Politics
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Kelly Inquiry: Day 1 Paid Members Public
No stunning revelations just yet. We do hear that intelligence chiefs had concerns that the 45 minutes information was suspect and that Kelly’s job included briefing the media. We also learn that, despite earlier government claims, Kelly was a very highly placed expert. Read on at Channel 4 news
Is the cult of the individual eating society alive? Paid Members Public
Still, Iain has highlighted something my wife and I have whiled away many hour discussing. When did the British get so anti-social. Once the stereotype of Brits abroad was of painfully polite, post-Imperial types. Now we have the sex’n’lager image that has replaced the football hooligans of a
I have been remiss Paid Members Public
As Eric has pointed out, I haven’t been very good at replying to comments of late, so I thought I’d better get to it, post haste. He said: > But what is an editorialist (the focus of the piece) that sets him or her above any random non-expert
Another interesting Kelly detail Paid Members Public
Yet more, this time from the Daily Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/08/01/nkell01.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/08/01/ixportaltop.html] … > Three days after the death of Dr David Kelly something curious was going on in the offices of
A new Kelly mystery Paid Members Public
From the BBC News report on the Kelly Inquiry [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3115243.stm]: > Lord Hutton said his task was to investigate the circumstances surrounding the scientist’s death, quickly and fairly. *He also revealed that Dr Kelly’s body had been found
Fighting the good fight Paid Members Public
I’ve been engaging in debate [http://popone.innocence.com/archives/001015.html] (well, correction) with Bryant about the BBC/Kelly affair, leading to this follow-up post [http://popone.innocence.com/archives/001029.html].
400 years of pain Paid Members Public
What happened 400 years ago today? Unless you were listening to Today [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/] on Radio 4 this morning [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/runningorder/ram/today4_0820_20030725.ram], just as I was, you probably have absolutely no idea whatsoever. In fact,
Taking Notes Paid Members Public
I’ve been watching the blame-storming with increasing interest over the last few days. However, one comment in an Evening Standard roundup of the controversy [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/5859398?source=Evening%20Standard] caught my eye, mainly for this paragraph: > There are also rumours in the
