Monthly Archives: June 2005

Afghanistan is no longer a haven for terror, the Taliban is history, and the Afghan people are free. (George W. Bush – August 2003) Via Bloggerheads and Think Progress (which has a number of other similar links) Helicopter brought down … Continue reading →

Farewell to Essaouira! Sunset from our flat. Islamic terrorists attack the US. Iraq did not carry out attacks against the US, despite a decade of bombing raids over Iraq by US aircraft. The US invades Iraq. Those who resist and … Continue reading →

As I move inside from the sun kissed beaches of Essaouira, I note that New Labour whips are supposed to be threatening dissident backbenchers that they will withhold all-expenses-paid official trips to exotic locations unless they promise to toe the … Continue reading →

We arrived in Marrakech on Tuesday and stayed at a terrific Riad owned by two Scots, David and Ross. If you are ever in Marrakech I could not recommend their hospitality at Riad Arahanta too highly. Ross took us the … Continue reading →

Well, tomorrow we fly to Marrakech, and then on Wednesday to Essaouira for the music festival. The way the weather has been the last 3 days, Marrakech promises to be a bit cooler. For those following the saga of ‘Hemmingate’, … Continue reading →

Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming reveals that his wife is “not best pleased.”

The very model of a modern Labour Minister: A tribute to Charles Clarke. (via TalkPolitics). Next week Mrs P. and myself are heading off to Essaouira in Morocco for the annual Gnawa World Music Festival. Headlining this year is the … Continue reading →

Never mind the legal issues around Michael Jackson, there is another legal scandal hopefully working its way to a conclusion in Mississippi. The scandal is that it has taken 41 years for the state of Mississippi to bring a murder … Continue reading →

” In truth, corruption has seldom been a barrier to foreign aid and loans: look at the money we have given, directly and through the World Bank and IMF, to Mobutu, Suharto, Marcos, Moi and every other premier-league crook.” George … Continue reading →

Birmingham has 11 Members of Parliament. Nine of them are Labour, one is a Lib Dem… and one is a Tory. So when a leading Birmingham Tory Councillor says the City’s TEN MPs should “get off their butts” and start … Continue reading →