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John Rentoul: Peter Goldsmith was right
Thursday 01 July 2010
The Independent, the Guardian and the Daily Mail still* disagree with the Iraq war. This is, apparently, news.
Mary Dejevsky: It's time to grab back our gardens
Thursday 10 June 2010
Sketch: Richmond Park
Friday 07 May 2010
Boeings before midnight, Airbuses at dawn: that is the pattern of departures from Heathrow. In the first hour after the polls closed at 10pm on Thursday night, around 7,000 people fled the country by air from Heathrow – mostly aboard the stream of wide-bodied Boeings heading east and south. Many of them flew directly overhead the Twickenham sports hall where votes for Richmond Park were being counted.
Simon Carr: Zac's like an amateur but it's usually the professionals that win
Tuesday 20 April 2010
If you want to be an analyst you must undergo psychoanalysis yourself
Thursday 15 April 2010
Psychoanalysis is the study of the unconscious mind, and if you want to study it, you have to have the courage to investigate your own. All trainee psychoanalysts are required to lie on the stereotypical sofa and undergo an intensive personal analysis for a minimum of three years.
The City Diary: Sir Tom Hunter: Big losses hit entrepreneur’s charity giving
Sunday 28 February 2010
The glamorous heiress who chose a seamier world
Thursday 28 January 2010
As a scion of one of Britain’s most influential, monied and maverick dynasties, Robin Whitehead would have been pushing at an open door had she wished to enter the worlds of business and politics which have become the natural domains of the Goldsmith clan.
The key questions Blair will face over Iraq
Thursday 28 January 2010
Tony Blair makes his long-awaited appearance before the Iraq Inquiry tomorrow. These are some of the key questions he is likely to face.
The Sketch: Legality is what the best lawyer says it is
Thursday 28 January 2010
Anthony Scrivener: A lawyer's view of Goldsmith's evidence
Thursday 28 January 2010
An opinion from counsel is just that and no more – an "opinion". With many legal problems there is no black and white solution. The opinion expressed may depend on the facts of the case, and in some cases it is necessary to resolve differences between the judgments in other relevant cases.
Goldsmith: why I changed my mind on Iraq
Thursday 28 January 2010
Goldsmith changed mind on war legality
Wednesday 27 January 2010
Former attorney general Lord Goldsmith today described how he gave the "green light" for military action against Iraq just a month after expressing concerns about the legality of the war.
Richard Ingrams's Week: Was Cook sacked on the orders of George Bush?
Saturday 23 January 2010
When he appeared before the Chilcot inquiry on Wednesday, Jack Straw, they said, became the first serving cabinet minister to express "deep regret" about the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the thousands of deaths that resulted.
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