The Wardman Wire

Here is today’s roundup of stories.

Comment

Faisal al Yafai (Comment is Free) - More cartoons, please
Offence is good, but it’s important to keep things fresh. Here’s how the Danes could have done it better

Economist (Economist) - Faith, law and democracy - Defining the limits of exceptionalism
The right of faiths to run their own affairs and regulate the lives of their adherents has recently become controversial—because of fear of Islam

Iain Dale (Telegraph) - For all our sakes, Boris Johnson must win
Ken Livingstone is displaying all the signs of being the political equivalent of a paranoid schizophrenic. He is paranoid about his rival for the London mayoralty, Boris Johnson.”

News

BBC (BBC)

- Cuts threaten UK intelligence
A reduction of 121 posts has been proposed for the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS) which analyses information from GCHQ, MI6 and the MoD.

BBC (BBC) - UK-US extradition deal attacked
The UK’s extradition laws have been attacked as unfair in the wake of the Appeal Court ruling that a wrongly accused pilot can claim compensation. If Lotfi Raissi were held under current rules he would have been extradited to the US, the Lib Dems and the human rights group Liberty have said.

BBC (BBC) - Islam critic asks for protection
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch MP and outspoken critic of Islam, has appealed to the EU to create a fund to help protect people in her position.

NYT (NYT) - Signs in Kenya of a Land Redrawn by Ethnicity
Kenya used to be considered one of the most promising countries in Africa. Now it is in the throes of ethnically segregating itself.

Sky (Sky) - NHS Workers Lie Over Qualifications
A third of NHS Trusts have identified healthworkers using fake CVs or lying about criminal convictions, according to research seen by Sky News.

Times (Times Online) - The carbon-zero future for new homes
By 2016 every new home built in Britain will be carbon-zero. Some of these homes will be in ten new eco-towns (comprising between 5,000 and 20,000 homes) to be created by 2020.

Obituary

Economist (Economist)

- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Thirty years earlier the maharishi, who had studied maths and physics at Allahabad University, had calculated that one person practising the transcendental meditation he promoted could induce virtuous behaviour among 99 non-meditators.

Scotland

BBC (BBC)

- Governments row on bomber future
The Scottish and UK Governments have clashed over the future of the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi.

Wales

BBC (BBC)

- Labour MP is given police apology
The chief and deputy chief constables of North Wales Police have apologised to Wrexham MP Ian Lucas over comments in a BBC Wales TV documentary.

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