- Douze points for freedom
Petition for release of political prisoners in Azerbaijan
- European parliament should be abolished, says Jack Straw
Straw’s mask slips; much better if EU run by chaps like him without any scrutiny.
- Straw Poll on Future of European Parliament
Former European Parliament official hits back: “The record of Mr Straw and his colleagues in office was to campaign halfheartedly at best during European elections”
- Abolishing an elected European Parliament is no way forward – a response to Jack Straw
Jon Worth was actually at the meeting and reports on how the other speaker’s views were rather better received: “Who, of course, was it that decided on the UK’s closed list election system for the EP? Labour’s 1997 cabinet, of which Straw was a member.”
- Getting Somalia Right This Time
…though today’s conference won’t do much.
- BBC News – Stonehenge design was ‘inspired by sounds’
- the Arizona debate
Republicans part company with reality
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