Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("http://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree","20090731153943","http://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1249054783"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <script type="text/javascript"> document.domain = "guardian.co.uk"; </script> <title> Comment is free | guardian.co.uk </title> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"/> <link rel="canonical" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree"/> <meta name="description" content="Comment is free"/> <meta name="DC.date.issued" content="2007-09-14"> <meta name="keywords" content="Comment is free"/> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/web/20090731153943im_/http://www.guardian.co.uk/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/> <link href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://m.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree?m.cam=www" type="text/html" media="handheld" rel="alternate"/> <link href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/commentisfree/rss" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="rss"/> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if (!commonStaticRoot) { var commonStaticRoot = "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/"; } if (!sectionStaticRoot) { var sectionStaticRoot = "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/commentisfree/"; } if (!staticHost) { var staticHost="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/"; } //]]> </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943cs_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/styles/wide/blog-front.css" media="all"/>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943cs_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/styles/wide/high-contrast-common.css" media="screen"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943cs_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/zones/comment/styles/wide/high-contrast-section.css" media="screen"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943cs_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/styles/wide/base-typography.css" media="screen"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943cs_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/commentisfree/styles/wide/high-contrast-section.css" media="screen"/> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ function insertStyleSheet(href) { var styleObject = document.createElement('link'); styleObject.setAttribute('href', commonStaticRoot + href); styleObject.setAttribute('type', 'text/css'); styleObject.setAttribute('media', 'screen'); styleObject.setAttribute('rel', 'stylesheet'); var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; head.appendChild(styleObject); } insertStyleSheet('styles/wide/js-on.css'); //]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943js_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/external-scripts/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943js_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/external-scripts/jquery-libraries/jquery.cookie.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var jQ = jQuery.noConflict(); </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943js_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/scripts/gu.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ function init() { new SearchForm(true, 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://browse.guardian.co.uk', null, 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/websearch' ); urlStack.clearUrlStack(); var signOutLink = document.getElementById("sign-out"); if (signOutLink) { signOutLink.onclick = signOut; } } var thirdPartyReferralCookieService = new guardian.r2.ThirdPartyReferralCookieService(); thirdPartyReferralCookieService.setThirdPartyReferralCookie(); var urlStack = new UrlStack(".guardian.co.uk"); guardian.r2.signInListeners = new guardian.r2.SignInListeners(); (function () { var signInView = new guardian.r2.SignInView("http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/scripts/md5.js"); var obfuscationService = new guardian.r2.ObfuscationService(); guardian.r2.signInController = new guardian.r2.SignInController(signInView, guardian.r2.signInListeners, obfuscationService, "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/tools/signin"); }) (); (function () { var profileLinkView = new guardian.r2.ProfileLinkView(); profileLinkController = new guardian.r2.ProfileLinkController(profileLinkView, "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/"); }) (); addSafeLoadEvent(init); //]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> // <![CDATA[ if (isExternalSystemOn("pluck")) { insertStyleSheet('styles/wide/pluck-on.css'); } // ]]> </script> </head> <body id="blog-front"> <div id="wrapper"> <script id="hitboxScript" type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("hbx")) { var _hbEC=0,_hbE=new Array;function _hbEvent(a,b){b=_hbE[_hbEC++]=new Object();b._N=a;b._C=0;return b;} var hbx=_hbEvent("pv");hbx.vpc="HBX0250u";hbx.gn="hits.gureport.co.uk"; hbx.acct="DM560617DKEA;DM54102495BW"; hbx.pn="{front}{Comment+is+free}{p233774}"; hbx.mlc="/GU/Comment+is+free/"; hbx.pndef="title"; hbx.ctdef="full"; hbx.fv=""; hbx.lt="manual"; hbx.dlf="n"; hbx.dft="n"; hbx.elf="n"; hbx.seg=""; hbx.fnl=""; hbx.cmp=""; hbx.cmpn=""; hbx.dcmp=""; hbx.dcmpn=""; hbx.dcmpe=""; hbx.dcmpre=""; hbx.hra=""; hbx.hqsr=""; hbx.hqsp=""; hbx.hlt=""; hbx.hla=""; hbx.gp=""; hbx.gpn=""; hbx.hcn=""; hbx.hcv=""; hbx.cp="null"; hbx.cpd=""; hbx.ci='(none)'; hbx.hc1='usa'; hbx.hc2='(none)'; hbx.hc3="guardian.co.uk"; hbx.hc4=""; hbx.hrf=""; hbx.pec=""; var cv=_hbEvent("cv"); cv.c5=""; cv.c6=""; cv.c7="2009_07_31"; generateScriptTag('http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/scripts/hbx.js'); } //]]> </script> <noscript id="hitboxNoScript"> <div><img alt="" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://hits.gureport.co.uk/HG?hc=we89&cd=1&hv=6&ce=u&hb=DM560617DKEA;DM54102495BW&n={front}{Comment+is+free}{p233774}&vcon=/GU/Comment+is+free/&seg=&cmp=&gp=&fnl=&pec=&dcmp=&ra=&gn=&cv=&ld=&la=&customerid=(none)&c1=usa&c2=(none)&c3=guardian.co.uk&c4=&c5=&c6=&c7=2009_07_31" width="1" height="1"/></div> </noscript> <script id="omnitureGeneratorScript" type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("omniture")) { var s_account="guardiangu-blogs,guardiangu-network,guardiangu-commentisfree,guardiandev2"; generateScriptTag('http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/scripts/omniture-H.20.3.js'); } //]]> </script> <script id="omnitureScript" type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("omniture")) { s.pageName="Comment is free home:Section Front:233774"; s.channel = "Comment is free"; s.pageType=""; s.server='05'; s.prop2='GUID:(none)'; s['prop4']=""; s['prop6']=""; s['prop8']="233774"; s['prop9']="Section Front"; s['prop10']=""; s['prop11']="Comment is free"; s['prop13']=""; s['prop25']="Comment is free"; s['prop30']="non-content"; s.hier2="GU/Comment is free/blog/Comment is free"; s.events=""; s.eVar23=""; var s_code=s.t();if(s_code)document.write(s_code); } //]]> </script> <noscript id="omnitureNoScript"> <div><img alt="" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-blogs,guardiangu-network,guardiangu-commentisfree,guardiandev2/1/H.20.3/79060?ns=guardian&pageName=Comment+is+free+home%3ASection+Front%3A233774&ch=Comment+is+free&c4=&c6=&c8=233774&c9=Section+Front&c10=&c11=Comment+is+free&c13=&c25=Comment+is+free&c30=non-content&h2=GU%2FComment+is+free%2Fblog%2FComment+is+free&c2=GUID:(none)" width="1" height="1"/></div> </noscript> <div id="video-settings"> <div class="cookied"> <p class="on"><a class="autoplay-off" href="#skiplinks">Turn autoplay off</a></p> <p class="off"><a class="autoplay-on" href="#skiplinks">Turn autoplay on</a></p> </div> <div class="not-cookied"> <p>Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off</p> </div> </div> <div id="skiplinks"> <ul> <li><a href="#box" accesskey="s">Jump to content [s]</a></li> <li><a href="#global-nav" accesskey="0">Jump to site navigation [0]</a></li> <li><a href="#web-search-field" accesskey="4">Jump to search [4]</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://guardian.co.uk/Users/help/article/0,,933909,00.html" accesskey="8">Terms and conditions [8]</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="header"> <div id="sub-header"> <ul class="user-details"> <li id="sign-in" class="first"><a class="same-page-login-required" href="/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/Users/signin/tr/1,,-1,00.html" name="&lid={headerSubHeader}{Signedin}&lpos={headerSubHeader}{1}">Sign in</a></li> <li id="register"><a href="/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/Users/register/1,,-1,00.html" name="&lid={headerSubHeader}{Register}&lpos={headerSubHeader}{2}" class="register-required">Register</a></li> <li id="mobile"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/mobilesite/commentisfree" name="&lid={headerSubHeader}{Mobile