LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
 politics (miscellaneous)
 

- 08 -
2 Feb In response to question of who benefits from the UK's benefits system?
10 Jan The "Triple  Alliance" between capital, the state, and the political left
- 07 -
12 Dec In response to Telegraph article on creating a new Union (British) flag
17 Nov What the political Left has in common with the the far Right and with the medieval church 
25 Sept Gordon Brown's patriotic speech: What a load of nationalistic bollocks!
22 July Dealing with intimidation in the name of Allah
25 June All we need do is identify and organize ourselves - and the revolution can begin!
23 June In praise of chastity rings
16 June Who is honouring whom when the nation bestows an honour?
15 June The opposing roles and dilemma of a "free" press and media
11 June The inherent unjustness, inhumanity and non-sustainability of capitalism
10 June The importance of Nazism and ethnicity for British national identity
8 June Thinking about the reorganization and restructuring of society, and replacing the nation state
6 June Britishness, identity and the nation state
5 June Not just tobacco, but all industries are bound to give absolute priority to economics
4 June Why nuclear power is bad for us
1 June Thinking beyond monarchy and the nation state
30 May The Internet, biometrics and the grass-roots democratic self-organization of society
24 May The Arab-Israeli conflict, group identity and man's animal nature
24 May Turning to nuclear energy is like a child playing with matches
11 May One possible source of so-called "race hatred"
9 May Atheism, religion, identity and replacing the nation state
2 May Nationalism taps into the powerful emotions associated with group identity
27 April Why is Britain still a Monarchy?
24 April The problem with "representative democracy" is that it is not very democratic
20 March Dissolution of the nation state
6 March  The importance of "honour" and "respect" in determining human behaviour and shaping society
26 Feb Nuclear non-proliferation requires Britain and France seeking a way to place their national deterrents under an acceptable form of international control
8 Feb Slow down, you move too fast, We gotta make resources last . . .
8 Feb THEM and US: the BADDIES on the "Right" and the GOODIES on the "Left"
6 Feb People's Parliament
24 Jan National identity: a myth to justify and help maintain the power structures of the nation state
18 Jan Why does German Justice Minister want to make Holocaust denial a crime?
17 Jan The Internet's future effect on government and democracy
12 Jan Politics and leadership from an evolutionary, anthropological perspective
4 Jan The social sciences' medieval models of social reality
1 Jan Identity, the nation state and ANARCHY

- 06 -
22 Dec The infotainment industry as an ecotope in the "socio-economic environment"
20 Dec The importance of Latin for Western Civilization
3 Dec The Puerile logic of a national nuclear deterrent
29 Nov Britain's nuclear deterrent: an incentive for nuclear proliferation
24 Nov Transcending party politics and the nation state via the Internet
22 Nov On the rational road of nuclear deterrence - and proliferation
15 Nov Using the Internet to self-organize a better, and sustainable, society
13 Nov Facing up to our animal nature, not just in biology, but in the social sciences too
13 Nov Crime, punishment and the self-righteousness of society's moralists
6 Nov The importance of personal identity and of an easy, reliable means of verifying it
3 Nov Why I - and the Greens, I think - reject nuclear energy
3 Nov ANYONE who doesn't share certain "progressive" views is a "racist"
3 Nov Potential of Web to facilitate "self-organization" of an alternative, sustainable society
31 Oct A Kosovo type problem in Britain in years to come and need to rethink power structures of nation state
29 Oct Call for Voluntary National DNA Database
21 Oct Earth's "Greatest Ape" on view in the City of London
16 Oct Nuclear double standards and governments' desire for global "street cred"
12 Oct Social welfare - just another part of the "socio-economic environment" to be exploited
10 Oct North Korea joins the Nuclear Club
10 Oct Nuclear double standards
11 Sept 9/11 and other "insanities of normality" in our mad, mad, mad world
18 Aug Science is power, which is why politicians love it so much
22 July Now we have the technology, it is time to create a much higher quality, grass-roots democracy
17 July The decision on Trident is about far more than Britain's nuclear deterrent
8 July  Whose history are "we" interested in?
22 May Turkey is NOT Europe
28 March Executed victims of Great War criminals in no need of a pardon
13 Feb Betraying their country for a story
7 Jan The case for a voluntary national DNA database

