Report suggests Muammer Gaddafi's son relied on tutors and research assistants to complete thesis at London University

Alison Weir has the following letter in the Guardian, referring to my article on anti-Semitism and the left: Andy Newman (Comment, 26 September) attempts to use “an article” by me to support his thesis. It’s unfortunate he apparently didn’t read my 4,765-word article, about which he writes: “Weir implied, with no evidence, that Israel is at

Tony Blair's close relationship with one of Col Muammar Gaddafi's sons - Saif al-Islam - who is now being hunted for possible war crimes, is highlighted in previously secret documents discovered in Libya.

Mr. Shaxson’s thesis. The BBC hasn’t made a documentary about his book, Treasure Islands, one of the 100,000 or so books published in the UK last year, because the BBC is in the pay of the tax havens. Or something. No doubt they won’t make one about the Courageous State either for the same reason.

Wow, that was a howitzer of a performance from Boris Johnson on the Today Progamme earlier. And all his shells were aimed at Downing St. Not only did the Mayor of London slander Cameron’s Broken Society thesis, not only did he support Diane Abbott against the jibes of Tory HQ, but he also committed the gravest act of all, given the current climate. He lined up with Labour in attacking the co...

I hate to disagree with other libertarians. But there's a group of them who are getting the banking system really wrong, and their superficially attractive thesis is causing all manner of confusion. These are the Rothbardian campaigners who claim that fractional-reserve banking is theft. They say that this evil and sinister system must be wiped off the planet. So what exactly do they oppose? ...

Although he never says so directly, Owen Jones’ Chavs shows us the economic base of Blue Labour. Of course, if your experience of change has been pretty uniformly of change for the worse, then you will come to value tradition, to favour the known over the unknown, and to be sceptical about such change. You will become small-c conservative.

One solution posited. Tastes will vary of course. This is neither an endorsement or a rejection of the thesis by me. Just letting you know it’s out there.

After the publication of his new book, Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class, Owen Jones has become something of a darling of the mainstream media. (MSM) Approached to write newspaper columns for the Sun, Guardian, Independent, appear on Radio 4s Today programe and various other media outlets. Although one should not be to sniffy about this, as it is impossible to deny the thesis Owen makes...

This is an age of ideas, not of ideology. That is the thesis of Amol Rajan’s enthralling overview of the intellectual trends in contemporary British politics, published in today’s Independent. As part of the piece, Rajan has interviewed Maurice Glasman, who gives a far clearer account of 'Blue Labour' than he did during his recent comments to the Italian press. Communities mu...