Summary
ON THE radio, the voice of the junior minister sounds weary. She is trying to talk about the detail of a bill currently making its way through Westminster; a bill which might, if passed, affect the future of millions of children in England. But the interviewer is exasperated, because she wants to talk about the really important thing, the big topic of the hour: how the fate of the bill, and the likely rebellion against it, will affect Tony Blair's standing as leader of his party and as Prime Minister.
The interviewee, in other words, is still doggedly trying to behave as if policy matters; but the interviewer knows that politics is now nothing more than a giant game of Celebrity Big Brother, and that the only thing that will excite any interest is the humiliating fall of the mighty.See the full content of this document
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The Iraqis Don't Need Our Big Brother Politics
All of which is bad enough when it affects the quality of debate on the government's current Education Bill. But this month, as we mark the third anniversary of the US-British occupation of Iraq, I am beginning to wonder whether the whole future...
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