Telegraph Opinion | LeadersLeader columns The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday TelegraphChancellor Alistair Darling is right to go into reverse gear- June 28, 2008 Any government which tries to pull the wool over our eyes with car tax rises masquerading as green incentives risks forfeiting public trust when it comes to encouraging other measures.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/28/dl2801.xml Bravery in Zimbabwe- June 28, 2008 For all our preoccupations with rising fuel prices, higher food costs and those niggling actions of Government that infuriate and frustrate, we should never lose sight of the fact that in some countries politics are literally a matter of life and death.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/28/dl2802.xml Nelson Mandela and Robert Mugabe: Africa's beauty and the beast- June 27, 2008 As he approaches his 90th birthday, Mr Mandela has such moral authority that a brief reference to "the tragic failure of leadership" in Zimbabwe carries more weight than hundreds of words spoken by other world leaders.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/27/dl2702.xml Something in the air for politicians- June 27, 2008 For today's armchair psychiatrists, it is not the eyes that are the window to the soul, but the ears - in particular, the iPod playlist.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/27/dl2703.xml More to Labour's slide than Gordon Brown- June 26, 2008 Rarely has the psyche of a politician been more pored over than Gordon Brown's, with his erstwhile cheerleaders frequently leading the charge..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/27/dl2701.xml If EU will not listen, it risks popular revolt- June 15, 2008 The EU brings many benefits to its members, and properly organised and run, it could bring many more, but it is vital that its rules and institutions are endorsed democratically.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/15/dl1501.xml Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe's allies can bring him down- June 15, 2008 The UN must put heavy pressure on South Africa and China, Robert Mugabe's remaining supporters, to drop him.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/15/dl1502.xml Jailhouse rocked- June 15, 2008 The constabulary of Lancashire have been using music to cheer the various communal areas in their stations, but now the Performing Right Society is threatening the chief constable.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/15/dl1503.xml We're not going to take it- June 14, 2008 This week, those who could not take it any more included David Davis, who ran out of patience with Parliament and even his own party on the issue of civil liberties, because he felt nobody was listening.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/14/dl1402.xml Ireland says 'No' to Treaty of Lisbon - and 'No' say all of us- June 14, 2008 Imagine that our Government had fulfilled its manifesto promise to the British voters and that we, as well as the Irish, had held a referendum on Thursday on the Treaty of Lisbon. Would the outcome have been any differenthttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/06/14/dl1401.xml |