PETER HITCHENS: What use is Ken against Mandy? They agree on everything
There’s the claim that Ken Clarke will be the Tory ‘secret weapon’ against Peter Mandelson. Shouldn’t a secret weapon be designed to destroy the target it’s deployed against? ...read
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Meddling state has picked the wrong target
There is almost always a popular argument for totalitarian measures, which is why freedom is increasingly hard to defend in our democracy.
SUZANNE MOORE: Waxed and flirty? I'd rather be a freemale
It says everything, surely, that women who choose to be single and independent should be dubbed ‘freemales’ in reports about their increasing numbers.
WILLIAM REES-MOGG: Can Obama pull us out of the mud?
Who will win? The recession or the President? The jobs of many British workers will depend on the winner being Barack Obama.
LIZ JONES: Like a puppy denied his basket, an adulterous man can be tamed
A mother from Bracknell has lost her appeal against a three-month jail sentence and subsequent deportation meted out to her by a Dubai court. Marnie Pearce’s offence was to commit adultery.
GREAT PENSIONS DIVIDE
MARK FIELD: I fear an explosion of anger over gold-plated public sector pensions - and we MPs must make the first sacrifices
Out in the real world beyond the Houses of Parliament there is growing alarm at the next tsunami threatening to engulf our beleaguered economy - the inequitable state of affairs between public and private pensions. Businesses faced with the prospect of lean times or liquidation are being forced to look upon their pensions obligations with a more discerning gaze. ...read
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ROAD RAGE
ALAN DUNCAN: Warning! Forests of ugly, pointless road signs ahead
Thousands of unnecessary signs have made Britain's roads dangerous, cluttered and ugly, says Conservative MP ALAN DUNCAN. Here, the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons reveals the signs he hates most - and calls for a campaign to have them all ripped out....read
OUR BLOGGERS
ROBIN PAGE: How this innocent country boy became an unwitting stooge for an Iranian TV programme filmed in London
I played village football until I was 48 - I scored a lot of goals, all at the right end. Yesterday I scored a dramatic own goal. Suddenly an invitation arrived, because of this blog, to be on 'Our flagship current affairs show. It's like Question Time but seen on Sky.' Press TV sounded good to me, it inflated my ego, and I accepted. But after we finished filming I googled Press TV - oh dear, it is an international TV news channel funded by the Iranian Government. And whoops - I had slagged off Israel and the British police
CHARLOTTE LESLIE: Why I believe boxing is the answer to our yob culture
If anyone feels squeamish about boxing, I urge you to go along to your local amateur boxing club and see what they actually do there.
MARY ELLEN SYNON: Honesty makes a politician unemployable in Brussels
Spain's former prime minister José Maria Aznar has told Le Figaro newspaper that, in the matter of the Lisbon Treaty, 'I do not think it is a good idea to make a country re-vote if it has said No until it says Yes.'
FINANCIAL CRISIS
MARY ELLEN SYNON: There IS a country worse off than us... how Ireland was destroyed by obscene greed - and the Euro
Yes, Britain is losing 2,500 jobs a day and home repossessions have nearly doubled in a year. And indeed British banks are on death-watch, the economy is likely to shrink by almost three percent this year, and the high streets are desolate. Savers are being robbed of interest, and industry is in despair. ...read
ELF 'N' SAFETY
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Earmuffs on, as the wheeltappers are shunted into silence
The Trumpet Taliban have struck again. Fresh from threatening Zippo the Clown with prosecution for playing an exploding tuba without a public performance licence, they've turned their attention to school music lessons. Schools which fail to comply can be taken to court under noise regulations. ...read
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MILIBAND GAFFE
MELANIE PHILLIPS: Arrogant, ignorant and out of his depth, is Banana Boy Miliband our worst Foreign Secretary ever?
