Benjamin Gray

Labour Losing It: Was it really a good idea to rip up the Sun and insult its readership? I am sure...

Oct 1st

Slightly shocked at the nonsense coming out of the mouths of Polanski’s defenders. Rape is...

Oct 1st

Labour Losing It

Oct 1st

Will not be at Conference this year owing to an absolutely insane workload, the result of a burning...

Sep 30th

Marr was Wrong: There is still reverberation about whether Andrew Marr was right to ask Gordon Brown...

Sep 30th

Hmm… doesn’t strike me that Labour’s response to the Sun’s headline is going...

Sep 30th

Marr was Wrong

Sep 30th

If you use the phrase “Gulags for Slags” are you really that interested in helping deal...

Sep 29th

Erm, it’s not “yours”, as my post here demonstrates RT @KerryMP Labour...

Sep 29th

The Sun’s daily readership - 8 million. Twitter users - 6million globally. Support for new...

Sep 29th

Don’t think Marr was right to ask about anti-depressants. May blog about it later.

Sep 29th

On the ground at the London Olympic site.

Sep 29th

Tories would back troop surge in Afghanistan, says Liam fox http://bit.ly/4Gb582 (via...

Sep 29th

Philip Blond: “Conservatives are different because they’re the only ones that care about...

Sep 29th

Question to self. Why am I leaving a wife and two children for a week in Brighton at the Labour...

Sep 26th

History as the Engine of Renewal

Sep 26th

History as the Engine of Renewal: Simon Schama: It is the great glory of the project inaugurated by...

Sep 26th

At War with the Truth: Michael Yon encounters the incompetence of British military-media relations:...

Sep 25th

At War with the Truth

Sep 25th

RT @gabrielmilland Michael Yon accuses Bob Ainsworth of lying and explains the sheer scale of MoD...

Sep 25th

Quote of the Day: In my view the facts of the case do not matter. It is the principle which counts,...

Sep 23rd

Quote of the Day

Sep 23rd

Pseudo-Criminality

Sep 23rd

Pseudo-Criminality: In her own Marie Antoinette moment Baroness Scotland insists that what she did...

Sep 23rd

Why Baroness Scotland Must Go

Sep 22nd

Quick poll: how many members of the NUS (@nusuk) National Executive have actually read the...

Sep 22nd

Why Baroness Scotland Must Go: What sympathy one may have for Baroness Scotland’s predicament is...

Sep 22nd

Brown on Scotland: “I have concluded no further action is necessary” (via @paulwaugh) -...

Sep 22nd

Baroness Scotland is now the “overstayer”. (via @torybear) #sackscotland

Sep 22nd

I’d have thought it was a pretty basic requirement that the government’s top lawyer know...

Sep 22nd

Fail to see how partial recount of Afghan votes remotely useful. Partial recount as absurd as being...

Sep 21st

Glenn Beck on Healthcare

Sep 21st

Glenn Beck on Healthcare: I’ll let the video speak for itself: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon...

Sep 21st

What’s Wrong with the Right: Sam Tanenhaus discusses his book The Death of Conservatism, dissecting...

Sep 21st

What’s Wrong with the Right

Sep 20th

These cynical false accusations of racism are utterly unforgivable, demeaning and diminishing the...

Sep 20th

James Macintyre should fuck off to a BNP or HT meeting and do something about the real racists...

Sep 20th

Great, one of our chief officers of the law is either ignorant or contemptuous of it, yet sees no...

Sep 20th

Oh for fuck’s sake: Barack Obama described _himself_ as having an exotic background. Grow up...

Sep 19th

The world is going green this weekend, as we protest against AN & IR regime. Glad that the...

Sep 19th

Winning the Battle, Losing the War against the Far-Right: Harry’s Place offers a good critique of...

Sep 19th

You fool! I am not gold! #internationalTalkLikePyritesDay (I’ll get my coat) (via @MTPT)

Sep 19th

Winning the Battle, Losing the War against...

Sep 19th

Political Irony, no. 94

Sep 18th

Just coming back from the opening night of Othello seated behind no less a personage than Speaker...

Sep 18th

Shana tova everyone

Sep 18th

Thanks for the #ff s guys and girls

Sep 18th

Political Irony, no. 94: How strange it is that this week has seen abortion restriction campaigner...

Sep 18th

Jimmy Carter is Right

Sep 18th

#ff @gift_of_the_fab @smithsky1979 @timeshighered @bengoldacre @toryrascal @dailydish

Sep 18th

Jimmy Carter is Right: Jimmy Carter may well have overstated his case about the racial undertones of...

Sep 18th

The Surreal Machinery of Death: My opposition to the death penalty has always been a practical one,...

Sep 17th

Mmmm… Pirates of Penzance in the pub, and now HMS Pinafore on the bus. Will do #followfriday...

Sep 17th

Incidentally, if you can sing and are interested in doing a show in November, send me a message.

Sep 17th

The Surreal Machinery of Death

Sep 17th

Suitably battered after a @britmilfit session and now settling into an evening of America’s...