- 05 -
23 Dec The EU should deal with Microsoft by promoting Linux and other open source software
17 Dec Money: the most versatile form of power known to man
27 Nov What directs, and determines the intensity of, the media spotlight?
22 Nov A brief outbreak of sanity: the 1914 Christmas Truce
15 Nov Remembrance Day
27 Oct Time to talk tough with Iran
28 Sept Where private capital is leading us
20 Sept Tim Collin's unreasonable demand
14 August Can people capable of putting a man on the Moon really be that stupid?
9 July Who is to blame for the London bombings?
6 July Recognising corruption - even when it is legal
29 June The humbling of America - a fantasy
24 June An economy of the people, by the people, for the people
20 June Interacting with children - a source of joy and anxiety
5 May The election campaign is a circus: all profits go to politicians and the media
15 April Why doctors (and other professionals) fail
14 April Whose history are WE talking about?
13 April Nation states tend to mirror the behaviour of individual human beings
7 April Response to letter and "pledge card" from the office of Tony Blair
6 April Questions to my parliamentary candidates (for coming general election)
28 March A DNA database for dogs
26 March What is worse: rape or a DNA database?
24 March Response to Mark Steyn article
14 March If diversity matters, so does race
8 March In the land of the blind the one-eyed are kings - with little interest in a cure for blindness
6 March Offensive language
5 March Infidels, communists, fascists, racists and other baddies
12 Feb Why the bombing of Dresden still matters
11 Feb Taking the controversy out of ID cards
1 Feb Only in retrospect: The wisdom of Britain's stand against Nazi Germany
14 Jan Prince Harry's misdemeanour
9  Jan The BBC and the Jerry Springer Show
4 Jan   A more wholesome way to die
4 Jan Where is God in all this? Where he has always been: in our imaginations
 

- 04 -

 
3 Dec Harold Shipman - the doctor who killed his patients  
3 Dec The urgent need for a reliable and convenient means of identification  
29 Nov TV World  
22 Nov  Society's role models for sexual promiscuity  
22 Nov On the curvature of the political spectrum  
20 Nov On the mistaken belief that the socialist dream can be realised using capitalist cash  
17 Nov A letter to the PM on PR  
2 Nov Anglo-German relations and the "Curse of Christianity"  
2 Nov Why we should express shame and regret for what British bombers did to Dresden  
23 Oct The forces behind our compensation culture  
17 Sept Kofi Annan's belated declaration of Iraq war's illegality  
9 Sept How much easier it is to see others' faults than one's own  
7 Sept Helping politicians face up to their mistakes  
5 Sept A question I would like to put to Russia's president, Vladimir Putin  
5 Sept Schools as local community centres for a sustainable society  
4 Sept The future of TV news (letter to BBC Radio 4's The Message)  
11 Aug "If it is happening it is happening here on BBC 24"  
26 July Non-lethal weapons as evidence of West's moral superiority  
20 July "The right to bear arms", an expression of man's "more animal than human" nature  
10 May Sex education in a sexually corrupt society  
30 March Why we are borrowing too much . . .  
30 March Instead of prescribing ourselves ever more anti-depressants . . . .  
22 March No need of ID cards, but for a Voluntary National Database of Personal Identity Files  
12 March Human pedigree against human clones  
8 March What motivates the media  
7 March Rising house prices brings unjust redistribution of wealth  
24 Jan Support for Jenny Tonge  
21 Jan "Civilised society"  
19 Jan Need for DNA database against human cloning  
19 Jan Hollywood whores  
   
 

- 2003 -

 
4 Oct Stephen Gough and British morality/depravity  
30 Sept The need for a "voluntary" National ID database in our " Social Jungle"  
16 Sept Christianity adé  
16 Sept We Got Rhythm; the Mystery Is How and Why  
12 Sept We are all on the road to ruin, with no time to gloat over the Tory Party  
10 Sept Who says, money can't buy you love? And a knighthood to boot!  
6 Sept The need for a national Voluntary ID (VID) databank  
26 Aug Thomas Friedman's view of Iraq  
21 Aug The illusion of scientific rationality and objectivity when personal interests are involved  
9 Aug Giving up the "Gospel Lies" for more truthful and useful concepts of God  
29 July On the morality of the National Lottery  
26 July What the BBC and The Daily Telegraph have in common  
16 June Decriminalising the DNA databank  
16 June The importance of "our own" history  
13 June Better to be a criminal . . . . ?  
20 April Why the need for an ID card at all?  
 

- 2002 -

  
20 Nov When we used terror against civilians it was justifiable, was it?  
   
 

- 2001 -

  
02 November Heavenly bodies  
16 July The Princes William and Harry a mistake?  
01 July The sinking of the Belgrano: a necessary act of war, or political murder?   
28 June Recognising our roots: Britain's place in Europe  
26 June The need for an international missile defence system and for resisting 
Russian aspirations to superpower status		  
23 June In my opinion: government bodies need more access to confidential business and financial information  
29 May The soul of Britain: on religion and the need for a "higher authority"