Sick Hospitals Haemorrhage Cash
Three times over budget, seven years behind schedule… and finally abandoned

Last Wednesday the Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, gave a speech on “UK Terrorism Legislation in an International Context”. At the outset he said ‘You have asked me particularly to talk about the UK legislative response to the threat of terrorism and that is what I shall focus on.’

That hasn’t, however, been the headline-grabbing part of the speech. And I don’t believe for a moment that Goldsmith didn’t know perfectly well that the headline would actually be this bit buried in the middle: Read More

Blood & Treasure: heavenly feet
Red Ken and his Maoist footbinding fetish

The nation’s opinion-formers have their say on the world cup – Footballing genius of a different kind

“Learning lessons from idiots: investigating the rise of the BNP” – Reasons to ponder, but not to panic

Teaching to the test
Targets, teachers and neoliberal education

Value for money
What £134,000 of Prezza’s time buys you

The biggest surprise of the week.  Ahead of the results of the government’s review of energy policy, Tony Blair announced to the CBI last night that the nuclear option, involving the construction of somewhere between 6 and 10 new reactors, is the only way to go if we are to avoid ‘a serious dereliction of our duty to the future of this country’. Read More

Why stroppyblog
A new feminist blog on the block

Mexico’s turbulent election ride
1988 making a comeback?