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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Leveson: the messy truth about regulating the press
The big story in Britian’s media this week has been the publication of the Leveson Report into the press. This comes from Lord Justice Leveson’s extensive inquiries into abuses perpetrated by Britain’s newspapers. The newspapers, of course, have been anxious … Continue reading
The gorilla of London’s government
The elephant in the room, referring to an issue everybody can see but won’t talk about, is one of our most irritating cliches – almost as bad the perfect storm, used to mean trouble on more than one front. So I … Continue reading
The hollowness at the heart of the Church of England
“We have some explaining to do,” said Rowan Williams, the outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury, after the General Synod of the Church of England failed to endorse the ordination of women by the requisite majority. That is certainly true. Many English … Continue reading
Hopeless in Gaza
The Gaza Strip isn’t a big place. You can walk across it in an hour or so. I know because I’ve done it. That was in 1979. I had just graduated, and a group of us from Cambridge were volunteers … Continue reading
The dark side of evidence-based policy
Speaking at a Lib Dem conference in the Coalition’s earlier days Linda Jack, a Lib Dem activist, called for a commitment to “evidence-based policy”. She was interrupted by strong applause from the floor. Ms Jack is a feisty activist, but … Continue reading
Posted in Politics UK, Public Services
Tagged Ben Goldacre, Evan Harris, Evidence-based policy
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BBC crisis – should it be radically reorganised?
The British political and media establishment hunts in a pack. They pick one issue, everybody attacks it at once…and then they swiftly move on to the next. There is no time for proper critical analysis, or maintenance of aim over … Continue reading
Posted in Politics UK
Tagged BBC, management, organisation structures, Savile affair
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The US election -why does the world hate the Republicans?
I do not advise citizens of other countries how to vote. It’s very bad manners. But there’s something very striking about viewing today’s US elections from outside that country: how few foreigners support the Republicans. This is unsurprising amongst my … Continue reading
My heart attack
Last Monday, three days ago now, I lay, conscious, on an operating table at St George’s hospital, Tooting. A tube had been inserted into my artery in the right arm at the wrist, through which dyes and then wires were inserted. … Continue reading