version}&lpos={headerSubHeader}{3}">Mobile version</a></li> <li id="larger" class="first">Text <a href="/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/accessibility" name="&lid={headerSubHeader}{Text Larger}&lpos={headerSubHeader}{8}">larger</a></li><li id="smaller"><a href="/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/accessibility" name="&lid={headerSubHeader}{Text Smaller}&lpos={headerSubHeader}{9}">smaller</a></li> </ul> <div id="topslot"> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("displayads")) { var src = 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://ads.guardian.co.uk/js.ng/spacedesc=topslot&comfolder=mobilesitekeywords&keywords=%2C&site=Commentisfree&bandwidth=t1&url=%252Fcommentisfree&rand=-1604888050&series=&system=blog&tile=4439212&blockVideoAds=false&'; generateScriptTag(src); } //]]> </script> </div> </div> <div id="guardian-logo"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/" name="&lid={headerBranding}{Guardian}&lpos={headerBranding}{1}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/zones/comment/images/logo.gif" height="22" width="140" alt="guardian.co.uk home"/></a> </div> <form id="search" action="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/websearch" method="get" onsubmit="return SearchForm(true, 'http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=','http://www.guardian.co.uk/search/users');"> <fieldset id="web-search"> <input type="text" class="text search-field" name="web-search-field" id="web-search-field" value="Search" onclick="if(this.value=='Search')this.value='';else this.select();"/> <label for="sitesearch-radio"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Location"/></label> <select name="sitesearch-radio"> <option value="guardian" id="search-guardian">guardian.co.uk</option> <option value="Comment is free" id="search-section">Comment is free</option> <option value="web" id="search-web">Web</option> </select> <input type="submit" class="submit sitesearch-submit" value="Search" name="go-guardian" id="go-guardian"/> </fieldset> </form> <div id="zones-nav"> <div id="global-nav"> <ul> <li class="first news"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/" name="&lid={globalNav}{guardian.co.uk home}&lpos={trail}{1}">News</a> </li> <li class="sport"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport" name="&lid={globalNav}{Sport home}&lpos={trail}{2}">Sport</a> </li> <li class="comment"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree" name="&lid={globalNav}{Comment is free home}&lpos={trail}{3}">Comment</a> </li> <li class="culture"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture" name="&lid={globalNav}{Culture home}&lpos={trail}{4}">Culture</a> </li> <li class="business"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business" name="&lid={globalNav}{Business home}&lpos={trail}{5}">Business</a> </li> <li class="money"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/money" name="&lid={globalNav}{Money home}&lpos={trail}{6}">Money</a> </li> <li class="life-style"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle" name="&lid={globalNav}{Life &amp; style}&lpos={trail}{7}">Life & style</a> </li> <li class="travel"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel" name="&lid={globalNav}{Travel home}&lpos={trail}{8}">Travel</a> </li> <li class="environment"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment" name="&lid={globalNav}{Environment}&lpos={trail}{9}">Environment</a> </li> <li class="blogs"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/tone/blog" name="&lid={globalNav}{Guardian blogs | All guardian.co.uk blogposts}&lpos={trail}{10}">Blogs</a> </li> <li class="video"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/multimedia" name="&lid={globalNav}{Multimedia home}&lpos={trail}{11}">Video</a> </li> <li class="users"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/community" name="&lid={globalNav}{Users home}&lpos={trail}{12}">Community</a> </li> <li class="last jobs"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/" name="&lid={globalNav}{Jobs}&lpos={trail}{13}">Jobs</a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="nav-bar"> <div id="crumb-nav"> <ul> <li id="crumb1"><a class="first-end" href="/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Comment is free}&lpos={crumbNavigation}{1}">Comment is free</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="local-nav"> <ul class="related-to-crumb1"> <li><a class="first-local-item" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/america" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{CIF America}&lpos={trail}{2}">Cif America</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Cif belief}&lpos={trail}{3}">Cif belief</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Liberty Central}&lpos={trail}{4}">liberty central</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/middleeast" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Opinion and debate from and about Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, E}&lpos={trail}{5}">Cif Middle East</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Cif green}&lpos={trail}{6}">Cif green</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/commentisfree+content/video" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Video}&lpos={trail}{7}">Video</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/list/contributors" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{Comment is free: contributors}&lpos={trail}{8}">Contributors</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/page/allsubjectsaf" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{All subjects on Comment is free}&lpos={trail}{9}">Subjects</a></li> <li class="last"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/2008/jun/03/1" name="&lid={crumbNavigation}{About Comment is free}&lpos={trail}{10}">About us</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="heading" class="badged"> <div id="badge-full"> <h1> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/1/22/1232641636777/CIF_940x120.gif" alt="Comment is free badge" width="940" height="90" class="image-badge"/> </h1> </div> </h1> </div> <div id="box"> <div id="content"> <div id="cif-extra"> <div id="cif-cartoon" class="trail trailblock"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/cartoon/2009/jul/31/martin-rowson-comment-cartoon" name="&lid={blogFrontCartoon}{Opposition anger over 2011 date for Iraq war report}&lpos={trail}{1}"> <span>Martin Rowson</span> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/31/1248997839226/31.07.09-Martin-Rowson-on-008.jpg" width="380" alt="31.07.09: Martin Rowson on the Chilcot Inquiry"/> </a> <p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/cartoon/2009/jul/31/martin-rowson-comment-cartoon?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontCartoon}{Opposition anger over 2011 date for Iraq war report}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351022869 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </p> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ function setactive() { var el = this; var className = el.id; el.parentNode.className = className + el.parentNode.className.slice(5); } addSafeLoadEvent(function() { var titles = document.getElementById('cif-hot-topics').getElementsByTagName('a'); for(var i=0;i<titles.length;i++) { titles[i].onmouseover = setactive; } }); //]]> </script> <div id="cif-hot-topics" class="hot-2 trailblock"> <h2>Hot topics</h2> <a id="hot-2" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/commentisfree+society/assisted-suicide" name="&lid={blogFrontHotTopics}{Comment is free + Assisted suicide}&lpos={trail}{1}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/07/30/debbiepurdy_60x60.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Debbie Purdy assisted suicide"/><span class="contents"><strong>A dying wish:</strong> Debbie Purdy has won a landmark law lords judgment to clarify the legality of assisted dying. Is it a good thing?</span></a> <a id="hot-3" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/commentisfree+education/sexeducation" name="&lid={blogFrontHotTopics}{Comment is free + Sex education}&lpos={trail}{2}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/30/1248953779112/Coloured-Condoms-001.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Coloured Condoms"/><span class="contents"><strong>Sex education:</strong> News that the rate of teenage pregnancies and STDs rose under Bush has reignited debate in the US. Have your say</span></a> <a id="hot-4" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/politics-and-reform" name="&lid={blogFrontHotTopics}{A new politics: blueprint for reforming government}&lpos={trail}{3}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/5/20/1242810218731/A-New-Politics-logo-001.jpg" width="120" height="60" alt="A New Politics logo"/><span class="contents"><strong>Vote for a change:</strong> Electoral reform is key to a new politics – but is a referendum at the next election realistic? Have your say</span></a> <a id="hot-5" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree+world/race" name="&lid={blogFrontHotTopics}{Comment is free + World news-Race issues}&lpos={trail}{4}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/30/1248953611483/Henry-Louis-Gates-001.