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David Allen Green

Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 6 April 2023 English

Maundy Thursday 2023 The story of the trial of Jesus of Nazareth has always fascinated me. I happen to be a non-militant atheist but that hardly matters, for the gospels’ …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 5 April 2023 English

5th April 2023 Let us start with the old adage: justice not only has to be done, justice must also be seen to be done. The phrase is sometimes attributed …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 4 April 2023 English

4th April 2023 It would not matter if it were Jimmy Carter or George Bush, Barack Obama or Bill Clinton, Joe Biden or Donald Trump: the fact that a former …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 3 April 2023 English

3rd April 2023 There has been another amusing (at least to outsiders) copyright case. This one is about cute baby dragons. You do not often get – usually earnest – …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 31 March 2023 English

31st March 2023 Another “-ment’. Following his two impeach-ments, former President Donald Trump now has an indict-ment. (There is a pleasing parallel to this, as impeachment was the quasi-judicial process …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 March 2023 English

30th March 2023 Sometimes there are odd things trending on social media. A few days ago it was “Catford and Catford Bridge” – and this morning it was “the rule …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 29 March 2023 English

29th March 2023 This morning the Guardian apologised for the role its founders has in respect of the slave trade, but this apology was not perhaps as significant as the …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 March 2023 English

28th March 2023 As it is my birthday, I will be taking a break from doing a substantial post here today. If you would like to help me celebrate, do …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 27 March 2023 English

27th March 2023 Here is a playfully mischievous tweet from the Guardian: Daily Mail parent company invokes Human Rights Act to stop naming of journalists https://t.co/DFUIhYgLXk — The Guardian (@guardian) …


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 24 March 2023 English

24th March 2023 Yesterday’s post on the appearance of Boris Johnson before the committee of privileges was supposed to the last on that topic… …but. It is really such a …