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Jon Snow
An intriguing PS to my Biden blog. I mentioned the 22 Palestinian homes in the line of the Israeli bulldozers’ blades in East Jerusalem. Even I could not have predicted that as the wheels of Joe Biden’s vice presidential craft hit the Israeli runway tarmac, Israel would announce a vast planned “illegal” development in East…
Gary Gibbon
Lord Paul has disclosed that he’s had a letter from the Metropolitan Police saying that they have dropped their investigation into his expenses.
What holds the greatest promise for tackling climate change? Channel 4 News posed the question to scientists before the Copenhagen summit in December 2009. Here are their 10 climate-saving ideas.
Jon Snow
In the 93 years that separate the battle of the Somme from the UK’s present engagement in Afghanistan, our tolerance of death on the battlefield has experienced a welcome revolution, blogs Jon Snow.
Jon Snow
Why is there to be no ‘Legg style’ investigation into the expenses of members of the House of Lords? I have blogged before on the expenses culture in the House of Lords.
Jon Snow
I have two close friends who happen to be life peers. Upon entering the House of Lords they were button holed by those already there. One had a house in the Hampshire countryside; the other had a place in Scotland. They joined the House in the last twelve years. In both cases their “button holers”…