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="Henry Louis Gates"/><span class="contents"><strong>Race in America:</strong> As Henry Louis Gates and the officer who arrested him join Obama for a beer in the White House, share your views</span></a> <a id="hot-6" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/commentisfree+world/afghanistan" name="&lid={blogFrontHotTopics}{Comment is free + Afghanistan}&lpos={trail}{5}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/03/09/taliban.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt="taliban"/><span class="contents"><strong>Talking to the Taliban:</strong> With losses mounting in Afghanistan, military and government tactics are coming under scrutiny. What's your view?</span></a> <p id="bubbling-under"><b>On the radar:</b> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/30/atheist-camp-unicorns" name="&lid={blogFrontHotTopics}{Do you believe in unicorns? | Open thread}&lpos={trail}{6}" title="Do you believe in unicorns? | Open thread">Faith in unicorns</a> · <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/commentisfree+world/healthcare" name="&lid={blogFrontHotTopics}{US healthcare reform}&lpos={trail}{7}">US healthcare reform</a> · <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/30/legal-aid-funding-sustainable" name="&lid={blogFrontHotTopics}{Legal aid, more important that ever | Carolyn Regan}&lpos={trail}{8}" title="Legal aid is more vital than ever | Carolyn Regan">Legal aid</a> </p> </div> <div id="cif-picks"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> // <![CDATA[ if (isExternalSystemOn("pluck")) { insertStyleSheet('styles/wide/pluck-on.css'); } // ]]> </script> <div id="main-trailblock" class="trailblock"> <h2>Editors' picks</h2> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/sarah-palin-capitalism-climate" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Capitalism doesnt care that centuries of pillage will pull the world ap}&lpos={trail}{1}">What might the world look like if the bailout works? Like Sarah Palin</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/sarah-palin-capitalism-climate" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Capitalism doesnt care that centuries of pillage will pull the world ap}&lpos={trail}{2}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/06/02/naomi_klein_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Naomi Klein:</strong> She was the last clear expression of capitalism-as-usual. And if we waste this chance, it will be back to drill-baby-drill <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/sarah-palin-capitalism-climate?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Capitalism doesnt care that centuries of pillage will pull the world ap}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351011331 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/debbie-purdy-assisted-suicide" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Debbie Purdy gets the clarity she needs | Sarah Wootton}&lpos={trail}{4}">Debbie Purdy will get the clarity she needs</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/debbie-purdy-assisted-suicide" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Debbie Purdy gets the clarity she needs | Sarah Wootton}&lpos={trail}{5}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/07/16/sarah.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Sarah Wootton:</strong> Debbie Purdy's victory is a significant step towards changing the law on assisted suicide to give us more choice at the end of life <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/debbie-purdy-assisted-suicide?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Debbie Purdy gets the clarity she needs | Sarah Wootton}&lpos={trail}{6}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351008593 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> <ul class="sublinks"> <li class="bullet "> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/30/assisted-suicide-purdy-law" name="&lid={sublinks}{Assisted suicide: a moral muddle | Jonathan Romain}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text" rel="nofollow"> Jonathan Romain: Assisted suicide: a useful muddle</a> </li> <li class="bullet last"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/30/debbie-purdy-human-rights" name="&lid={sublinks}{| Stephen Cragg}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="link-text" rel="nofollow"> Stephen Cragg: A victory for human rights</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/organ-donation-nhs-transplant" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{We already use donated organs fairly | Julian Baggini}&lpos={trail}{7}">False perceptions harm organ donation</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/organ-donation-nhs-transplant" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{We already use donated organs fairly | Julian Baggini}&lpos={trail}{8}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/05/29/julian_baggini_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Julian Baggini:</strong> The problem is not foreigners or the rich jumping the queue for transplants, it's a failure to stand by the system <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/organ-donation-nhs-transplant?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{We already use donated organs fairly | Julian Baggini}&lpos={trail}{9}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351043354 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/weather-forecasts-prediction-casualties-helmand" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{This pseudo-science is best left to private firms, and not paid for by u}&lpos={trail}{10}">The Met Office thinks August will be wet. Buy futures in sun cream now</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/weather-forecasts-prediction-casualties-helmand" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{This pseudo-science is best left to private firms, and not paid for by u}&lpos={trail}{11}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/10/03/simon_jenkins_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Simon Jenkins:</strong> Like recent pandemic predictions, weather forecasting is best left to the private sector, to ball-gazers and seaweed <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/weather-forecasts-prediction-casualties-helmand?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{This pseudo-science is best left to private firms, and not paid for by u}&lpos={trail}{12}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351011833 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/30/law-lords-supreme-court" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{It took 142 years, but at last Bagehot has got his way | Martin Kettle}&lpos={trail}{13}">At last Bagehot has got his way</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/30/law-lords-supreme-court" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{It took 142 years, but at last Bagehot has got his way | Martin Kettle}&lpos={trail}{14}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/contributor/2007/09/28/martin_kettle_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Martin Kettle:</strong> The birth of the supreme court is not just for show. The removal of judges from parliament is a victory for liberty and law <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/30/law-lords-supreme-court?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{It took 142 years, but at last Bagehot has got his way | Martin Kettle}&lpos={trail}{15}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351016926 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/britain-america-west-wing" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{The aping of America | Mark Lawson}&lpos={trail}{16}">Political endeavor</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/britain-america-west-wing" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{The aping of America | Mark Lawson}&lpos={trail}{17}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2007/10/25/mark_lawson2_140x140.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Mark Lawson: </strong>Enthusiasm for a leaders' debate is just the latest British effort to ape the ways of The West Wing <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/britain-america-west-wing?