Tony Blair's former chief of staff argues that we have to engage with the Taliban, just as we have to engage with terrorists and insurgents around the world.

The Guardian doesn't like GB News, and doesn't understand why the public does.

Rather than take one article to pieces I've used a few as an expectorant; getting something off my chest.

Gaby Hinsliff considers the Tories' higher and further education reforms, and suggests they're part of a wider programme.

This was a piece in the Guardian on the 20th May 2021. A sociologist/political economist argues that Johnson is successful because he's no longer bound by the dictates of a Treasury view (and system) created by Gordon Brown.

The Guardian's Rafael Behr condemns the Home Office's administration of the scheme for EU migrants who wish to claim settled status. He makes use of a number of claims which I don't think withstand scrutiny.

In the aftermath of the 2021 Holyrood election the former prime minister published pieces in the Guardian and Herald, arguing that we need to reconfigure the British constitution. Primarily this is a response to the threat posed to the UK by Scottish separatism. But his argument is that the problem is wider than that.

Bunting has written a book on the crisis in care, identifying what she thinks are the causes of the crisis in the system. This is a response to her Guardian article on the topic.

This is an interesting Guardian piece by George Monbiot. He condemns the Conservative Party for centralising power in the hands of both government ministers and the wealthy. The latter have also been allowed to enrich themselves through the scandalously inept provision of public goods and services. He argues in favour of a more participatory democracy.

This is my response to Zephaniah's article in the Guardian, 13th October 2020.