Current Affairs

From his website.

The Mayor of London’s statement yesterday – very dignified and right.

I can’t agree with Will Davies’s take on the PR effort around today’s attacks. He’s right that the Government has become much more aware of the PR aspect of terrorism, and that there has been a lot of expectation management over the last few years. However,

Salon’s War Room says: Londoners […] are suddenly feeling the kind of shock and vulnerability that the residents of New York and Madrid know all too well. Well, up to a point. I’m certainly not feeling some completely new and terrifying vulnerability, like New Yorkers seem to have after

Paul Skidmore from Demos points out the benefits of hierarchy and Government at times like this.

The handling of the London bombings so far seems to be admirable. Truly disgusting, however, are some of the comments on Free Republic. I knew it was a right-wing site, I didn’t appreciate how much.

Deep Impact hit comet Tempel-1 today, with good results and a huge plume of debris, brightening the comet by a factor of 11. One excited scientist quoted by the Register said: “We’ll really be able to constrain our models with the new data.” Yeah, baby! I shouldn’t be

It’s going to be really interesting to see how this turns out.

Much artificial outrage in the tabs today at a train driver who asked his passengers for sticky tape to fix his train. What is the world coming to, is the Mail’s view. Of course, aficionados of the Thomas the Tank Engine oeuvre, as my son and I are, will

Prince William graduated from university today (MA in geography, for what it’s worth), and the press hoopla around it reminded me of how cruel fate is to make people Royal. Not only are the general public (and a fair sprinkling of nutters) constantly speculating about your love life, but