- Troubles legacy bill threatens collusion inquiriesThe Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill received its second reading in the House of Lords last week. In… Read more: Troubles legacy bill threatens collusion inquiries
- Intelligence or operations: A key question for evaluating the CIAThe New Yorker has a valuable long read this week, asking Has the C.I.A. Done More Harm Than Good? "Almost… Read more: Intelligence or operations: A key question for evaluating the CIA
- IRD, MI6 and the eurocommunistsThe stream of revelations from the files of Britain’s cold war propaganda unit, the Information Research Department (IRD), continues in the Observer today. The paper reports on how the IRD worked with MI6 in the 1970s to undermine the Italian Communist Party, in spite of the Eurocommunist trend which saw the party taking a more independent line towards Moscow.
- Labour’s Scottish gamblePolitico has an intriguing nugget on Scotland: And while a serious revival in Scotland appears unlikely — one party official admitted… Read more: Labour’s Scottish gamble
- How a Labour government would deal with Northern IrelandWith a Labour government looking increasingly likely after last week’s ‘fiscal event’, the policy announcements at this week’s party conference have taken on a new significance. Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Kyle didn’t disappoint in that respect, stating that he would set out the criteria for a referendum on Irish Unity if Labour were to come to power. That drew sharp criticism from unionists who called for him to retain ambiguity on the matter.