• Challenge to Al Yamamah decision

    Carl Gardner
    January 9, 2007

    I’m looking forward to the Campaign Against the Arms Trade’s judicial review of the decision of Attorney General, the SFO and the Prime Minister to discontinue the investigation into bribery in BAe’s Al Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia. I […]

  • Fugitive prisoners and human rights

    Carl Gardner
    January 8, 2007

    I was amused over the weekend by this story about the police decision not to issue photos of prisoners on the run, because of fears about their human rights.

    What utter, utter nonsense. It’s true that everyone has […]

  • Constitution for Europe

    Carl Gardner
    January 5, 2007

    Two interesting papers from Bondwoman about the European Constitution, and about constitutional prognosis over the next few years.

    I think it’s depressing that the German Presidency intends to try to revive this misconceived, failed project. Politicians across Europe […]

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  • Pegylated interferon: straight to market?

    Carl Gardner
    January 3, 2007

    Yesterday it was reported that a team at Imperial College, London have developed a new, cheap version of interferon to treat hepatitis C, by altering its molecular structure. Instead of coating the interferon with sugar, they can insert […]

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