"Why can't my left hand give money to my right hand?" wondered Wittgenstein. Bizarre proposals to jump-start the stalled private finance initiative, discussed in Wednesday's Society Guardian, resemble the left hand writing out a deed of gift while the right hand pens a receipt. A scheme whose supposed rationale was using the private sector to shelter the taxpayer from risk may now be rev...

Possibly one of the funniest thing I've seen all day. Derek Draper's new book is launched on Thursday and you can already buy a second-hand copy at knocked down price on Amazon. Second hand before its even new. That's very spechul! Hat Tip: Donal Blaney

In the British media, no-one has ever gone cap-in-hand for anything except Dennis Healey in 1976 to the IMF (who is never described as going in any other way). Until now, that is, when Gordon of Harry's Place says: Norway [has gone] cap in hand to the US Federal Reserve for a £2.9 billion lifeline The mind boggles. Norway, with a sovereign wealth fund with hundreds of billions of dollar...

The bigger issue, however, is whether the bitterness generated over the last week in the hand-to-hand combat between the pair lingers through the remainder of the primaries and into the general election

Comment from The Daily Telegraph Simon Heffer: Barack Obama can't fit it Tim Montgomerie: A strong family and small state ought to go hand in hand

No excuse for poor hand hygiene - zero tolerance policy launched.

An article here argues that because Twitter has announced it will take down content it believes contravenes local laws, the company itself is not instrumental in that; it’s all the fault of the governments concerned. The thing is, the distinction...

An article by Professor Paul Heelas in New Humanist begins by setting up a polarity between two alternative sources of ethical validation: on the one hand, the realm of the sacred, the transcendent, what is god-given; on the other hand,...

Police hand their findings into last year's Labour donation row to prosecutors, who will decide if charges are brought.

I am pleased that Brown has finally taken the right steps and not only taken responsibility for the smears scandal but also publicly said sorry. I am sure it was quite humiliating for him but it was the right thing to do. No doubt if he had taken immediate action and offered this apology straight away he could have avoided some of the hoopla that has gone hand in hand with this issue. I can’...