Back to the drawing board
Alan Johnson's latest proposal for faith schools had a lifespan of just eight days and is yet another example of policy-making on the hoof. From the Guardians' Comment is Free blog
Published by: The Guardian
Monthly Archives: October 2006
When it comes to global warming, market rule poses a mortal danger
Gentle regulation will simply not suffice for a problem this big. Governments must act - swiftly and substantially
Published by: The Guardian
Don’t leave London – just make it work
A minister has said Londoners should move elsewhere to ease pressure on a crowded city. But there are other solutions Published in the Evening Standard For a while, London's tourists were blissfully unaware that this city has a problem with … Continued
Published by: The Guardian
If this onslaught was about Jews, I would be looking for my passport
Politicians and media have turned a debate about integration into an ugly drumbeat of hysteria against British Muslims
Published by: The Guardian
Homeward Christian soldiers
Army chief Sir Richard Dannatt is right that British troops should come home from Iraq soon but wrong to say it. From the Guardian blog
Published by: The Guardian
The Cabaret spell that won’t let us go
Published in the Evening Standard Who could ask for a warmer Wilkommen than that? The new production of Cabaret, the show that put the camp into kulturkampf, has just opened to rave reviews and jammed switchboards, confidently anointed as the … Continued
Published by: Other Publications
It is worth fighting to save the least loved branch of the welfare state
Cuts in legal aid will sweep away an unseen, unpaid social service and tip the scales of justice against the poor
Published by: The Guardian
Faith schools need not divide our city
Published in the Evening Standard How do you solve a problem that looks, to many, like a solution? For some, faith schools are a danger to the cohesion of society, herding children into ghettoes at the very age they?re least … Continued
Published by: The Guardian
Conscience and condemnation
We should wait to judge whether the Metropolitan police was right to reassign a Muslim officer from his post protecting the Israeli embassy. From the Guardian blog
Published by: The Guardian
The Tory resurgence is a glorious opportunity – for Gordon Brown
The party's new line on foreign policy, especially as it concerns the US, could free Labour's next leader to move leftward From the Guardian
Published by: The Guardian