The Jewish Chronicle today reports that senior Tories have assured Tzipi Livni that if they form the next government they will change the law on universal jurisdiction. Kenneth Clarke (pictured, left) and Edward Garnier (pictured, right), MPs for Rushcliffe and Harborough respectively, are...
The newspapers today dwell on the government’s summoning the Israeli Ambassador to the UK to explain the use of British passports by assassins in the murder of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month. The papers report Israel’s ambassador’s summons to the foreign office to “share...
The BBC carries an analysis by Jonathan Marcus, the BBC News Diplomatic Correspondent, on the murder of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh asking if his murder is ‘an own goal for Israel?’ The article reflects on the reactions of British and Israeli politicians and media to the information being...
Among articles printed in last week’s special issue of the New Statesman magazine on Islam, is this piece by David Blanchflower (pictured) on the effects of the slow down of economic growth and the problems of underemployment on British Muslims, particularly youth. He wrote:‘The National...
The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Trevor Phillips (pictured), has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Lord Adonis, expressing the EHRC’s disquiet over the government’s introduction of body scanners at airports in the UK and questioning the policy’s...
Voting for your preferred reforms in the Power 2010 campaign, created to change the way we do politics in the UK, ends next week on February 22nd. You can select between support for reforming the FPTP electoral system to PR, a written constitution, the scrapping of national databases that...
The Times editorial today critiques the Establishment cabal responsible for disparaging the judgment of the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger (pictured), in his ruling in the Binyam Mohamed case last week. The ruling has seen the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, Home Secretary, Alan Johnson,...
Philip Johnston (pictured) in the Daily Telegraph today argues the case for a change to the universal jurisdiction provisions that would allow war criminals to enter the UK without fear of facing arrest and prosecution, citing ‘national interest’. He writes: ‘…the central importance to...
Dr Chris Allen of the University of Birmingham, reviewed two recent reports on the rise in hate crimes affecting British Muslim and Jewish communities and the findings of the British Social Attitudes survey, in the Daily Telegraph on Friday. He wrote: ‘Last year saw the highest number of...
Hansard on Wednesday records answers given to written questions posed by Lord Ahmed of Rotherham (pictured) and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi to the Department of Communities and Local Government on the Sufi Muslim Council and its receipt of public funds. From Hansard: Lord Ahmed: To ask Her...