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{The aping of America | Mark Lawson}&lpos={trail}{18}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351002653 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="full"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/feminism-choice-matriarchy-libby-brooks" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Is this really womens lib? | Ellie Levenson}&lpos={trail}{19}">Barbie can be a feminist, too</a></h3> <div class="byline"> <a class="container" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/feminism-choice-matriarchy-libby-brooks" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Is this really womens lib? | Ellie Levenson}&lpos={trail}{20}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/31/1249029308878/ellie.jpg" width="60" height="60" alt=""/></a> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Ellie Levenson: </strong>Little wonder so many women recoil from being told how to look and to sign up to specific beliefs <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/feminism-choice-matriarchy-libby-brooks?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontPicks}{Is this really womens lib? | Ellie Levenson}&lpos={trail}{21}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350997713 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="cif-extra"> <h2>From the paper: <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/mainsection/commentanddebate">Comment</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/mainsection/leadersandreply">editorials</a>, <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/g2/features">G2</a></h2> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Linda Bellos</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/trevor-phillips-race" name="&lid={blogFrontExtra}{Response: We cannot rely on the government to enforce anti-discriminatio}&lpos={trail}{1}">We cannot rely on the government to enforce anti-discrimination laws</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/trevor-phillips-race?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontExtra}{Response: We cannot rely on the government to enforce anti-discriminatio}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350995313 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Editorial</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/editorial-assisted-suicide-debbie-purdy" name="&lid={blogFrontExtra}{Legal aid: Assisted suicide}&lpos={trail}{3}">Assisted suicide: Legal aid</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/editorial-assisted-suicide-debbie-purdy?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontExtra}{Legal aid: Assisted suicide}&lpos={trail}{4}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351015532 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Editorial</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/editorial-iraq-chilcot-abduction" name="&lid={blogFrontExtra}{Editorial: An inside job Iraqi kidnapping}&lpos={trail}{5}">Iraqi kidnapping: An inside job</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/editorial-iraq-chilcot-abduction?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontExtra}{Editorial: An inside job Iraqi kidnapping}&lpos={trail}{6}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351015278 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> <div class="reduced"> <h4>Editorial</h4> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/inpraiseof-lubna-hussein-sudan" name="&lid={blogFrontExtra}{Editorial: In praise of… Lubna Hussein}&lpos={trail}{7}">In praise of… Lubna Hussein</a></h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/inpraiseof-lubna-hussein-sudan?commentpage=1" name="&lid={blogFrontExtra}{Editorial: In praise of… Lubna Hussein}&lpos={trail}{8}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351014993 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="related"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> // <![CDATA[ if (isExternalSystemOn("pluck")) { insertStyleSheet('styles/wide/pluck-on.css'); } // ]]> </script> <div id="cif-recent-header" class="trail trailblock"> <h3>Latest posts</h3> </div> <ul id="cif-auto-trail-block"> <li> <span class="date"> 9min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/assisted-suicide-law-debbie-purdy" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Time to put an end to this state-approved torture | Polly Toynbee}&lpos={trail}{1}">Time to put an end to this state-approved torture</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Polly Toynbee:</strong> The next parliament may well be filled with social conservatives. Labour must act now to ensure our right to easeful death <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/assisted-suicide-law-debbie-purdy?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Time to put an end to this state-approved torture | Polly Toynbee}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351061597 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/conservative-fascism-kaminski-europe" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Stop respectable fascism now | Edward McMillan-Scott}&lpos={trail}{3}">Stop 'respectable fascism' now</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Edward McMillan-Scott: </strong>I lost the Conservative whip because I acted on principle to stop disguised extremism, symbolised by Michal Kaminski <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/conservative-fascism-kaminski-europe?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Stop respectable fascism now | Edward McMillan-Scott}&lpos={trail}{4}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351049505 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 1hr 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/31/kian-tajbakhsh-iran" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{ | Ibrahim Al-Marashi}&lpos={trail}{5}">An American in Iran</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Ibrahim Al-Marashi:</strong> When I was accused of being a western spy, Kian Tajbakhsh befriended me. Now he's been jailed in Iran for the same offence</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/31/kian-tajbakhsh-iran?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{ | Ibrahim Al-Marashi}&lpos={trail}{6}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350970875 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 2hr 25min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/assisted-suicide-debbie-purdy" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Law lords showed the courage MPs lacked | Sheila McLean}&lpos={trail}{7}">Law lords had the courage MPs lacked</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Sheila McLean:</strong> If politicians listened to what the public wants, Debbie Purdy wouldn't have had to take her case to the House of Lords <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/assisted-suicide-debbie-purdy?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Law lords showed the courage MPs lacked | Sheila McLean}&lpos={trail}{8}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351055673 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 3hr 7min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/31/gary-mckinnon-extradition-appeal" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{| Henry Porter}&lpos={trail}{9}">Failing McKinnon and failing us too</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Henry Porter: </strong>The government's<strong> </strong>extradition of a UFO-obsessed hacker demonstrates the inequality of our relationship with the USA <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/31/gary-mckinnon-extradition-appeal?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{| Henry Porter}&lpos={trail}{10}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351051370 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 3hr 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/31/healthcare-barack-obama-nhs-childbirth" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{ | Ashley Sayeau}&lpos={trail}{11}">Cleaning up US healthcare's mess</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Ashley Sayeau:</strong> I know first-hand the difference between healthcare in the US and UK. My experience shows why the profit motive isn't healthy</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/31/healthcare-barack-obama-nhs-childbirth?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{ | Ashley Sayeau}&lpos={trail}{12}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350869524 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 4hr 35min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/31/beer-summit-barack-obama" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Do beer summits work for you? | Open thread}&lpos={trail}{13}">Do beer summits work for you?</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Open thread:</strong> Obama's school of conflict resolution suggests a boozy face-to-face – has this worked in settling your own quarrels? <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/31/beer-summit-barack-obama?