Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Apologies for hardly writing in OK, I have been, er, rather busy with the Convention. But a generous spread about "The New Freedom Fighters"
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I was down with the Lurgie last week and missed Georgina Henry's stirring call to arms at the launch of the Liberty Central website
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Erminegate, kickbacks-to-cronies story brought back an old memory to me, from the days of "sleaze" when cash for questions tainted the Conservative government.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): NO2ID's invaluable email alerts have just told us this: The Ministry of Justice has launched an extraordinary coup. It is about to convert the
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): The Modern Liberty Convention was launched on Thursday at a party inspired by Henry Porter and hosted by Vanity Fair. The Observer have just published Henry&
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Since I started blogging I found that one of the best rules of thumb is to agree with Sunny Hundal, who is wise, practical and funny
In an extract from: 'Breaking Out of Britain's Neo-Liberal State' published as a Compass Thinkpiece today, and based on their original openDemocracy essay in OurKingdom, Gerry
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): My good friend Tom Nairn is back from his regular sojourn in Melbourne but has come down with the flu, whose symptoms this winter seem to
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): In an uncharacteristically generous (mostly) response to Harold Pinter's death which attempts to make some necessary moral distinctions, Nick Cohen also writes this about
Harold Pinter died on Christmas day. oD's founder reflects briefly on his own encounter with him and on his heartfelt Nobel speech.
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): This is my full - and brief - entry in the Prospect roundup of people's"most under-rated" events of the year (from
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): This exchange in which Gordon Brown replies to Bernard Jenkin MP who was Shadow Defence Secretary at the time of the Iraq war shows how deep
