Bar Embraces Change
November 20, 2009
The Bar Standards Board, which regulates 14,000 barristers in England and Wales, gave its approval last night to fundamental changes in barristers' working practices.
“Comply With Compliance”
November 19, 2009
It was when I first heard the term "comply with compliance" that I started getting worried. Because I laughed, but the person I was
British Prisons: Hotbeds of Radicalisation
November 17, 2009
Yesterday, the Quilliam Foundation (QF) released a report about Islamist radicalisation within British prisons. ‘Unlocking al-Qaeda' covers one of the most important and problematic
“Alt-Classical”: Is This the Future?
November 17, 2009
Hot on the heels of James MacMillan's red-hot piece in these pages calling Emperor's New Clothes on Pierre Boulez, plus Dilettante Music's digital composer-in-residence
Anwar al-Awlaki’s UK Network
November 12, 2009
Over the last few days, my co blogger Shiraz Maher has written a number of blogs about the UK supporters and apologists for pro
A Victory for Free Speech
November 12, 2009
The government was roundly defeated last night on its attempt to remove a "free speech" defence from the law banning homophobic hatred.
Anwar al-Awlaki’s British supporters – Part 2
November 11, 2009
Today we focus on Cage Prisoners which likes to present itself as a human rights organisation campaigning on behalf of Muslim detainees.
Anwar al-Awlaki’s British supporters – Part 1
November 10, 2009
Yesterday this blog revealed the encomium which Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen of Yemeni ethnic origin, showered upon Major Nidal Hasan after he murdered