More UN-sense

By Stephen Pollard, May 11, 2007

Samizdata links to this astonishing story:

Western countries are concerned about the expected appointment of Zimbabwe to head a key UN body, the Commission on Sustainable Development. Western diplomats said Zimbabwe, which is in the midst of an economic and political crisis, was hardly a good example of development.

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Wow

By Stephen Pollard, May 10, 2007

Forget all this coverage of Tony Blair's departure. It's only a secondary story when put alongside the most amazing story of the day.

Oliver Kamm has had an email from Konni Zilliacus' grand-daughter.

Wow. I mean: wow.

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Better off Home

By Stephen Pollard, May 10, 2007

It's typical. You wait ten years for an event like today and what happens? You get stuck in Brussels. Would you like to know how much coverage there's been here in the 'capital' of the EU. Nada. Zilch. I've zapped my remote through every non-English TV channel to find any mention of Blair's departure and haven't found even a whisper.

So this morning I asked a few people at the event I was at - Commission types, MEPs, that sort - what they thought about today. And they were, without exception, uninterested.

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We need him now

By Stephen Pollard, May 9, 2007

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Wolfowitz must stay

By Stephen Pollard, May 9, 2007

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Liberty's prize

By Stephen Pollard, May 9, 2007

For anyone reading who writes about markets and liberty, the Bastiat Prize is a fantastic opportunity to win $15,000. Full details are here.

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Triggered

By Stephen Pollard, May 9, 2007

I like this picture of Sophia Loren.

Now I know why. My reward centre has been triggered.

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Not even funny

By Stephen Pollard, May 9, 2007

I've never 'got' Peregrine Worsthorne. He's revered by a lot of good people, but I've never finished a piece of his and been grateful that I started it.

This fatuous piece today is typical:

Not enough people, apparently, are trying to climb up the social ladder; far fewer, sad to say, than in the bad old days. In the name of social justice, they all intone, 'something must be done about it'.

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The Manchester of europe

By Stephen Pollard, May 9, 2007

Apologies for the lack of posts today. I've been on the train to Brussels, where...guess what? It's raining. Brussels is the Manchester of the continent. Rain, rain, rain. More later.

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The problem is he means it

By Stephen Pollard, May 8, 2007

Oliver Letwin is a nice man, and a very bright one. But, my word, he can spout garbage:

Cameron Conservatism, so far from being merely a set of attitudes, has a specific theoretical agenda. It aims to achieve two significant paradigm-shifts.

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