Tony Hatfield's Retired Ramblings

Very Public Law

Today the Guardian reports from the District Court in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. The case concerns whether a local school, the Dover High, can teach "intelligent design" as part of a ninth grade biology class. It's a important public law case. And... Read more →

It's Autumn

Last of this year's sunflowers! Read more →

Conference Reading for Tony

I watched Tony Blair's perfomance on the Andrew Marr Show this morning. I bet he wishes the olianginous David Frost still occupied the Sunday morning political slot. On Iraq, he came out with the same drivel. About how we would... Read more →

Rita stands Austin Up!

I have a brother in law in Austin Tx, so I've been pretty anxious the last couple of days over the track of Rita. As he's probably at the City Limits festival this weekend I'm pleased to read this from... Read more →

Failure of Leadership

On their day off people would show up all the time. Everyone in camp knew if you wanted to work out your frustration you show up at the PUC [person under control] tent. In a way it was sport. The... Read more →

Now it's ethnic cleansing in Baghdad

Knight Ridder Washington Bureau report: BAGHDAD, Iraq - The ethnic cleansing of Baghdad neighborhoods is proceeding at an alarming and potentially destabilizing pace. Some Shiite Muslim residents in predominantly Sunni Muslim Baghdad neighborhoods are fleeing their homes because they say... Read more →

You know when you've been Tasered!

The BBC are reporting: "A man who breached security at Manchester Airport has been detained under the Mental Health Act." [Read More] It's probably a good job he wasn't wearing a padded jacket and had a wizzo sun-tan!" Read more →

Good Times Eh?

I wish I had a quid each time a Newcastle United manager promised the fans "jam tommorow"! Read more →

Getting worse?

Today’s Washington Post reports: “Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, said Thursday that he had been warning the Bush administration in recent days that Iraq was hurtling toward disintegration, a development that he said could drag the region into... Read more →

Better- well not really.

Today Brian Barder suggests this: "But the present regime of control orders, unwillingly swallowed by Parliament last March on condition that it would be reviewed and could be amended or repealed late this year or early in 2006, is yet... Read more →