analysing power, commenting on abuses
Voters should not reward political parties which show irresponsibility to win an election, as in recent Labour and Conservative examples PatternsofPower.org raises concerns when politicians act against the best interests […]
» Read moreIn response to contributors to Prospect Magazine who still advocate intervention in Syria on “moral” grounds, Hugh Winter submitted this comment: President Obama’s concept of a ‘surgical strike’ against Syria […]
» Read moreIn The Telegraph, Boris Johnson described the proposed mansion tax as “viciously unfair” because it would levy a tax on people’s homes without taking account of their incomes. The tax […]
» Read moreThe Economist asserted that “Meeting Mr Assad’s atrocities with appropriate force will help to rebuild American moral authority in the world” (Leading Article, 7 Sept: Fight this war, not the […]
» Read moreThere are obvious comparisons between the current considerations being given to intervention in Syria and the previous political processes which led to the NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999 and […]
» Read moreAs the Economist noted, in its leading article of 5 July 2013, the removal of Egypt’s president Morsi “sends a dreadful message to Islamists everywhere”. Islamists will conclude that democracy […]
» Read moreUnsurprisingly there is a public desire to see big banks broken up and to see tighter regulation of the financial system. The population as a whole is suffering under austerity […]
» Read moreIn Thursday’s address at National Defense University in Washington DC, President Obama defended the use of drones. Whilst announcing some welcome restrictions on their use, particularly in banning the use […]
» Read moreHaving been recently reminded of a debate between Kenan Malik and Amartya Sen, which was published in Prospect magazine in April 2006, it is worth examining the points they made […]
» Read moreWe have been reminded that Ronald Reagan advocated “peace through strength”, which included the twin policies of deterrence and the Strategic Defense Initiative. Deterrence relied on ‘mutually-assured destruction’: it sent the […]
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