The most startling thing about David Miliband is that he has been taken as seriously as he has for so long. His latest achievement is to have upset the government of India so badly that it has reacted with unprecedented public fury. On his visit there last week he suggested that the only reason India was targeted by Islamic terrorism was its dispute over Kashmir. ...read
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OBAMA: A NEW ERA
ANDREW ALEXANDER: 'Change' that helps things stay the SAME
Newly elected political leaders are always ready to proclaim 'change'. But President Obama's calls for change should be approached with caution. He is absolutely right to put the search for peace, particularly in the Middle East, right at the top of his agenda. Yet it is hard to believe the military-industrial complex is shaking in its boots. ...read
Brilliant he may be, but for his own good don’t forget that Obama’s a man, not a superman
Barack Obama is overflowing with integrity and honesty. He will re-fashion politics, and take America forward into the next phase of her glorious history.
KEITH WATERHOUSE: Inauguration day can be summed up in one word...joy
It was only with Hail To The Chief and the cameras panning over the dispersing crowds that I finally found the word to describe Inauguration Day.
OBAMA: WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
- GERARD BAKER: Things are set fair for the new President - so long as he can master the economy, terrorism and Congress (The Times)
- JOHANN HARI: Is the US about to treat the rest of the world better? Maybe...(Independent)
- LEONARD DOYLE: The day I met President Obama - when he and Michelle threw open the White House doors (Independent)
- JAMES FORSYTH: The new battle in British politics is how to be most like Obama (Spectator)
- BEN MACINTYRE: The words of a drunken Norfolk pamphleteer lay at the heart of the new President's message (The Times)
- DICK MORRIS: The Obama presidency: Here comes socialism (The Hill)
- TIMOTHY GARTON ASH: Obama's grand narrative may unite his country but divide the world (Guardian)
- SIMON SCHAMA: Right rhetoric for a nation in need (Guardian)
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BEST OF OUR BLOGS
- PETER HITCHENS: What use is Ken against Mandy? They agree on everything
- ROBIN PAGE: How this innocent country boy became an unwitting stooge for an Iranian TV programme filmed in London
- BENEDICT BROGAN: Gordon Brown's Butler exploits Obama
- CHARLOTTE LESLIE: Boxing clever teaches self-discipline and respect
OUR TOP 10 BREAKING VIEWS
- PETER HITCHENS: What use is Ken against Mandy? They agree on everything
- SUZANNE MOORE: Waxed and flirty? I'd rather be a freemale
- LIZ JONES: Like a puppy denied his basket, an adulterous man can be tamed
- WILLIAM REES-MOGG: Can Obama pull us out of the mud?
- DAN ATKINSON: Bankrupt Britain: The answers to the questions everyone is asking
- ALAN DUNCAN: Warning! Forests of ugly, pointless road signs ahead
- MARK FIELD: I fear an explosion of anger over gold-plated public sector pensions - and we MPs must make the first sacrifices
- ALLAN MASSIE: You English think we Scots are thrifty and cautious... but, as Gordon and his gang proves, you are wrong
- ROBIN PAGE: How this innocent country boy became an unwitting stooge of the Iranian government
- MARY ELLEN SYNON: There IS a country worse off than us... how Ireland was destroyed by obscene greed - and the Euro
BEST OF SUNDAY'S PAPERS
- DOMINIC LAWSON: Hyperactive PM is spooking the markets (Sunday Times)
- ROD LIDDLE: Alienating one of our few friends - nice work, David Miliband (Sunday Times)
- INDIA KNIGHT: Message of hope behind Slumdog Millionaire's 'tourism porn' (Sunday Times)
- NICK COHEN: Why I blame the left for Britain's financial ruin (The Observer)
- WILL HUTTON: Yes it's bad, but at long last the government is getting it right (The Observer)
- ANDREW RAWNSLEY: The return of Ken Clarke reveals the Tory leader's fears (The Observer)
- MATTHEW D'ANCONA: Like Obama, Tories must offer change and hope (Sunday Telegraph)
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