Five years ago New York shook as the World Trade Centre collapsed.  The world would never be the same.  AS Heath asks whether our response was the right one?

The neo-conservatives in the States are already worried about the loss of Tony Blair and its impact on President George W Bush's war on terrorism.  

Chatham House has released a report that suggest Iran has benefited from Western policies in the Mid East.

The intention of this thread is not to rehearse discussions about whether the plot was or was not real (though I don't mind comments going off in that direction)- it is to consider why the public don't believe what our ministers tell them.

According to the Guardian, Reg Keys, the bereaved father of a soldier killed in action in Iraq, is planning to field candidates against Ministers at the next General Election under a newly-formed "Spectre" Party.

Writing for the Mail on Sunday the Lib Dem MP Norman Baker has questioned the death of David Kelly. He would like the circumstances surrounding the death re-examined as he casts doubt on suicide being the cause.

The Lyndon Baines Johnson White House brought forward impressive civil rights legislation and the incredibly noble idea of the 'Great Society.' It was brought down by an unpopular and expensive war which drained money and political will. It is a warning to us for what happens when things go wrong, but Labour is in a strong position to avoid repeating the fate of the Democratic Party's fall from grace in the 1960s.