When designing a weapon, it is a good idea to imagine it falling into the wrong hands. The same principle applies when politicians ask for new powers: benefits of the advertised use must be weighed against the potential for misuse. There are legislative weapons so powerful that no government can be trusted with them. The …
Late Night opinion (video)
For the sake of the UK send Boris to the long grass – Owen Jones Guardian columnist
Brexit is the most important point in our postwar history, and our foreign secretary commands no respect in Europe. Enough is enough Please, Theresa May, for the sake of our country’s future, sack Boris Johnson. His continued presence as foreign secretary is a national humiliation. The influence of a leftwing Guardian columnist over the prime …
Rethinking the proposed law on ‘hate speech’
Supreme Court Nullifies Disputed Kenyan Election (video) – Council of Foreign Relations
Kenya's Supreme Court nullified the August 8 reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday and ordered new polls be held (The East African) in sixty days following a petition by opposition candidate Raila Odinga. The electoral commission claimed Kenyatta won with 54 percent of the vote (WaPo); Odinga accused the commission of irregularities (AP) in …

