…and it gets even better
Obama continues to do the right thing…
Barack Obama embarked on the wholesale deconstruction of George Bush’s war on terror, shutting down the CIA’s secret prison network, banning torture and rendition, and calling for a new set of rules for detainees. The repudiation of Bush’s thinking on national security yesterday also saw the appointment of a [...]
Even when they do the right thing they still manage to be unprincipled tossers
It’s good to see that Gordon Brown has done a u-turn (for now) on exempting MPs’ expense claims from the Freedom of Information Act.
It would also be nice if he had accepted that he was wrong in principle and agreed that in a democracy it is essential that our elected representatives are properly accountable [...]
A good start…
From the Guardian
The US president, Barack Obama, has ordered a suspension of the controversial Guantánamo Bay military tribunals in one of his first actions after being sworn in, yesterday.
Within hours of taking office, Obama’s administration filed a motion to halt the war crimes trials for 120 days, until his new administration completes a review of [...]
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu
Well, it’s been eight years since I sat there avidly watching the voting numbers for Florida updating as the recounts came in, and despaired as they fell agonisingly short of wiping out George Bush’s majority in the state. And despaired again as the conservatives in the Supreme Court disgracefully stopped further recounts and handed him [...]
Privatising the mail
So Peter Mandelson has pledged to proceed with the part-privatisation of the Royal Mail despite strong opposition from Labour MPs.
The main reason given in justification is that the Royal Mail needs a substantial cash injection in order to modernise. Leaving aside the point made in the linked article that it has already received a loan [...]
Miliband “get’s it”
Sometimes bashing the government can be a bit boring - however much the latest idiocies from the likes of Blears, Woollas and Purnell deserve a good kicking it’s nice to actually be able to praise a government minister for making a serious and thoughtful statement, and on a topic of real importance. Which brings me [...]
A couple of farewells…
First of all I would like to wish all Mutantblog readers a Happy New Year. Sorry for the lack of posts recently, this was due to a combination of home and work commitments and laziness, but mostly laziness.
Anyway, I have been stirred out of my stupor by a couple of sad pieces of news for [...]