Justice Michael Kirby, about to retire from the High Court of Australia, emphasizes his most important discovery - love.Love for one another. Love for our community. Love for others everywhere in the world.Well, it's a way of talking. In some...

After reading some of the comments about Michael Foot, it seems to me the stance comrades take towards this man is often generational. Those like myself, who remember him mainly as a Minister in the 1976-79, Callagham government, and when Labour Party leader, are far more less forgiving than those who first became aware of Michael earlier in his career, when he was socialist agitator, editor ...

Michael Crick of Newsnight has obtained the minutes of a Tory Central Office meeting which reveals that there is a special "watch-list" of Tory PPCs who "have the potential to embarrass the party". Central Office high command are keeping an eye on them with the option of de-selection if necessary. They are also worried about "awkward associations". The Conservative Party high command is so

120 members of the present 785-strong European Parliament resigned before ending their term, usually to get another job in their national parliament or government. The high number has prompted a think-tank to suggest that the incoming MEPs should sign a public commitment to stay in office for the length of the mandate for which they are elected.

Michael Martin has made enough friends to stay on as Speaker, despite wading disastrously into the row over MPs' expenses Michael Martin failed his most serious test in the ancient office of Speaker of the Commons this week. With parliament facing its worst collective crisis of confidence in living memory he chose to make the bootlegged Daily Telegraph expenses CD the issue for outrage from t...

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This Is It! World Premiere of 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Tonight ...a message from Michael Moore Sunday, September 6th, 2009 Friends, Well, this is it! Tonight, at the Venice Film Festival, I will premiere my new movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story." After 16 months of production, I am proud to present this work of mine to you. It is unlike anything you'll see on the silver screen this...

There's love that declares itself quietly, love that speaks poetically, love that is longing, yearning, desperate, heartbroken. But this, here, is love soaring, triumphant, shouted to the rooftops; it's love that won't be denied. Does she love you? You better...

Today has been the lowest day for parliament I can remember. It has never crossed my mind we would ever see the day the Speaker of the House of Commons would be treated in such a way. Normally, members who shout at the Speaker, or across the Speaker, would have to apologise for their actions. Not today. Michael Martin has lost the confidence of the House and it was painful to watch. I love the Hou...

BBC NEWS | Africa | Obituary: Helen Suzman.Helen Suzman was a voice in the wilderness for much of her political career; pleading what must often have seemed a hopeless case. She did not achieve high office. She had none of...