Uncategorised<\/a> <\/a>\n<\/li>\n <\/a>\n<\/li>\n <\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n BY ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS<\/strong><\/p>\n I have a piece in the Saturday edition of Lebanon\u2019s Daily Star<\/em> looking at the motivations behind Anders Breivik\u2019s attacks last month.\u00a0 Click here<\/a> if you\u2019re interested.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n standpoint-logo <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Following on from my post yesterday about the imploding climate change lobby, here\u2019s a quick recommendation: there\u2019s an excellent piece<\/a> in today\u2019s Spectator\u00a0by Matt Ridley on the part played by the blogosphere in challenging the mainstream media\u2019s supine reporting on the issue.<\/p>\n anonymous<\/a> <\/p>\n Uncategorised<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n standpoint-logo <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In a \u201ckeynote address\u201d to the Bar Conference yesterday, Sir Nicolas Bratza noted that delays are steadily increasing at the European Court of Human Rights. Bratza is now the third most senior of the Strasbourg judges and a vice-president.<\/p>\n anonymous<\/a> <\/p>\n Uncategorised<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n standpoint-logo <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n My colleagues at The Independent on Sunday had some fun the other day putting together a list of 50 myths about modern Britain that required debunking, under the heading The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes<\/a>.<\/p>\n anonymous<\/a> <\/p>\n Uncategorised<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n standpoint-logo <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBoris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum\u2014\u2019the people\u2019s vote\u2019\u2014there may even be a chance of that too.\u201d<\/p>\n Richard Cockett<\/a> <\/p>\n Westminster<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIn the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York\u201d<\/p>\n Patrick Heren<\/a> <\/p>\n Text<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal<\/p>\n
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