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Richard D North.

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Trollope, scandal and Parliament

Whenever there's an "Establishment" row one wonders why we can't have a Trollope now and where the comparisons are with The Warden and its tale of sinecures and ambition and media witch hunts and reformist humbug. The MPs' expenses row is no exception. Read more...

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17 May 2009

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Jon Snow’s righteous indignation

I never quite know whether Jon Snow is genuinely quaking with rage when he cranks up the aggression from time to time. Anyway, his outrage over MP's allowances is hard to take. Read more...

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12 May 2009

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On TV & Radio, Politics & campaigns

The Telegraph, class enemy

"Chandalier", "tennis court", "wisteria", "lawn". How lovely to talk dirty in the age of anti-posh. The Telegraph has been pandering to the worst prejudices of the British public. It has been bashing the wholly uninteresting spending habits of our MPs. Read more...

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12 May 2009

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RDN evidence to the JCHR on protest

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights is revisiting its inquiry into policing protest in the light of the G20 protest, the Iona School mass arrest and the Tamil takeover of Parliamentary Square. Here's what I sent in evidence. Read more...

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07 May 2009

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A photographer, a policeman and the State

Bob Quick had to resign because his lapse in security threatened a serious state operation. Why doesn't Steve Back, the photographer who exposed him, face the same opprobrium? Read more...

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10 April 2009

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Stupid policemen will need to explain themselves

Police still don't realise that they are now doing their jobs in a goldfish bowl. It's just as well there's plenty of video about when coppers seem thuggish and their bosses seem thick. Read more...

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09 April 2009

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The muddle over protest: lessons from G20

The recent G20 meeting went off without much fuss and with about the right approach to protest. But we need to be much more explicit about the rights of protestors and the police. Read more...

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06 April 2009

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RDN in the FT on capitalism

I had a letter in the Financial Times recently and I'm afraid it gave me rather a buzz. This is partly because attention at that level is always welcome, but also because my note appeared during the paper's quite sustained attampt to get its brain round the current crisis. Oh, and I think the letter said what I had been struggling to say for a while. Read more...

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06 April 2009

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Protestors won’t make us hate capitalism

Quite a bit of commentary suggests that extreme protest will become more common as The People feel themselves ignored by politicians who appease and bail-out capitalism. Tosh. Read more...

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26 March 2009

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