Burmese Spring? Aung San Suu Kyi to stand in election

Analysis Fri 18 Nov 2011, AT 15:44

'Mandela of Burma' states intention to enter parliament – will she stand for leadership?

Egypt protests Tahrir square

Mubarak’s defiance stuns Egypt and the world

News Fri 11 Feb 2011, AT 07:56

What they are saying about Mubarak’s refusal to go and the risk of violence today

Ecclestone Hitler

Bernie Ecclestone is the latest victim of the new McCarthyites

Column Tue 7 Jul 2009, AT 16:34

Following in the footsteps of Glenn Hoddle and Bryan Ferry the Formula 1 boss has fallen foul of the PC brigade for his remarks about Hitler

Book review: The Life and Death of Democracy

News Tue 23 Jun 2009, AT 15:18

Non-fiction: A general history of democracy by John Keane which set out to "democratise the history of democracy"

People

The lunatics are taking over the asylum

News Mon 22 Jun 2009, AT 16:27

The masses must be respected, for they are the masters now

The Berlin Wall comes down

Dan Hannan states into the future...

News Wed 22 Apr 2009, AT 01:00

...and finds himself standing shoulder to shoulder with a Europhile French intellectual

Zuma: what they say about the president-in-waiting

News Tue 21 Apr 2009, AT 01:00

The result of Wednesday’s election is a foregone conclusion. Whether South Africa will be better off under President Zuma is not

Tony McNulty’s expenses scam is nothing new

News Tue 24 Mar 2009, AT 12:43

In fiddling their expenses, MPs are continuing a long tradition. The effect on our democracy of cleaning up would be incalculable

Force convicts to vote as a form of rehabilitation

News Wed 12 Nov 2008, AT 09:53

It’s amusing to see idiots who can’t be bothered to vote express outrage at the suggestion that convicts ought to be enfranchised