Well – what a storm! The most senior cleric in Scotland, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, launches an impassioned attack on the government’s proposed gay mariage law. I have always been a relatively quiet supporter of same sax mariage if only to protect a couples right to legal protection similar to that offered to heterosexual marriage. I…
Well – I knew there were some pretty dodgy operations going on at News International but I didn’t think the payments to the police and other organisations were as extensive as they apparently are. In the past I was hearing rumours of hacking, dodgy payments and off course, sexual harrassment at the Sun but I was…
I am worried by the financial settlement for Greece. Although I think it is grossly unfair for Greeks to present the German Chancellor as Hitler there is an uncomfortable similarity between the position that we put Germany in after the First World War and what we are doing to the Greeks now. A nation and…
Standing in the rain waiting for a bus to to take me to complete my Christams shopping I used the text message advertised on the bus stops which enables you to know when the bus is coming. True – I got a few odd looks from the rural bus queue in Oxfordshire as I typed in…
I had a useful meeting with the Ambassador of Myanmar last week. He and his deputy were interested in the rule of law project I have established in Abu Dhabi and Palestine. This regime is now keen to change and have entered into meaningful discussions with Aung San Suu Kyi. So I am looking at…
