Newsnight. Poor, all of them. How disappointing. The Miliband brothers both looked wooden; most looked over made-up, Balls seemed unsure of his lines… and there … Continue reading →

Juan Cole has an interesting and important post on this here. One bit is very alarming… Even little Bahrain is sending aid to Gaza. And, Iran is planning an aid flotilla (I expect real trouble over that one). And Turkey … Continue reading →

The McDonnell withdrawal, plus some tactical nominating by the likes of Harriet Harman and David Miliband, means that the other five candidates are all now on the ballot paper for the Labour leadership race. When the Tories had their leadership … Continue reading →

Just received the following message Dear Comrades  I am writing to let you know that I have withdrawn from the Labour Party leadership race this morning.  I stood for the Labour leadership as the candidate of the Left and trade … Continue reading →