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Do beer summits work for you? | Open thread}&lpos={trail}{14}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351044551 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 4hr 59min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/31/met-police-press-photographers" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{The Met see sense on the media | Marc Vallée}&lpos={trail}{15}">The Met see sense on the media</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Marc Vallée:</strong> New guidelines from the Metropolitan police reinforce the rights of press photographers working in public – finally</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/31/met-police-press-photographers?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{The Met see sense on the media | Marc Vallée}&lpos={trail}{16}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351029752 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 5hr 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/nato-secretary-general" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{The last Nato secretary general? | Ilana Bet-El}&lpos={trail}{17}">The last Nato secretary general?</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Ilana Bet-El:</strong> Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who is about to take the reins at the alliance, is inheriting a troubled, sidelined organisation</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/nato-secretary-general?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{The last Nato secretary general? | Ilana Bet-El}&lpos={trail}{18}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351036659 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 6hr 9min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/31/alpha-course-christianity" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Alpha course: Resurrecting doubt | Adam Rutherford}&lpos={trail}{19}">Resurrecting doubt</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Adam Rutherford: Alpha male: </strong>The insistence on the literal truth of the resurrection is something my Alpha course group finds hard to swallow <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/31/alpha-course-christianity?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Alpha course: Resurrecting doubt | Adam Rutherford}&lpos={trail}{20}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351011438 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 6hr 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/queen-letter-financial-crisis" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Setting the Queen straight on the crunch | Thomas Palley}&lpos={trail}{21}">Let me explain, Ma'am...</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Thomas Palley:</strong> My own letter to the Queen explains that economics bears at least some responsibility for the financial crisis</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/queen-letter-financial-crisis?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Setting the Queen straight on the crunch | Thomas Palley}&lpos={trail}{22}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351006216 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 7hr 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/pakistan-young-generation-west" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Can we befriend Pakistan? | Ed Husain}&lpos={trail}{23}">Can we befriend Pakistan?</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Ed Husain:</strong> Do young Pakistanis believe that the west will treat them as equals? I am not sure, and neither are they</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/pakistan-young-generation-west?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Can we befriend Pakistan? | Ed Husain}&lpos={trail}{24}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351004243 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 8hr 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/israel-british-jewish-community" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Israels changing story | Seth Freedman}&lpos={trail}{25}">Breaking Israel's spell</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <strong>Seth Freedman: </strong>The British Jewish community must move beyond the idea that being 'loyal' means placing Israeli policy is beyond criticism <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/israel-british-jewish-community?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{Israels changing story | Seth Freedman}&lpos={trail}{26}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350842394 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 20hr 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/30/honduras-hillary-clinton-zelaya" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{ | Mark Weisbrot}&lpos={trail}{27}">Restoring democracy in Honduras</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Mark Weisbrot:</strong> Hillary Clinton's attempts to resolve the crisis in Honduras have failed. It's time for Latin America to take the lead</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/30/honduras-hillary-clinton-zelaya?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{ | Mark Weisbrot}&lpos={trail}{28}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350961353 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> <li> <span class="date"> 21hr 39min ago </span> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/chilcot-iraq-inquiry-blair" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{ | Richard Norton-Taylor}&lpos={trail}{29}">The Iraq inquiry must not back down</a> </h3> <div class="trail-text"> <p><strong>Richard Norton-Taylor:</strong> Sir John Chilcot should not ignore evidence that British officials plotted with their US counterparts to topple Saddam</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/chilcot-iraq-inquiry-blair?commentpage=1" name="&lid={latestCifPosts}{ | Richard Norton-Taylor}&lpos={trail}{30}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351012851 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </li> </ul> <p id="all-stories-link"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/all" name="&lid={blogFrontRelated}{All posts}&lpos={blogFrontRelated}{1}">All today's posts</a></p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/commentisfree/rss" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="rss" class="feed" name="&lid={blogFrontRelated}{Webfeed}&lpos={blogFrontRelated}{2}">Webfeed</a> <div id="blogs-calendar"> <div class="capsule"> <h2>Comment is free archive</h2> <div id="calendar-container"> <table title="Calendar for July" summary="Calendar for July" id="calendar"> <thead> <tr> <th colspan="7" scope="col"> <strong class="month">Jul 2009</strong> <a title="Previous month" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/29/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Previous}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{1}" class="previous"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/images/calendar/left_arrow.gif" alt="Previous" height="18" width="19"/> </a> </th> </tr> <tr class="month-nav"> <th scope="col" title="Monday" class="first">M</th> <th scope="col" title="Tuesday">T</th> <th scope="col" title="Wednesday">W</th> <th scope="col" title="Thursday">T</th> <th scope="col" title="Friday">F</th> <th scope="col" title="Saturday">S</th> <th scope="col" title="Sunday" class="last">S</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class=" has-links "> <td class="not-this-month first">29</td> <td class="not-this-month ">30</td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/29/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 1}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{2}">1</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/29/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 2}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{3}">2</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/29/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 3}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{4}">3</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/29/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 4}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{5}">4</a></td> <td class="last"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/29/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 5}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{6}">5</a></td> </tr> <tr class=" has-links "> <td class="first"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/06/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 6}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{7}">6</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/06/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 7}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{8}">7</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/06/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 