Archives for Peter Campbell
Deputy Politics Editor
Blunkett: “A new type of politics”
David Blunkett was a controversial Home Secretary under Tony Blair. Peter Campbell meets him to talk about Parliament after the next general election and how politics needs to be changed in the future.
The day that hate won – at the expense of Gordon Brown
BY THE time you read this, Gordon Brown may no longer be Prime Minister. The election results from Sunday night were not only damning for the Labour Party, they were yet another nail in the coffin of Brown’s leadership, one that has been fraught with slumping opinion polls and botched opportunities.
Number worries for Labour
The current bout of summer weather that we are experiencing will not go far to raise the hopes of Labour as Thursday approaches
Prove me right Labour; arrest an MP: Davis on civil liberties
The Damien Green affair is just one area where David Davis has found himself involved heavily in the public eye since resigning his seat in Parliament over the government’s proposed 42 day detention bill last year.
On waterboarding
This is an expansion of a blog entry originally published on Peter’s other blog here.
It is not normally in the nature of this blog for me to upload a post without any of my own input into the discussion. However, there are several things that have prompted me to make an exception on this [...]
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It has been a turbulent few months for those who take an interest in the ever-complex issue of human rights and freedoms. With the proposed closure of Guantanamo Bay and the revelation of the terrible acts that took place inside comes about the tragic realisation; that the end of chapter of one of the [...]
To the ends of the earth
Peter Campbell talks to Tom Avery, arctic explorer, about his record breaking journey to the North and South Poles
Political Edge
Last November, the UN passed a resolution against the defamation of religion.
Protests spark counter campaign on campus
The signatures on the DISARM petition handed into Heslington Hall by the protest two weeks ago were “gathered on false grounds”, allege the founders of the anti-protest facebook group.
A deja-vu of closed debate
The way that the British government has handled the case of Geert Wilders only serves to publicise his message.
Killing debate: Murray, Islam and the “R” word
It was all going so well; each speaker had presented their case, debate had been aroused, feelings stirred, and everyone agreed on the necessity of discussion. Then the bombshell struck.
Racist accusations fly during heated Islam debate
Remarks made during a panel debate on how to tackle radical Islam in Britain led to the allegations of racism from Professor Mohamed El-Gomati, counsellor to Muslim students.
Obama’s alternative agenda: ‘maybe we can’t’
When Obama walks into the Oval Office he will be faced with an in-tray that can only be described as ‘from-hell’.
Induction lecture brands home students as ‘lazy and unhelpful’
Home students are “lazy”, “unhelpful” and “only interested in going to the bar” according to a welcome lecture given to overseas students by the University.
From the centre of the mayhem: Prince Hassan of Jordan
Jordan lies in the heart of the Middle East, a region rocked by conflict and uncertainty. PETER CAMPBELL meets the man who may well be one of the most important in establishing its stability.
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