I’ve been increasingly intrigued by the saga of MPs’ pay rises. Both Gordon Brown’s insistence that MPs must only get a rise in line with other areas of the public Read more

We are all concerned about energy security and the future of our planet. Why then, is the Conservative Party so concerned about coming out fully in favour of nuclear? We Read more

And so today the European constitution finally becomes a reality. Whilst the signing ceremony puts the cart before the horse in that national parliament’s still need to ratify the treaty Read more

Jacqui Smith’s latest proposals on extending detention without charge make a mockery of our attempts to “fight the war on terror” on the home front. Leaving aside comment on that Read more

This week has seen yet another demonstration of the dearth of accountability that this government has fostered. Alastair Darling, Ian Blair and now, to add to the horror, Steve McLaren Read more

The announcement today by Lord Gutherie, former Chief of the Defence Staff, that he and other senior military and political figures have established the UK National Defence Association has got to cause concern. The Read more

The government and police’s approach to anti-terrorism has taken a battering in the past 48 hours. Whilst the House of Lords did not go as far as some of us Read more

Jack Straw’s statement on the much vaunted government reforms which are going to put us all back in touch with the process of government was a total wash out. It Read more

Liberty is one of the core principles which the entirety of our mainstream political opinion supposedly supports. It’s meant to be one of the core defining values of our modern, western, Read more

Nick Clegg’s article in Sunday’s Observer singularly fails to understand it’s not the system which results in immigration consistently polling in the top three concerns of voters, it’s immigration itself. He makes a Read more