American blogger in longest contempt case

American blogger in longest contempt case

More new from America, where a blogger has spent more than six months behind  bars in California for refusing to hand over video footage of a violent San Francisco demo a a G8 summit meeting. It is the longest contempt of court sentence served by someone in...
Washington’s latest sex scandal

Washington’s latest sex scandal

Dick Morris, the man credited with Bill Clinton’s presidential victory and UKIP’s outstanding success in the 2004 Euro Election, is named   as a client of a former Washington madam who  prosecutors want to gag. Deborah Palfrey has...
An evening at the American Embassy

An evening at the American Embassy

  There was a time when most of my invites were for those dull parties where household products and jewellery were sold. I now seem to have been elevated on to another list. Totally out of the blue, I have this evening been invited to the American...
The small man can win too

The small man can win too

I do admire the small man who stands up to the giants of industry after suffering an injustice, those David and Goliath stories, like motorist David Bond who sent the bailiffs to Tesco when they refused to compensate him fully for damage to his van...
Lord Levy and press reports

Lord Levy and press reports

I asked barrister and parliamentary hopeful James Tumbridge to give me his professional insights on the latest Lord Levy revelations in today’s Guardian. It’s really dramatic, eye-popping stuff. He wonders if these...