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...
Richard D North.
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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...
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...
Three special young Britons
I never met Sergeant Lee "Jonno" Johnson, Natasha Richardson or Jade Goody but I am proud of them. I suppose other countries can produce such "types", and that if I were American or French I could point to similarly moving or touching personal stories. But still: Blimey! Read more...
JCHR’s feeble report on policing protest
I know, I know, it's the parliamentary committee on human rights. So it's bound to fret about whether the police bend over backwards to safeguard protest. But even so, this new report does rather miss the point. Read more...
Julie Myerson’s gift to Jake
The Myerson family saga is a perfect media event. I can think of no-one who is losing. Jake, especially, stands a good chance of benefiting. Read more...
Rachel Getting Married (2009)
Neurotic young women closely observed make for great movies. Such films set themselves a splendid challenge: can they keep the audience roughly on-side? Kym - our anti-heroine in this piece - is a perfect case in point. Read more...
Depression or recession: how bad?
It is commonly said that we are facing "the worst" recession or depression for decades or even a century or so. If this is true, how much does it matter? Read more...
Crosby isn’t the worst rat this week
I have no idea how much of the Banking Crisis can be blamed on Sir James Crosby, but there is certainly an unseemly rush to blame him for everything now. The Prime Minister, politicians, and journalists are all piling in and it's ugly. Read more...
Stay home, David Shukman of the BBC!
The Galapagos Islands are under threat from mass tourism and climate change, says David Shukman, reporting from them for the BBC's Today Programme this morning. Read more...