8}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{9}">8</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/06/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 9}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{10}">9</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/06/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 10}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{11}">10</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/06/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 11}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{12}">11</a></td> <td class="last"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/06/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 12}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{13}">12</a></td> </tr> <tr class=" has-links "> <td class="first"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/13/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 13}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{14}">13</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/13/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 14}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{15}">14</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/13/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 15}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{16}">15</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/13/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 16}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{17}">16</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/13/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 17}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{18}">17</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/13/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 18}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{19}">18</a></td> <td class="last"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/13/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 19}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{20}">19</a></td> </tr> <tr class=" has-links "> <td class="first"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 20}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{21}">20</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 21}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{22}">21</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 22}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{23}">22</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 23}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{24}">23</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 24}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{25}">24</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 25}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{26}">25</a></td> <td class="last"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/20/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 26}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{27}">26</a></td> </tr> <tr class=" has-links "> <td class="first"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/27/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 27}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{28}" class="today">27</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/27/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 28}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{29}">28</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/27/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 29}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{30}">29</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/27/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 30}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{31}">30</a></td> <td><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/27/week" name="&lid={calendarNavigation}{Calendar 31}&lpos={calendarNavigation}{32}">31</a></td> <td class="not-this-month ">1</td> <td class="not-this-month last">2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="section-contents"> <div id="mpu1"> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("displayads")) { var src = 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://ads.guardian.co.uk/js.ng/spacedesc=mpu1&comfolder=mobilesitekeywords&keywords=%2C&site=Commentisfree&bandwidth=t1&url=%252Fcommentisfree&rand=37704656&series=&system=blog&tile=4439212&blockVideoAds=false&'; generateScriptTag(src); } //]]> </script> </div> <div class="tabs-container" id="recent-activity-top-ten"> <div id="recent-activity-header" class="page-heading trailblock"> <h2> Cif by numbers </h2> </div> <ul class="tab-toggle javascript-on"> <li id="recent-activity-top-ten-1-link"> <a href="#recent-activity-top-ten-1" class="active">24 hours<b></b></a> </li> <li id="recent-activity-top-ten-2-link"> <a href="#recent-activity-top-ten-2" class="inactive">7 days<b></b></a> </li> </ul> <div class="pane-wrapper"> <div id="recent-activity-top-ten-1" class="recent-activity-top-ten-pane tab-toggle-pane"> <h3 class="js-hider">24 hours</h3> <div class="most-commented"> <h3>Most commented</h3> <ol> <li class="first"> <span class="rank">1.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/30/atheist-camp-unicorns">Do you believe in unicorns?</a> (329) </li> <li> <span class="rank">2.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/jul/30/climate-change-deniers-monbiot">Climate change deniers claim they're censored. What hypocrites</a> (274) </li> <li> <span class="rank">3.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/israel-british-jewish-community">Breaking Israel's spell</a> (205) </li> <li> <span class="rank">4.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/feminism-choice-matriarchy-libby-brooks">Barbie can be a feminist, too</a> (199) </li> <li> <span class="rank">5.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/sarah-palin-capitalism-climate">What might the world look like if the bailout works? Like Sarah Palin</a> (195) </li> </ol> </div> <p id="most-commented-link"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/mostcommented" name="&lid={mostCommentedAndViewedTabbedContent}{more most commented}&lpos={mostCommentedAndViewedTabbedContent}{1}">More</a></p> <img id="top-pluck-logo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/images/icon_pluck.gif" height="14" width="112" alt="Powered by Pluck"/> <div class="most-viewed"> <h3>Most viewed</h3> <ol> <li class="first"> <span class="rank">1.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/sarah-palin-capitalism-climate">What might the world look like if the bailout works? Like Sarah Palin | Naomi Klein</a> </li> <li> <span class="rank">2.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/29/david-cameron-european-parliament-conservatives">Cameron may have helped the Polish right, but he has not served Britain | Timothy Garton Ash</a> </li> <li> <span class="rank">3.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/29/hadley-freeman-chatup-lines">From shlock to sleaze: why you never want to get chatted up by a famous person| Hadley Freeman</a> </li> <li> <span class="rank">4.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/video/2009/jul/29/obama-american-born-citizen">Tomasky talk video: Michael Tomasky watches the 'birthers' video</a> </li> <li> <span class="rank">5.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/28/israel-free-speech-middle-east">The self-righteous left's simplistic world | Carlo Strenger</a> </li> </ol> </div> <p id="most-viewed-link"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/mostviewed" name="&lid={mostCommentedAndViewedTabbedContent}{more most viewed}&lpos={mostCommentedAndViewedTabbedContent}{2}">More</a></p> </div> <div id="recent-activity-top-ten-2" class="recent-activity-top-ten-pane tab-toggle-pane initially-off"> <h3 class="js-hider">7 days</h3> <div class="most-commented"> <h3>Most commented</h3> <ol> <li class="first"> <span class="rank">1.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/30/atheist-camp-unicorns">Do you believe in unicorns?</a> (329) </li> <li> <span class="rank">2.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/jul/30/climate-change-deniers-monbiot">Climate change deniers claim they're censored. What hypocrites</a> (274) </li> <li> <span class="rank">3.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/31/israel-british-jewish-community">Breaking Israel's spell</a> (205) </li> <li> <span class="rank">4.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/feminism-choice-matriarchy-libby-brooks">Barbie can be a feminist, too</a> (199) </li> <li> <span class="rank">5.