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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
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 threatened...
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
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
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 awesome revelations could...
Does Second Life help politics?
I'm not an expert on this subject, but I'm fascinated to watch how Second Life is developing and making a niche in politics. This is an internet-based virtual world where "residents" can interact with each other and buy virtual property and services...
Meeting up with my blogging buddies
I'm looking forward to meeting up with my blogging buddies - and a few more - later today at the Adam Smith Institute event "The Impact of the New Media". I know this blogger is going to be there, as well as Croydonian, and I shall be able to meet Tim Worstall who is...
What is the plastic bag answer?
Should our supermarkets follow the example set by our European neighbours and stop giving out free flimsy plastic bags? How quickly could you adapt to taking your own reusable bags? I reckon fairly quickly, that was the experience in the Republic of Ireland after a...
What was your best pitch?
I'm not sure we could all get away with it, storming off from a business meeting in a huff and then being pursued to return and make a presentation - and still end up winning the contract. Roger Mavity did this, it's one of the anecdotes included in a book he has...