5 October 2010 Prison isn’t working Two cheers for Ken Clarke. He’s the best available minister for justice. He thinks – before he’s read the…
This is what I did for my contribution last Monday to ABC Late Night Live
HIS WAY Tony Blair A Journey Hutchinson London September 2010 £25 There is little to be learned from Tony Blair’s memoir, A Journey…and yet, and…
Saville Report – What Happens Next
Northern Ireland doesn’t need prosecutions – it needs the state to open its books June 2010 The iconography of Northern Ireland is changing – and…
The Pensioner and the Penitent Sinner
Why was the encounter between Gordon Brown and Gillian Duffy in Rochdale so achingly uncomfortable? Not because he groaned ‘bigoted woman’ – he wasn’t wrong;…
Babybooming There’s a spookie tone about Neil Boorman’s latest spiffy idea. Neil Boorman has ideas, he’s a writer and music promoter, and one of his…
Alternate Ways of Governing Society
I  will be speaking at the Beyond Politics – Alternate Ways of Governing Society meeting at the Friends Meeting House tomorrow (Thursday, April 8). Starts at…
Green Shoots
The Green Party is fielding more Parliamentary candidates than ever before – now electors in over 300 constituencies will have the opportunity to vote for…