Sep 14th

RT @attackerman Think I have to disagree w @abuaardvark, UBL tape is desperate and shows how fucked...

Sep 14th

The Absurd Abuse of Stephen Farrell

Sep 14th

What perverse mind thought it was acceptable for government policy to accept hearsay and unproven...

Sep 14th

The Absurd Abuse of Stephen Farrell: In the wake of the semi-successful rescue of New York Times...

Sep 14th

RT @gift_of_the_fabGood letter to use here (drafted by @MTPT) if you were planning on writing to...

Sep 14th

.@sonofmuff which is totally irrelevant when groups like Searchlight focus on the actions of the...

Sep 12th

Possibly the worst piece written about the Farrell rescue yet: http://bit.ly/eohnO

Sep 12th

Bit late, but #followfriday @toryrascal @torybear @andrewsullivan @keeprightonline @gift_of_the_fab...

Sep 11th

Spent the day touring the Olympic construction site.

Sep 11th

The Vetting and Barring scheme means that yesterday was my last day of school talks. I’m not...

Sep 11th

I know who @keeprightonline is. I’m drinking his pint

Sep 9th

If you’re interested in drinks tomorrow, message me for details.

Sep 8th

Eroding Justice

Sep 8th

Save Election Night!: Some consitutencies, my own unfortunately included, have decided to be...

Sep 8th

Can we please ban actors and actresses from getting Botox? I’ve seen Thunderbirds characters...

Sep 8th

Eroding Justice: A very good letter in the Times today explaining the problems faced by the Criminal...

Sep 8th

Been at an evening with Sir Michael Mansfield QC. Very interesting, especially the guest apperance...

Sep 8th

Semantic Torture

Sep 7th

Save Election Night!

Sep 7th

Wow. What a berk. Damien #hirstisacock. After all, he’s made more than enough money from...

Sep 7th

Prisoners Should Blog: A new blog started up last month written by a convicted murderer. He killed...

Sep 7th

.@DamonLord I’d criminalise Big Brother if I didn’t support human rights. Bet Orwell...

Sep 7th

Still, this helps put things into perspective http://bit.ly/11EAV - many thanks to @gift_of_the_fab...

Sep 7th

Why don’t we use Israel-Palestine arguments as a power source? They generate more heat than...

Sep 7th

It’s a shame that wilful ignorance can’t be made a criminal offence. @jackofkent - can...

Sep 7th

Seriously, how much crap can be generated about I-P? Is there a machine that comes up with this...

Sep 7th

At some point this week I intend to update my blogroll. It’s long overdue.

Sep 7th

RT @paulwaugh: Do newspapers rip off bloggers? Or do bloggers rip off newspapers? Or are both true?...

Sep 7th

This ISP cutoff for pirates looks like an extremely stupid idea that will only backfire. Credit to...

Sep 7th

RT @isaby: Please RT Join the campaign to Save General Election Night! http://tinyurl.com/kktovb...

Sep 7th

You would think Kevan Jones MP would learn to shut up. Apparently not http://bit.ly/29xcT6

Sep 7th

RT @paulwaugh David Cameron must be delighted to be attacked by Gaddafi’s son as...

Sep 7th

Semantic Torture: In a debate, if you find yourself in the inconvenient position of being factually...

Sep 7th

Just got a 9/11 conspiracy theorist posting on my blog. Oh joy.

Sep 7th

Prisoners Should Blog

Sep 6th

RT @volantay: don’t be surprised at lack of Orwell talk in BB, a housemate once said it should...

Sep 6th

Starter for 10 - what is the significance of 3rd September 1752 in England?

Sep 6th

Light reading has arrived http://yfrog.com/0y2epij

Sep 4th

Defending the City

Sep 4th

Google’s book search may be a disaster for scholors http://tinyurl.com/nusm4g (via...

Sep 3rd

Defending the City: Anatole Kaletsky injects some perspective into the debate on the future of the...

Sep 3rd

Eric Joyce : “Brown Doesn’t Empathise with the Military” (via @guidofawkes)

Sep 3rd

Trying to start a debate on #Afghanistan here http://bit.ly/HLjRM

Sep 2nd

Mmm… E Minor Shiraz 2005 http://bit.ly/GAL7O

Sep 2nd

Why We are in Afghanistan: My previous post should not be interpreted as opposing NATO’s mission in...

Sep 2nd

I don’t normally solicit comments like this, but I’d like to see a bit more discussion...

Sep 2nd

Sell or close The Independent, urges rebel INM shareholder http://bit.ly/gQqjJ (via @politicshomeuk)

Sep 2nd

Tweet yourself to a new circle. Russell Stannard’s advice for Twitter novices in higher...

Sep 2nd

Afghanistan: Harsh Realities

Sep 1st

Why We are in Afghanistan

Sep 1st

Why the left once opposed the minimum wage http://tinyurl.com/l6e2vh (via @bbcpolitics)

Sep 1st

Afghanistan: Harsh Realities: Michael Yon produces another excellent dispatch from his latest embed...

Sep 1st