Morning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers. 1. Whether it's plebgate or the Great Train Snobbery, they're all out to intimidate the government (Independent) Why are respectable,...
View ArticleIn the foreign policy debate, what was left unsaid was most important of all
More uses of "freedom" than "liberty", and none at all for "eurozone".With the third and final presidential debate, what was unsaid is far more revealing than what was said. MSN's Tom Phillips suggests...
View ArticleThe greatest stories ever played
Can video games combine strong narratives with actual play? Phil Hartup examines the contenders.When Spec Ops: The Line appeared to a somewhat muted fanfare it didn’t look like much more than another...
View ArticleLabour set for a landslide victory in Corby by-election
A new poll gives Ed Miliband's party a 22-point lead in Louise Mensch's former constituency. When I suggested, following Louise Mensch's resignation, that Labour would walk to victory in the Corby...
View ArticleIt's not burdening our children with debt that should worry us
Leaving our children without assets is a far greater problem than "saddling" them with debt. It is irresponsible to saddle our children with debt. One of the most compelling, at least superficially,...
View ArticleReview: Journalism
Is the greatest barrier to comics journalism its necessary subjectivity, or is it something else?In the introduction to his new collection, Journalism, comics journalist Joe Sacco addresses the...
View Article"Intersectionality", let me Google that for you
You don’t need an MA in Gender Studies to engage with feminist ideas, just an open mind and a willingness to learn.Spot the odd one out. Deficit. Intersectionality. Trigonometry. Eurozone Crisis....
View ArticleFive questions answered on the BP-Rosneft deal.
What is the deal with this deal?After lengthy negotiations BP has sold its half share in TNK-BP to the Kremlin controlled Rosneft. We answer five questions on the deal. What has BP and Rosneft...
View ArticleMy night slaying vampires
Alex Hern isn't a born vampire slayer, though he's watched a lot of Buffy. How did he get on fighting a coven of them in Islington?It's Sunday night and I'm wielding an array of strobe lights in a...
View ArticleThe other Hitchens boy
On "Mortality", journalism and Russell Brand. A review on the cover of Christopher Hitchens’s final, posthumous book "Morality" insists that "there isn’t another Hitchens". I visited the offices of the...
View Article“This was only possible because of the full support of the Russian state”
Business quote of the day. This was only possible because of the full support of the Russian state. Valery Nesterov, energy analyst at the investment arm of Sberbank, the Russian state bank, on the...
View ArticleReviews Round-Up
The critics’ verdicts on Janan Ganesh, Philip Norman and Anne Applebaum. George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor by Janan Ganesh While George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor has an "inside feel"...
View ArticleOut of the frying pan ... how Britain lets down its most vulnerable migrants
Alan White details the failure of the UK Border Agency to help Margaret Nambi, and many others like her.Margaret Nambi tells me why she left Uganda. She was at home with her husband and children when...
View ArticleSNP majority reduced to one as two MSPs resign over pro-Nato stance
Blow for Alex Salmond as John Finnie and Jean Urquhart leave in protest at change of defence policy. After the SNP voted narrowly in favour of abandoning its 30-year-old policy of opposition to Nato...
View ArticleLondon Olympics exceed initial budget by £6.52bn
When is "under budget" not "under budget"?BBC News, 1 February 2007: How much will the Olympics really cost? The overall budget for the London Olympics submitted in the bid to the International Olympic...
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Chart of the day: Falling income
Via Sky's Ed Conway, a chart which shows exactly how bad this recession has been. Income per capita is low, and getting lower.
View ArticleThe May-for-leader campaign shows the paucity of Tory talent
For "a safe pair of hands", Theresa May has dropped an awful lot of balls. Last week, Theresa May did a very good thing when she blocked the extradition of Gary McKinnon to the US, and it’s been...
View ArticleFrom Big Society to good society
Civil society should not be a substitute for the state but an addition to it. Rarely in human history can an idea have suffered so much opprobrium as the Big Society. On the left, it is seen as a fig...
View ArticleGeorge Entwistle: a decent man out of his depth
The director general of the BBC failed to convince MPs that he was not guilty of wilful blindness.The director general of the BBC came to the House of Commons this morning to restore his reputation...
View ArticleDesperate to keep the police on side, is the Greek government overlooking...
Golden Dawn is having a field day while MPs from other parties are assaulted.Desperate to keep the police on side, is the Greek government overlooking violent abuses? On Monday night, Nikos Dendias,...
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