Look, sorry – I know everyone seems to expect that I’m a wishy-washy pinko liberal peacenik and stuff, but there’s only one way to describe this story – this is fucking cool! That’s what war should be all about – … Continue reading →

The Beeb, as ever, has a load of good info, including the wonderful bit “Mr Schroeder said he could not understand how the CDU ‘stakes a claim to political leadership from a disastrous election result’” – because, erm… they beat … Continue reading →

Well, well, well. Down to the wire, no obvious majority, and suggestions even appearing that Schr�der and Merkel should team up and form a coalition – much like Labour teaming up with the Tories. Yet both wannabe Chancellors have claimed … Continue reading →

Piss off, Murdoch. Oh, and the latest Britblog Roundup is up. Go, read and stuff.

Note to anyone who cares (so that’d be no one, then) – the archives by topic are now slighly more navigable, having been divided by date. However, as they’re updated manually and I haven’t had the inclination recently, they’re a … Continue reading →

By way of the lovely KathyF (who may or may not actually be lovely in the real world – I refuse to take responsibility for said description having never met her, she could be a vicious psychopathic terrorist for all … Continue reading →

Yep – our government does seem to think we’re that stupid. Or at least that enough of us are that stupid to make the old misdirection trick worth trying. Yesterday, Charles Clarke launched his new Terrorism Bill, packed full of … Continue reading →

A quick skim over the draft Terrorism Bill (.pdf) raises a number of concerns. Doubtless there’d be infinitely more were I to read it in full (especially were I to compare it to other anti-terrorism legislation from around the world), … Continue reading →

In case you aren’t aware of them, I cannot stress how great soj‘s eclectic world news roundups are, providing a superb overview of stories of interest from all over the shop that you’re likely otherwise going to miss, from Haiti … Continue reading →

Following the news that anonymous dickheads have forced the premature death of an amusing and often insightful blog by spiteful blackmail, a roundup seems in order. Crooked Timber – “I�ve alternately enjoyed and been infuriated by John�s blog and he�s … Continue reading →

Contradictions?: “Laws will be axed if legislation can be better left to member states, where there is an inadequate assessment of the impact on business, or where the measure is seen as too ‘heavy handed’” versus “Brussels has been given … Continue reading →

And you know what? It’s going to achieve fuck-all. There’s no point in even bothering to write about it, despite the fact that this blog generally tries to focus on international relations. There’s no point even though I love the … Continue reading →