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Spirit of inquiry

18Jun09 – 13:40

Following on from Dave's post:

The government's partial climbdown over whether to hold the Iraq war inquiry in public adds an impression of muddle and incompetence to the appearance of political cynicism that surrounded the original decision. This new move reinforces the sense that the decision was rushed through for no other reason than to appease [...]

By Martin | Also posted in Education | Comments (2)

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 [...]

By davecole | Also posted in Conspiracy theories, Liberal simpletons | Comments (2)

Fighting fascism, then and now

09Jun09 – 15:12

The government of Spain has decided to honour surviving British and Irish veterans of the International Brigade by granting them Spanish citizenship. Questioned on the Today programme this morning about why he left his home in the East End of London to fight for a country of which he knew little, 94 year old Sam [...]

By Martin | Also posted in Europe, Fascism | Comments (0)

A ‘values stimulus’?

26Mar09 – 01:40

If you can overlook the straining to hit every button ("...kids who measure their happiness through iPods and Xboxes; parents who ....host parties for young teenagers where alcohol flows freely"), John Healey and Ivan Lewis' article in today's Independent is worth a look for a couple of reasons.

By Paul Evans | Also posted in Labour | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Hating politics

19Mar09 – 09:50

...no defence of politics, no outline of how it can be done properly, and no questioning of how far the quality of democracy can provide a cause for these problems...

By Paul Evans | Also posted in Left renewal | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Not just Obama

08Mar09 – 21:21

That we share a language with a superpower is a mixed blessing. That the superpower in question tends to be more politically conservative than the UK is definitely not a good thing for the centre-left. Don Paskini has a great post up telling us to look a little beyond Obama if we're looking for examples [...]

By Paul Evans | Also posted in Left renewal | Tagged , , | Comments (0)