Flying the flag
Egged on by their BBC interviewers, a number of pundits and Iraqi exiles have been criticising the use of the American flag as an “execution hood” over the statute of Saddam. It was “inappropriate” and...
View ArticleFlying the Flag, Part 2
Defences of US marines raising the US flag in Baghdad may have been missing the point. Before that statue fell, the topic was war. As soon as it hit the ground, the question is “What next?” There are...
View ArticleThe Sound of Silence
Eason Jordan, CNN’s chief news executive, confesses to covering up torture and murder by the Saddam regime in the NYT (free registration required; link via The New Republic and Instapundit). Jordan...
View ArticleThe Honourable Member for Baghdad Central
The Daily Telegraph is running an impressive scoop of documents allegedly proving that George Galloway MP was in the pay of Saddam’s regime. George Galloway has long been ridiculed as the “Member for...
View ArticleTory infighting
Crispin Blunt MP, a frontbench Conservative spokesman on trade, has resigned and called for Iain Duncan-Smith to be deposed as party leader. Having the largest share of the vote, more councillors and...
View Article“Euro means end of NHS”
The European Central Bank has said that joining the Euro would mean the end of the free NHS, reports The Times (we do not link to the Times). Apparently the April edition monthly report of the ECB said...
View ArticleSamizdata slogan of the day
In the short term, foundation hospitals will worsen inequalities, as they would have easier access to capital than other hospitals, enabling investment in better facilities and more advanced services....
View ArticleReport of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life
Others already having remarked that it is a slow news day here on Samizdata, I share the following extract by Harry Turtledove in the spirit of a sunny Friday evening. Have a good weekend. 30th...
View ArticleSamizdata slogan of the day
I have to pay 40% tax and everything. Which I don’t agree with. I can’t vote, why should I pay to a government I don’t necessarily agree with? – Charlotte Church, chairing BBC2’s Have I got News for...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
A referendum on joining the Euro will cause “all-out internal civil war” – Dennis McShane, Minister for Europe I never referred to… [civil war] in the Labour Party. Calling for a referendum… would...
View ArticleWhat next for Mail Rail?
The Royal Mail is to sell off the Post Office Underground Railway, better known as Mail Rail. For the uninitiated, this is basically the Crossrail project (the East-West rail link across London that is...
View ArticleThe UN report is not “well-meaning”
The UN report is not “well-meaning.” It’s an effort to use the hysteria of privileged Western women to slip through global censorship in service of autocrats and oligarchs at home and abroad. The...
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