http://notesandcomments.com/ideas ...think long and hard... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:08:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Below is the text of Gordon Brown's speech to the Institute of Public Policy Research, in which he pretends to be protecting civil liberties by, er, taking them away. It's a great pleasure to be here today with Jacqui Smith and members of the IPPR Security Commission - a non-partisan and ... http://notesandcomments.com/ideas/2008/06/17/gordon-brown-arbeit-macht-frei/ This will have to serve as a quick apology and small signal that the world has not come to an end. There have been a lot of persistent and intermittent problems with the server and there have also been a lot of software releases and updates from various sources which have ... http://notesandcomments.com/ideas/2008/04/25/is-there-anybody-there/ If you want to make your opinions known about what the New Labour Project has all been about, as well as your judgments of the key characters involved, past and present, you can start helping to write the book - and perhaps throw it - over here at wuhudo! Don't bite ... http://notesandcomments.com/ideas/2008/03/22/tony-blair-gordon-brown-and-the-new-labour-project/ The primary duty of government - our abiding obligation - is, and will always be, the safety of all British people and the protection of the British national interest.So following approval by the National Security Committee and the Cabinet, the Government is today publishing the first national security strategy. It states ... http://notesandcomments.com/ideas/2008/03/20/gordon-brown-national-security-strategy-statement/ Is there anyone alive today who can remember what that funny, old fashioned Labour Party did? There was something about helping the poor and acting as a safeguard against the ravages which the rich might inflict upon them if left to their own devices. It was a party which stood up for the ... http://notesandcomments.com/ideas/2008/03/12/rich-seam-of-new-labour-dross/