Tom has been reading Imperium by the late Ryszard Kapuscinski. It is a collection of reportage about Kapuscinski’s journeys in the Soviet Union, and I have to say that it reminds me of the Empire that is now being built across western Europe, and the political and social changes that we all see here in the UK, but alas, some more clearly than others.   more »

Democracy is being snuffed out in England. District Councils are being abolished, elections cancelled, councillors terms terminated. Your right to vote has just been stolen.   more »