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The problem with some laws is not what is said on the statute book but how they are applied. Over recent years, we have seen many occasions where the police and the CPS, by their practice, have stretched the laws far beyond that which Parliament had intended. I wonder when Parliamentarians were debating the anti-terrorism legislation they ever foresaw the possibility of being taken to court by Ice...

The rumours are true. Ken Clarke is coming back to shadow Peter Mandelson. And, would you believe it, it was all the brilliant idea of that strategic genius George Osborne himself! So let's not be childish about this ... Many years ago, at school, the smart sarcastic thing was to scratch your chin and make references to Jimmy Hill "itchy chin" and "chinny reckon" if s...

I am aware that there is a flame war going on various blogs notably OH and DK on the subject of Israel/Palestine/Hamas/right to self defence etc etc. Somewhere along the line the LPUK has been drawn into this dispute, OH has felt it neccessary to resign his membership of the LPUK, I am not sure why as the LPUK has not made any pronouncements on this subject at all. DK has taken some fairly forthri...

So we now know that David Cameron sometimes feels like shaking Gordon Brown. The great ‘clunking fist’ should not be too worried though, we all know that it is actually ‘Dave’ who shakes all the time, in fact he has not stopped ‘wobbling’ for months. Yesterday we witnessed Mr Cameron’s latest wobble as, once again, he moved (or was he pushed?) ...

Value for money Tories are delighted that according to the Evening Standard today Caroline Spelman will be exonerated. However as Cameron gleefully retains her place in the Shadow Cabinet could he please let the tax payer know what she does that would warrant a Nanny or a p.a.? According to They Work for You .com not a lot. Caroline Spelman MP has.. Spoken in 3 debates in the last y...

The cash ISA allowance is £3600 per annum but take-up of the tax break is low. Anyone over 16 can open one - but sadly, only about 7.4 million opened cash ISAs in 2007/8 out of an adult population of some 42 million. If you had opened a cash ISA every year since 1997, you would have paid in £39600, and of course your pot itself would be larger thanks to the interest accruing ta...

Newsnight's Michael Crick has got hold of an internal Conservative party memo which reveals that officials have been discussing how to deal with flaky parliamentary candidates. Care needs to be taken over the candidates that have the potential to embarrass the party – there will now be a fortnightly meeting to assess the watch-list of candidates ... The public output eg blogs, websites,...

The Wall Street Journal thinks Europe's trust in Gazprom is dangerously naive. Juan Cole blogs about the global implications of Israel-Palestine on political unrest. The Jerusalem Post wants Turkey to pick a side in the conflict. Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar says Mumbai terror shouldn't hurt Indian stock markets. Johann Hari says pirates aren't justified, but they do have their r...

I don't think it's just us, many blogs are very quiet recently. I don't know if it's down to the great recession giving us an endless amount of boring news coverage too dull to blog about or if everyone has a case of post-Xmas laziness. Whatever it is, this blog will be back and alive once I return from NYC on Monday. Cheerio until then, I'll leave this blog in the safe ha...