Iconic Films

UN expert? No, a conspiracy crank

The new adviser on human rights has compared Israel to Nazi Germany. And not only that...

Post offices: we killed them

Everybody seems to want to save them. But get real. Hardly anyone uses them much these days

I think I've had a change of heart

I thought we needed trees to save us from 4x4s, now I realise we need 4x4s to save us from trees

Who wants to kill the elderly?

I'm still waiting to hear back from the Bishop of Durham

Wicked untruths from the Church

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is stoking up indefensible views

My oath to the Land of No

How British to sneer at the idea of a vow of loyalty and continue a tradition of negativity

Judgments must be made in the future

If George Bush and Tony Blair had told me how long and bloody the war in Iraq would be, then I would never have gone for it

The sanctions were failing, people were dying

Invading Iraq was not the only disaster. Not toppling Saddam was also a disaster

It's Horrid Ken v Chaotic Boris

He has his unattractive side but the present mayor of London has got the big issues right

No Heathrow runway? Stop flying

The objectors to the Heathrow expansion are hypocrites if they plan to use planes as normal

Ignore the paranoid fantasists

Forget 'surveillance society' nonsense: a DNA database is vital to catch dangerous criminals

Ignore GPs. Polyclinics are the future

Cradle-to-grave healthcare is as realistic as Dr Finlay's Casebook. We need specialists

I've read it so you don't have to

The Archbishop of Canterbury meant well and was quite aware of some of the objections

No retreat from the War on Terror

If the West backs out of Afghanistan the consequences would be plainly catastrophic

A time of split-screen politics

What we see on the surface of the presidential race has little connection with reality

Another day of internet abuse

Why has Oprah disappeared? Why did an ambassador insult me? More online mysteries...

A green light for red-light areas

Ignore the Swedes. I can see nothing wrong with paid sex between consenting adults

White woman v black man. Who wins?

Never underestimate the misogyny of the US voter. Barack has his flaws but he'll probably beat Hillary

In defence of hymn-singing atheists

Let's face it, not even Christians can really believe every theologically-whacky word they bellow

Be liberal, but not with the facts

The opponents of 42-day detention should take account of stories from Italy and Spain