‘More of a fire fighter than a fire starter, Geert Wilders has been caught in the nightmare of a British establishment that can't tell the difference’

‘The decision to ban Wilders was the desperate diktat of ministers who have lost sight of the distinction between arbitrary government and the rule of law’

‘The iron logic of Israel's political arithmetic, coupled with the challenges ahead, points to a coalition between Likud and Kadima’

Standpoint's Mole in the House of Lords says the institution is both effective and efficient

Buried in the Coroners and Justice Bill, about to be rammed through Parliament, are a variety of potentially disastrous changes to the law

Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917-2008): A tribute to Ireland's greatest modern public intellectual

The relocation of the law lords to their new Supreme Court, at the Middlesex Guildhall, is a good move

After derailing the Lisbon Treaty, Declan Ganley is taking the fight to Brussels

Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today

If ‘localism’ is to succeed, more power should be given to the people, not local government