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The best opinion pieces from the websites of the national press.
Telegraph columnist Andrew Gilligan wrote in The Guardian this week about how the 'forces of intolerance' had been defeated in this election, referring to the British National Party in Dagenham and the Islamic Forum of Europe in Tower Hamlets. Gilligan recently authored a controversial Dispatches documentary on the IFE.
Meanwhile, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in her column in The Independent exhorted reformist Muslims to speak up about the burqa ban, and argues in favour of it, saying that the most compelling reason for it is that 'there is such a thing as society'.
The World Agenda section of The Times, which is well worth reading, has an insightful article on the head of the army in Pakistan, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayan, who it claims is the most powerful man in the country, and who has 'managed the transfer from military to civilian rule'. With his role likely to be extended by two years, the article asks at what price Pakistan needs him. Jenny Diski, writing for The London Review of Books, reviews The World Turned Upside Down, the latest book from Melanie Phillips, the right-wing political commentator and Spectator columnist. The book outlines what she sees as the battle that Islam is waging on the Judeo-Christian world. The review is dripping with sarcasm, concluding that the book has "all the power of Munch’s Scream embedded in a singing birthday card."
Comedian and author Armando Iannucci has long been politically active, and he wrote a characteristically witty piece on the new coalition government and the 'melee of emotions' that it has caused including 'Fear and loathing, mixed with a yearning optimism'.
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The American blog Foreign Policy Watch ran an interesting piece that picked up a number of other articles, in the New York Times and other places, that discussed what the author termed 'the rather lazy and analytically sloppy tendency of some commentators to dismiss acts of terrorism as being motivated by "jihadist intent."Al Jazeera's blogs have two pieces on the recent deal between Iran, Turkey and Brazil regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions. The first looked forward to the deal, while the second analysed the swift diplomatic slap down on Brazil from the United States.
Charlie Beckett, director of the POLIS think tank at the LSE, has a cogent and thoughtful analysis of the UK election, its aftermath, and specifically the roles that traditional and new media played. ConservativeHome has an article from former ambassador to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Warsaw, Charles Crawford, with a handy to-do list for William Hague as he attempts to reform the Foreign Office.
The Labour leadership contest has predictably provoked a lot of comment on political blogs. Cicero's Songs, the blog of a 'social and economic liberal' has an article decrying the Miliband brothers, suggesting that only a 'prat' would call his own brother 'a huge talent'. Two different ends of the political press both agree that Diane Abbott's decision to run is a good thing for the contest. The Spectator's Coffee House blog piece is here, and the New Statesman's piece is here.
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The Belgian burka ban has made it to the United States, where The Washington Post ran a comment piece discussing not only the ban, but also the anti-Islamic sentiments that it has revealed.
The New York Times culture blog runs a piece about Shirin Neshat's first feature film 'Women without Men'. The experimental photographer and video artist won the Best Director award for the film at the Venice Film Festival last year for her 'exploration of political and religious oppression in her native Iran'.
The same publication runs an feature focusing on a German imam based in Munich, Hesham Shashaa, who has spread the message that Al-Qaeda and other terror recruiters are not only wrong, but are also 'violating the tenets of Islam'.
The left wing Israeli newspaper Haaretz has an article decrying the Israeli government for barring the American academic Noam Chomsky from entering the country to give a lecture in the West Bank. It argues that the government's treatment of people 'with the audacity to criticise its policies' demeans the whole nation.
Wajahat Ali, writing in The Daily Star of Lebanon, discusses the response to the failed attempt at bombing Times Square, for which Faisal Shahzad has been arrested. He argues that America's best defence derives from its protection of civil liberties. Twitter Top Trends
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#DianeAbbott A broad range of views on the Hackney MP's decision to run for the Labour leadership, from several users who declared their intention to join the Labour party just to vote for her, to detractors calling her 'fame-hungry' and 'self-serving'.
#OlympicMascots These have been given short shrift by the general public, Wenlock and Mandeville, and Twitter users were no different describing them as 'monstrous'. Image here.
#Coalitionagreement The launch of the 30 page coalition policy briefing elicited a number of 'humorous' responses speculating as to what it contained.
#HomeInformationPacks The ditching of this most unpopular of New Labour policies was greeted with delight on Twitter. Follow Unitas Communications on Twitter by clicking here.
The best opinion pieces from the websites of the national press.
