The Week in Review: Dead Elvis
Ed Miliband, Syria, GMB, lobbying bill, David Cameron
The week in political blogging
Syria continues to dominate the political blogging world, as opinions divide over the wisdom of tactical strikes against Syrian targets.
The Political Week Online: Back to school
The post-summer political world resumes unchanged. Arguments kick off about Labour’s relationship with trade unions. Iain Duncan Smith is accused of being crap. Tony Blair advocates war.
Comment: Labour should not become pacifists on Syria
Standing by on Syria would be a betrayal of Labour and Ed Miliband’s claim to national leadership.
Comment: Syria shows MPs need independent analysis of intelligence
The spectre of Iraq looms so large that a dramatic change now needs to be made to the way MPs discuss security issues, especially following the vote against Syria intervention against the regime of Assad while the US Congress debates the same issue.
The Political Week Online: From Cyrus to Syria
From Miley Cyrus’s bum cheeks to war in Syria; from David Cameron’s parliamentary humiliation to Dan Hodges leaving the Labour party, the internet has been a hot mess of news, views, and utter nonsense.
Comment: Intervention in Syria comes not too soon, but too late
It’s a grim reality that it often takes the credible threat of force to even get tin-pot thugs like Assad to the table.
Snap verdict on Commons Syria motion
Three quick thoughts on the Commons motion for intervention in Syria
Syria Commons motion in full
Read the government’s motion on intervention in Syria, in full and unedited.
Comment: The anti-war left’s response to Syria has been teenage and irresponsible
Syria is not Iraq. Calling supporters of intervention ‘warmongers’ is totally inappropriate. We need a better standard of debate from the anti-war left.
