A new post over at The Sharpener.

Time to start being suspicious of Chinese people on the tube/bus: A man dying of lung cancer set off a homemade bomb aboard a bus in downtown Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province, this afternoon, killing himself and injuring 23 others. … Continue reading →

Turkish diplomat in charge of EU accession talks resigns – cites “personal reasons”, but speculation is that he had got pissed off not only at the slow pace of the talks (especially thanks to French reluctance to even consider the … Continue reading →

What Would Juvenal Do? – a potentially promising new current affairs type blog with the added benefit of words of wisdom from some guy who lived 2,000 odd years ago. So kind of like those weird Christian ones you find … Continue reading →

Well that was unexpected. I didn’t always agree with Cook. But I did meet him once, while he was Leader of the House and I was a but a lowly researcher for an opposition MP. And he was thoroughly nice. … Continue reading →

Today we commemorate the “just” bombing of civilians because – hey – it was for the greater good, you know? (Well, greater good for the Allies at any rate. But if you wanted to see an Imperial Japan stretching over … Continue reading →

Uzbek blog campaign day – not a bad idea, and well worth supporting. Count me in.

Blair’s statement on anti-terrorism measures. Mostly fairly typical, platitudinous stuff, and all to be expected. A few bits stand out for confusion, however. But I’ll keep this brief as I’m knackered and have work to do. First up, people will … Continue reading →

I know, let’s ban the buggers and drive them underground (pun not necessarily intended) – that’ll make it easier to keep tabs on ’em… And no, I have no knowledge of or interest in either of those groups – but … Continue reading →

Way to keep the moral high ground there guys! The full research paper on the United States’ apparent plans to re-start production of antipersonnel landmines can be found here. (And yes, the US is indeed one of the few countries … Continue reading →

Missed this earlier – the New York Police Department also agree with my assessment of the 7th July bombers. It’s like I’m some kind of terrorism expert or something. Which would be an even more worrying thought…

Have just had a call from the St John Ambulance lot, and it’s a go to give their volunteers who were on the scene on the 7th a nice piss-up. Should have date/venue confirmed early next week.

I knew there was a reason I didn’t sign that “Unite against Terror” thing… And just to keep those who continually read the worst into everything I write happy – George Galloway is a dangerous idiot for spouting this kind … Continue reading →