Obama and the drones: the neuroscience of power
How it corrupts.As newspapers struggle to save money and staff time, I’d like to suggest “Powerful Man Does Off-Colour Thing” as a handily recyclable headline. A few weeks ago, Jeremy Hunt’s only vice...
View ArticleEgypt's activists face an impossible choice
Forced to choose between an Islamist and an ex-general, optimism is fading among Egypt's young. I could see the tears in her eyes. "We must go back to the streets. The revolution did not happen for...
View ArticleThe “dog’s breakfast” that is City regulation
Mervyn King spends "more time..... talking about tennis" than about finance.Labour peers have rounded on the government this week over its Financial Services Bill, which will overhaul the way the City...
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A drone for every home
Drones are becoming the latest military technology to find a home as consumer technology.The present of military technology has always been the future of civilian technology. From jet engines to GPS...
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"Secret polls" show New Democracy leading in Greece
Market surges amid rumours of Syriza loss.Polling in Greece is banned in the two weeks leading up to an election, so we have very little information as to what the likely outcome of the 17 June vote...
View ArticleIn this week's New Statesman: Drones
Special report on the CIA's most deadly weapon, plus Adam Kirsch, Felicity Cloake and Will Self. Jemima Khan meets Pervez Musharraf In this week’s New Statesman, Jemima Khan meets Pervez Musharraf. In...
View ArticleIn this week's New Statesman
Special report: the devastating effect of drones. Jemima Khan meets Pervez Musharraf In this week’s New Statesman, Jemima Khan meets Pervez Musharraf. In a wide-ranging interview, the former president...
View ArticleCameron or Coulson, who's lying?
The PM contradicted Coulson's claim that he sought no "further assurances" over hacking. Despite several uncomfortable moments, I suspect that Downing Street will largely be relieved with how David...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
Must-read comment pieces from this morning's newspapers.Only Cameron can rescue the coalition. But does he want to? (Observer) Andrew Rawnsley says that Cameron must silence Tory rebels if he is to...
View ArticleFox bites man: ex-Defence Secretary attacks Cameron's leadership
Liam Fox, the former Defence Secretary who was forced to resign in 2011 over his links to Adam Werrity, has attacked David Cameron's leadership of the Conservative Party in an interview with today's...
View ArticleWhy so many ex-soldiers end up in prison
One in ten inmates is a former soldier. Robert looks a little older than his 40-odd years. His face reminds me a little of Sid James, and somewhat surprisingly, so does his laugh - a hearty chuckle...
View ArticleClassical music should be about more than elite parties and private schools
Exclusion in the classical music world stretches far beyond race.I was saddened to read last week that Candace Allen feels ostracised and belittled when trying to enjoy the music she loves – and simply...
View ArticleUK retail search volumes rise 9 per cent in second quarter
Tablet searches accounted for 40 per cent of the mobile/tablet total.Total retail search volumes in the UK increased by 9 per cent in the second quarter of 2012, compared to the same period last year,...
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UK car insurance prices drop 7.1 per cent in the second quarter
But men are still paying £110 more than women on average.Driven by competition, the average cost of car insurance in the UK fell by 7.1 per cent to £797 in the second quarter of 2012, according to a...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers. 1. Cam must ditch pals to save the coalition (Sun) Osborne has shredded his reputation and turned the coalition into a lame duck...
View ArticleMicrosoft exits MSNBC.com
The last of the new/old media team-ups endsMicrosoft has sold its stake in news website MSNBC.com, marking an end to the heady period of integration between new and old media giants epitomised by the...
View ArticleThe only ones shocked by Tulisa's sex tapes are the adults
The way to guarantee teenagers access porn is to ban it outright.Technological advancement has always complicated sex, and the internet has been throwing a mixed bag of Freudian issues at us since...
View ArticleWhy the Lib Dems should avoid "confidence and supply"
Such a deal would satisfy neither supporters nor opponents of the coalition. The idea of a "confidence and supply" agreement between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, first mooted after the...
View ArticleCameron is under ever-greater pressure to sack Osborne
A growing band of conservative commentators are calling for the Chancellor's head. When David Cameron was asked in 2010 whether he could ever sack George Osborne, one of his closest friends and the...
View ArticlePhilosophy in the public square
My night with Slavoj Žižek.Thick with heat and windows dripping with condensation, the atmosphere in and overcrowded Café Oto was almost tangible as I walked around the packed floor of eager...
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