Author Archives: davecole

The Iraq inquiry should be conducted in secret

17Jun09 – 15:42

"The Iraq war was a disaster" is a familiar refrain. Unfortunately, that doesn't tell us very much. Do we mean the concept, the planning, the implementation, the strategy, the tactics, what? Or do we want an official stick with which to beat the government?
Were the problems with the Iraq war just the basis on which [...]

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We can win a fourth term

06Jun09 – 21:18

'Governing party does badly in midterm election' is hardly a shocking story. We are familiar with the arguments about local & Euro polls being second-order elections. We know that the Guardian advocated a vote for the Lib Dems or Greens1. We know that Labour's fratricidal tendency has come to the fore.
And yet, the share of [...]

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