Do Peers have Human Rights?
July 21, 2009
The Government's Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill, published yesterday, will allow the House of Lords to suspend or expel a peer if it thinks
Dangerous Sectarianism in the UK
July 16, 2009
ENGAGE, a website headed by Mohammed Ali Harrath, who is the subject of an Interpol red notice for alleged terrorist activity, was set up
Differing Views on Afghanistan
July 16, 2009
In the last two weeks, The Times has run two comment pieces on Afghanistan. Both are as fascinating as they are distinctly different.
Conspiracy Theories and Birmingham Central Mosque
July 11, 2009
Mohammad Naseem, Chairman of the influential Birmingham Central Mosque (BCM), is well known for his ‘questions' regarding the true perpetrators of the July 7
Censorship by Fire
July 11, 2009
Ours is a cowardly society. This is particularly true of the media and publishing industries. How else to explain the lack of attention paid
Breaking through the Silence
July 9, 2009
There's an inspiring concert tonight at St Margaret's Church, Westminster: Breaking through the Silence is English PEN's Writers in Prison major fundraising event of
A Tale of Two Receptions
July 7, 2009
Last night I went to the 35th anniversary party for the Centre for Policy Studies, the think-tank which provided the intellectual impetus behind Thatcherism.
A Straw Pardon?
July 2, 2009
Michael Shields, a 22-year-old football fan serving 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of a Bulgarian waiter in 2005, was told today