Autocracy

Baby P and the legal politics of parole which shames his memory

Baby P was Peter Connelly. He was born on 1st March 2006, and died on 3rd August 2007. That's him above. A lovely little blond haired, blue-eyed baby boy, reaching out to explore the big wide world and smiling for…

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Ukraine: no grave is large enough to contain the spirit of freedom

March 3, 2022
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President Putin is turning cities to rubble, making life unlivable, and bombing civilians to kingdom come. The sacred Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial to the 33,000 Ukrainian Jews who were summarily…

Brexit, the Bible and democracy: the judgment of God is the voice of the people

June 27, 2016
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As the dust settles... Perhaps that's a premature denouement. As the winds of Brexit crack their cheeks throughout Europe, and the refiner's fire purges the political parties – if…

Real Madrid and the offence of the cross

November 30, 2014
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It was a really tiny cross. Honestly, it was barely noticeable in all that pearly pizzazz and gaudy gold. The Crown of Alfonso XII has been a sacred symbol of…