Here’s a very quick comment relating to two recent stories about democracy in Afghanistan and Sark.
First, our Foreign Secretary, David Miliband was on the Today programme talking about Afghanistan. When the interviewer asked him whether they’d be better off working with someone else instead of Karzai, Miliband said that he had to respect the choice [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 21, 2008
Democracy
February 8, 2008
Booze
This week has seen a load of noise about alcohol, and in particular ‘binge drinking’ and teenage drinking. As always, the complicated truth can’t be allowed to get in the way of soundbites and simplistic analysis.
First, there’s the “tipping point” that Jacqui Smith has been touting. ‘Where more 13 year olds have drunk alcohol than [...]