Telegraph columnist Andrew Gilligan wrote in The Guardian this week about how the 'forces of intolerance' had been defeated in this election, referring to the British National Party in Dagenham and the Islamic Forum of Europe in Tower Hamlets. Gilligan recently authored a controversial Dispatches documentary on the IFE.
Meanwhile, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in her column in The Independent exhorted reformist Muslims to speak up about the burqa ban, and argues in favour of it, saying that the most compelling reason for it is that 'there is such a thing as society'.
The World Agenda section of The Times, which is well worth reading, has an insightful article on the head of the army in Pakistan, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayan, who it claims is the most powerful man in the country, and who has 'managed the transfer from military to civilian rule'. With his role likely to be extended by two years, the article asks at what price Pakistan needs him. Jenny Diski, writing for The London Review of Books, reviews The World Turned Upside Down, the latest book from Melanie Phillips, the right-wing political commentator and Spectator columnist. The book outlines what she sees as the battle that Islam is waging on the Judeo-Christian world. The review is dripping with sarcasm, concluding that the book has "all the power of Munch’s Scream embedded in a singing birthday card."
Comedian and author Armando Iannucci has long been politically active, and he wrote a characteristically witty piece on the new coalition government and the 'melee of emotions' that it has caused including 'Fear and loathing, mixed with a yearning optimism'.
The Best of the Blogs
The finest from the politcal blogosphere.
The American blog Foreign Policy Watch ran an interesting piece that picked up a number of other articles, in the New York Times and other places, that discussed what the author termed 'the rather lazy and analytically sloppy tendency of some commentators to dismiss acts of terrorism as being motivated by "jihadist intent."Al Jazeera's blogs have two pieces on the recent deal between Iran, Turkey and Brazil regarding Iran's nuclear ambitions. The first looked forward to the deal, while the second analysed the swift diplomatic slap down on Brazil from the United States.
Charlie Beckett, director of the POLIS think tank at the LSE, has a cogent and thoughtful analysis of the UK election, its aftermath, and specifically the roles that traditional and new media played. ConservativeHome has an article from former ambassador to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Warsaw, Charles Crawford, with a handy to-do list for William Hague as he attempts to reform the Foreign Office.
The Labour leadership contest has predictably provoked a lot of comment on political blogs. Cicero's Songs, the blog of a 'social and economic liberal' has an article decrying the Miliband brothers, suggesting that only a 'prat' would call his own brother 'a huge talent'. Two different ends of the political press both agree that Diane Abbott's decision to run is a good thing for the contest. The Spectator's Coffee House blog piece is here, and the New Statesman's piece is here.
Around the world
The best opinion pieces from news sources around the world.
The Belgian burka ban has made it to the United States, where The Washington Post ran a comment piece discussing not only the ban, but also the anti-Islamic sentiments that it has revealed.
The New York Times culture blog runs a piece about Shirin Neshat's first feature film 'Women without Men'. The experimental photographer and video artist won the Best Director award for the film at the Venice Film Festival last year for her 'exploration of political and religious oppression in her native Iran'.
The same publication runs an feature focusing on a German imam based in Munich, Hesham Shashaa, who has spread the message that Al-Qaeda and other terror recruiters are not only wrong, but are also 'violating the tenets of Islam'.
The left wing Israeli newspaper Haaretz has an article decrying the Israeli government for barring the American academic Noam Chomsky from entering the country to give a lecture in the West Bank. It argues that the government's treatment of people 'with the audacity to criticise its policies' demeans the whole nation.
Wajahat Ali, writing in The Daily Star of Lebanon, discusses the response to the failed attempt at bombing Times Square, for which Faisal Shahzad has been arrested. He argues that America's best defence derives from its protection of civil liberties. Twitter Top Trends
We bring you the top relevant UK Twitter trends of the week.
#DianeAbbott A broad range of views on the Hackney MP's decision to run for the Labour leadership, from several users who declared their intention to join the Labour party just to vote for her, to detractors calling her 'fame-hungry' and 'self-serving'.
#OlympicMascots These have been given short shrift by the general public, Wenlock and Mandeville, and Twitter users were no different describing them as 'monstrous'. Image here.
#Coalitionagreement The launch of the 30 page coalition policy briefing elicited a number of 'humorous' responses speculating as to what it contained.
#HomeInformationPacks The ditching of this most unpopular of New Labour policies was greeted with delight on Twitter. Follow Unitas Communications on Twitter by clicking here.
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