A “soft touch”?
In his recent tirade against asylum-seekers and their advocates Phil Woolas was keen to point out that the primary purpose of the government’s immigration policy was to “reassure the public that the government is in control of immigration”. As I pointed out at the time this would indicate to me that its priorities are rather [...]
An open letter to Barack Obama
Over at Liberal Conspiracy, Conor Foley has posted the following letter from Orzala Ashraf Nemat, an Afghan friend. I would recommend to anyone that they read the full text.
I witnessed a historical moment in Washington when I first learnt of Obama’s victory. I joined the crowed of victorious young and old on the streets of [...]
Watching “Dog Borstal” is good for you
I have to say that the current furore about John Sergeant leaving Strictly Come Dancing has rather gone over my head. Not being particularly interested in dancing or minor celebrities I have no great desire to watch minor celebrities dancing but hey, it may be populist tat but there’s nothing neccessarily wrong with that if [...]
Phil Woolas…the new Richard Littlejohn
Not content with his previous they come over here and take our jobs rhetoric about immigrants, Phil Woolas has now turned on asylum seekers and those who act on their behalf.
In an interview with the Guardian, Woolas described the legal professionals and NGO workers as “an industry”, and said most asylum seekers were not fleeing [...]
Baby P…a voice of reason
Great post by Unity at Liberal Conspiracy on the subject of Baby P. I would encourage anyone to read it before passing judgement based only on what they have read in the press or seen on TV news.
Gordon Brown - the White Queen of British politics
Another day brings yet another eyebrow-raising pronouncement from Gordon Brown.
In Sunday’s Observer he was singing the praises of progressive governments like our own Labour one for having the right kind of policies to help people through the current financial crisis and denouncing the kind of economic policies which have got us into this situation. Steve [...]
Conor Foley book launch report
As promised…
On Thursday evening I went along to the launch of Conor Foley’s book Thin Blue Line, which took the form of a debate on humanitarian intervention and Western foreign policy between Foley, Oliver Kamm and Dennis McShane (who had to leave early so I won’t dwell on his contribution).
Foley started off by giving a [...]
The weight of expectation
So he’s done it, in fine style too. Absolutely fantastic - a truly momentous and uplifting result.
What now though? There is so much talk about the huge expectations which people have of President Obama and whether he will able to deliver. Are we expecting too much and will Obama be able to bear the “weight [...]
More on Mad Mel
Those nice people at Liberal Conspiracy have let me write a piece there on Mel’s anti-Obama hysteria.
By the way, can anyone explain to me the difference between these two statements?
“They are the people who, by smearing every conceivable criticism of Obama or revelation of his unsavoury associations as ‘racist’, have emptied the term of its [...]