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/sarah-palin-capitalism-climate">What might the world look like if the bailout works? Like Sarah Palin</a> (195) </li> </ol> </div> <p id="most-commented-link"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/mostcommented" name="&lid={mostCommentedAndViewedTabbedContent}{more most commented}&lpos={mostCommentedAndViewedTabbedContent}{1}">More</a></p> <img id="top-pluck-logo" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/images/icon_pluck.gif" height="14" width="112" alt="Powered by Pluck"/> <div class="most-viewed"> <h3>Most viewed</h3> <ol> <li class="first"> <span class="rank">1.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/27/charlie-brooker-how-jokes-work">Charlie Brooker says jokes are funny but picking them apart isn't</a> </li> <li> <span class="rank">2.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/29/hadley-freeman-chatup-lines">From shlock to sleaze: why you never want to get chatted up by a famous person| Hadley Freeman</a> </li> <li> <span class="rank">3.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/jul/24/alpha-course-religion-christianity">Why did Jesus die? | Adam Rutherford</a> </li> <li> <span class="rank">4.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/28/israel-free-speech-middle-east">The self-righteous left's simplistic world | Carlo Strenger</a> </li> <li> <span class="rank">5.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/26/republicans-barack-obama-citizenship">In this Republican dystopia, Obama's not even a citizen | Michael Tomasky</a> </li> </ol> </div> <p id="most-viewed-link"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/mostviewed" name="&lid={mostCommentedAndViewedTabbedContent}{more most viewed}&lpos={mostCommentedAndViewedTabbedContent}{2}">More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="binary-poll" class="binary-poll trailblock"> <h2>Poll</h2> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2009/jul/31/britishairways" name="&lid={cachedBinaryPoll}{Poll: Does Britain need a national carrier?}&lpos={trail}{1}">Does Britain need a national carrier?</a></h3> <form action="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/poll/submitanswer" type="POST" class="binary-poll-form"> <p id="binary-poll-trail"> British Airways has <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jul/31/ba-loss-airline-industry-gloom">posted huge losses and says the outlook is bleak</a>. But would there be any reason to mourn the loss of a flag-bearing national carrier, or would it be just the petty patriotism of a past era? </p> <input type="hidden" name="pollId" value="351052239"/>  <div class="canvas-wrapper"> <canvas id="binary-pie-chart" width="140" height="140"></canvas> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ jQ(document).ready(function () { var pieData = []; pieData[0] = {sliceValue : 30}; pieData[1] = {sliceValue : 70}; var pieChartView = new guardian.r2.PieChartView('binary-pie-chart', 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/images/communities/percentage.gif', true); var pieChartController = new guardian.r2.PieChartController(pieChartView, pieData, 'binary'); }); //]]> </script> <div id="binary-poll-content"> <p id="left-answer-content"> <input type="radio" name="q-2343" id="a-4148" value="a-4148"/> <label class="poll-answer-losing" for="a-4148">Yes, it's an important symbol</label> <span class="poll-answer-losing poll-stats">(30%)</span> </p> <p id="right-answer-content"> <input type="radio" name="q-2343" id="a-4149" value="a-4149"/> <label class="poll-answer-winning" for="a-4149">No - any old plane will do</label> <span class="poll-answer-winning poll-stats">(70%)</span> </p> <p id="vote-button-content"><input type="submit" name="vote" value="Vote" id="submit-binary-poll"/></p> </div> </form> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> // <![CDATA[ if (isExternalSystemOn("pluck")) { insertStyleSheet('styles/wide/pluck-on.css'); } // ]]> </script> <div id="comment-info-related"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2009/jul/31/britishairways?commentpage=1" name="&lid={binaryPoll}{Poll: Does Britain need a national carrier?}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351052239 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> <div id="rel-pickable-combiner-3" class="pickabletag tag-tag single-tag"> <h2 style="height: 42px" class="hasbadge"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{Politics. And other stuff<br><small><a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky>Michael Tomasky on America</small></a>}&lpos={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{1}"> Politics. And other stuff<br><small><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky">Michael Tomasky on America</small></a> </a> </h2> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/11/18/MichaelTomasky_90x75.png" class="tag-badge" alt="" height="75" width="90"/> <ul> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/jul/31/birthers-poll-obama-republicans" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{A poll shows only 42% of Republicans believe Obama was born in the Unite}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">A poll shows only 42% of Republicans believe Obama was born in the United States</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">31 Jul 2009 15.38 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/jul/31/birthers-poll-obama-republicans?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{A poll shows only 42% of Republicans believe Obama was born in the Unite}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351060248 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/jul/31/healthcare-congress" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Michael Tomasky: House liberals rise up}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Michael Tomasky: House liberals rise up</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">31 Jul 2009 13.06 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/jul/31/healthcare-congress?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{Michael Tomasky: House liberals rise up}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351051365 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/jul/30/obama-ambassador-court-st-james" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Michael Tomasky on Barack Obamas man in London}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Michael Tomasky on Barack Obama's man in London</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">30 Jul 2009 19.56 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/michaeltomasky/2009/jul/30/obama-ambassador-court-st-james?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{Michael Tomasky on Barack Obamas man in London}&lpos={trail}{4}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-351014542 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="rel-pickable-combiner-4" class="pickabletag tag-tag single-tag"> <h2 style="height: 42px" class="hasbadge"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{<a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral>liberty central</a><br><small><a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter>Henry Porter on civil liberties</a></small>}&lpos={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{1}"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral">liberty central</a><br><small><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter">Henry Porter on civil liberties</a></small> </a> </h2> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/12/04/HenryPorter_90x75.png" class="tag-badge" alt="" height="75" width="90"/> <ul> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/29/tales-suspicious-society" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Links to a suspicious society | Henry Porter}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Tales of a suspicious society | Henry Porter</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">29 Jul 2009 16.07 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/29/tales-suspicious-society?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{Links to a suspicious society | Henry Porter}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350908353 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/28/identity-cards-poll-public-opposition" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{ID cards are a bureaucrats luxury | Henry Porter}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">ID cards are a bureaucrat's luxury | Henry Porter</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">28 Jul 2009 12.59 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/28/identity-cards-poll-public-opposition?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{ID cards are a bureaucrats luxury | Henry Porter}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350895483 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/27/bouncers-issue-fines" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{No legal process for bouncer fines | Henry Porter}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">No legal process for bouncer fines | Henry Porter</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">27 Jul 2009 12.32 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/henryporter/2009/jul/27/bouncers-issue-fines?