Charlescrawford

LATEST ARTICLES ( 189 )

• Egypt and Diplomacy

  My new piece for The Commentator: The main reason why I think it’s almost better for Western governments to say as little as possible in these grim... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Triumph of the Long-Distance Blogger

  Instapundit is 12 today. He helped create and define the very idea of 'blogging'. Which in part is why you are reading this. This sort of unflagging effort take... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Grown-up Long-lost Diplomacy

  As you can see, I have been reviving my flagging career as a Daily Telegraph blogger. This one prompted by the death of Sir Kenneth James (one of my... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More on Diplomatic Disappointment - Now with Added Impatience

  It's pretty obvious that the ill-fated Russia re-set button produced before a bemused Sergey Lavrov by an excited Hillary Clinton back in 2009 is now sitting... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Government Travel Expenses

  Over at @TelegraphBlogs my new piece on the government's footling refusal to share a full breakdown of civil servants' travel expenses: The Coalition will soon... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Israel and Palestine: New Negotiation

  Another day, another attempt to broker a deal betwen Israel and the Palestine Authority, this time with John Kerry leading the charge. Who knows, maybe this... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New York Sycophants of the World Unite

  Wow. Here is a really sharp dissecting by Martin Continetti of President Obama's recent conversation with the New York Times: My favorite moment is when the... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Queen's Speech - That Wasn't

  A busy day, with Sky TV coming round to the house to interview me about the draft speech by The Queen on the eve of 1980s nuclear war, except that it wasn't. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bradley Manning: Whistleblowing Or Treachery?

  What to make of the Bradley Manning verdict - guilty on multiple counts? My first reaction is "good!". Here is a silly if not mentally ill squirt who abused a... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The EU is the Old World

  This wonderful piece by Helena Morrissey is potentially a national debate-shifter. It says more or less everything I think about why the European Union is a... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• EU at UN: Less is More

  Here is another article fretting feebly over the fact that the European Union is 'punching below its weight' in global negotiations: Although the EU is a... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Self-Defence: Spreading the Risk

  Here is my latest Commentator piece about what the Zimmerman case tells us about self-defence laws here in the UK. Namely nothing at all: A desperate piece in... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Canon Timothy Russ

  Alas Canon Timothy Russ has died. Here is a fine obituary telling us about his fascinating life and deep historical interests: The question remained, however:... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me

  My latest piece at Punditwire: In short, President Obama’s general observations about how the United States might tackle lingering discrimination and... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Zimmerman/Martin Case: Racism and Justice

  I draw your attention to this piece by Sam Rocha at Patheos (a site bringing together all sorts of different religious views and insights). Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More on Zimmerman: Living off Fumes

  Good grief. Nice writing on race and related issues by 'mixed race' writer Shelby Steele who knows a few things about the history of race relations in the USA... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rules v Principles

  My piece below on Cricket and Morality mentioned the problem of rulews crowding out principles and therefore judgement. Patrick Young of YoungMarkets replies:... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• George Zimmerman on Trial

  I have been away at Crawf Major's University graduation ceremony and generally wilting in the heat of the sun and the England cricket attack. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cricket? Meet Morality!

  Here is my flashing cover drive straight to the Commentator on the ever-intriguing and timely subject of cricket and morality: In earlier years it was part of... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Malala Yousafzai's UN Speech

  The speech at the UN by young Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan is deservedly winning worldwide attention. Full text here. Malala of course would have been dead... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY