Section 42 (4) (b) (ii) of the Counter-Terrorism Bill, as it seeks to extend detention without charge to forty-two days, has attracted some considerable criticism. Unfortunately, it is not the only part of the bill that is, at best, distinctly ill-considered and with considerable scope for abuse. Serious consideration must also be given to clauses [...]

A group has been set up on Facebook called (in capitals, so it must be important) ‘Vote Stop the War Coalition for Channel 4 News Award’. It reads rather like the headlines of spam emails and the content of the group is similarly inaccurate. The award in question is ‘most inspiring political personality of the [...]

An article for the Script. Whether it will be published or not, I don’t know, but I thought I’d put it here.

xD.

Well-meaning Guardian readers against the war, the Sectarian Workers’ Party and Monopolise Resistance, or: why the Stop the War Coalition failed.
Look. I’m sorry, but I read the Guardian. I take after the time-honoured strain [...]