Tom Griffin (London, OK): Wednesday's story in the Sun about a 'hit list' of prominent British Jews on an Islamist web forum, has received a pretty
Tom Griffin (London, OK): An interesting situation is developing in Scotland, where the SNP minority government is trying to get its budget through the Holyrood parliament. Last year's
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Writing in the Irish Examiner, David Trimble's former advisor Stephen King compares the Irish Troubles with the current events in Gaza.
The difference between
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Today's Daily Mail brings us Peter Oborne's take on the emerging theme of a government of national unity:
Of course, the Prime
Tom Griffin (London, OK): As a footnote to Neal Ascherson and John Horgan's excellent obituaries of Conor Cruise O'Brien, I thought I would post an extract
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Two key figures from Barack Obama's election campaign visited London last week, offering advice for progressives about what they can learn from Obama'
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Democratic Audit's new report on the Constitutional Renewal Bill, Beating the Retreat (previewed here by Stuart Weir) was the starting point for a Westminster
Tom Griffin (London, OK):Over at the main openDemocracy site, John Palmer looks at the stakes as Ireland contemplates a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
With ratification now virtually
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Young offenders institutions are to be allowed to continue using pain-inflicting restraint techniques following a government review published yesterday.
The review was set up following inquests
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Over at openDemocracy's 50/50 blog, Rosemary Bechler offers an extended meditation on the Russell Brand controversy and its implications for contemporary Britain.
Some
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Politics.co.uk asked last week whether Britain is a police state. Editor Ian Dunt's thoughtful analysis concludes that we are not there yet,
Tom Griffin (London, OK): Twenty years ago this month, the New Statesman published Charter 88. Today, Charter's successor organisation Unlock Democracy is publishing a series of essays looking