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{No legal process for bouncer fines | Henry Porter}&lpos={trail}{4}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350845257 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="rel-pickable-combiner-5" class="pickabletag tag-tag single-tag"> <h2 style="height: 42px" class="hasbadge"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{<a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown>Free to believe</a><br><small><a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown>Andrew Brown on belief and unbelief</small></a>}&lpos={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{1}"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown">Free to believe</a><br><small><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown">Andrew Brown on belief and unbelief</small></a> </a> </h2> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/12/04/AndrewBrown_90x75.png" class="tag-badge" alt="" height="75" width="90"/> <ul> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/jul/29/anglican-split-rowan-williams" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Rowans road to disestablishment | Andrew Brown}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Rowan's road to disestablishment | Andrew Brown</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">29 Jul 2009 18.03 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/jul/29/anglican-split-rowan-williams?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{Rowans road to disestablishment | Andrew Brown}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350963777 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/jul/22/religion-sweden-lapland-contentment" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{A thought about contentment | Andrew Brown}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Contentment among the mosquitoes | Andrew Brown</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">22 Jul 2009 8.54 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/jul/22/religion-sweden-lapland-contentment?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{A thought about contentment | Andrew Brown}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350643970 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> <li> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/jul/14/religion-islam" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{heady | Andrew Brown}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Why Muslim women are unemployed | Andrew Brown</a> </h4> </div> <span class="date">14 Jul 2009 13.53 BST</span> </div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/jul/14/religion-islam?commentpage=1" name="&lid={pickableSingleTagWithBadging}{heady | Andrew Brown}&lpos={trail}{4}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350247571 commenting-closed pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div id="editor-zone-2" class="trail trailblock"> <h2>Thread of the day</h2> <ul> <li> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/feminism-choice-matriarchy-libby-brooks" name="&lid={soloTrailblock}{Is this really womens lib? | Ellie Levenson}&lpos={trail}{1}">Barbie can be a feminist, too</a></h3> <div class="trailtext"><span></span><strong>Ellie Levenson: </strong>Little wonder so many women recoil from being told how to look and to sign up to specific beliefs</div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/feminism-choice-matriarchy-libby-brooks?commentpage=1" name="&lid={soloTrailblock}{Is this really womens lib? | Ellie Levenson}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350997713 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <ul id="editor-zone-3" class="tri trail trailblock"> <li class="major-heading "> <h2> You tell us </h2> </li> <li class="normal first"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/28/you-tell-us" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{What do you want to talk about?}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">What do you want to talk about?</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> Post your suggestions for subjects you'd like us to cover on Comment is free <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/28/you-tell-us?commentpage=1" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{What do you want to talk about?}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="comment-count-info pluck-init-inline comment-count-id-350900378 pluck-commentable"> <span class="link-comment-count"></span><span class="link-comment-count-words"></span> </a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="major-heading "> <h2> You said it </h2> </li> <li class="normal"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> In <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/30/guantanamo-prisoners-begg-mohamed?commentid=602dde3f-ad16-44cf-9201-e8781bd54da2">Helping the victims of Guantánamo</a>, Victoria Brittain <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/30/guantanamo-prisoners-begg-mohamed?commentid=602dde3f-ad16-44cf-9201-e8781bd54da2">describes</a> how Binyam Mohamed and Jamil el-Banna took a public stand to support former prisoners </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> In <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/folk-music-far-right">A faded vision of folk</a>, Lostearthman says <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/folk-music-far-right?commentid=5314adb0-b6ce-434b-aea0-20958d7671e6">we can and should</a> celebrate our roots, but without taking it too far </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="normal"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> In <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/organic-food-nutritional-value">Organic food: the natural choice</a>, LondonPenguin <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/30/organic-food-nutritional-value?commentid=fc15cfdc-fce0-4e06-92fc-f7a67ff2dfbc">explains</a> why he's been buying organic for 20 years </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> </div> </div> </li> <li class="major-heading "> <h2> Twitter </h2> </li> <li class="normal last"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://twitter.com/Cif_jessica" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{<a href=http://twitter.com/CIF_Jessica>Comment is free is on twitter</a>}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://twitter.com/CIF_Jessica">Comment is free is on twitter</a></a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://twitter.com/Cif_jessica" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{<a href=http://twitter.com/CIF_Jessica>Comment is free is on twitter</a>}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="twitter" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/03/24/twitter.jpg" width="25" height="25" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> Follow us and send us comments, suggestions and tips for Best of the web </div> </div> </li> </ul> <ol class="most-read" id="editor-zone-4"> <li class="first"> <h2>Best of the web</h2> </li> <li> <span class="rank">1.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.libdemvoice.org/where-next-for-lembit-15783.html" name="&lid={bestOfTheWeb}{LibDem Voice: Where next for Lembit?}&lpos={trail}{1}">LibDem Voice: Where next for Lembit?</a> <div class="trail-text">The trouble is that the celebrity gossip prompted by his friendship/relationship/whatever with Katie has overshadowed a worthy cause</div> </li> <li> <span class="rank">2.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://thetyee.ca/Life/2009/07/31/HundredMileHoliday/" name="&lid={bestOfTheWeb}{The Tyee: Whats your hundred mile holiday?}&lpos={trail}{2}">The Tyee: What's your hundred mile holiday?</a> <div class="trail-text">Staying close to home can save cash, energy, and sanity</div> </li> <li> <span class="rank">3.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/bamboo_review_unscientific_america/" name="&lid={bestOfTheWeb}{Pandagon: Unscientific America}&lpos={trail}{3}">Pandagon: Unscientific America</a> <div class="trail-text">Looking at what can be done about Americans' willingness to just wave off scientific information that offends their sensibilities</div> </li> <li> <span class="rank">4.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/magazine/02cooking-t.html?_r=1&ref=dining&pagewanted=all" name="&lid={bestOfTheWeb}{NYTimes: Out of the Kitchen, onto the Couch}&lpos={trail}{4}">NYTimes: Out of the Kitchen, onto the Couch</a> <div class="trail-text">Michael Pollan discusses the evolution of America's cooking culture</div> </li> <li> <span class="rank">5.</span> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090817/younge" name="&lid={bestOfTheWeb}{The Nation: Beer and sympathy}&lpos={trail}{5}">The Nation: Beer and sympathy</a> <div class="trail-text">There are a huge number of explanations for black underachievement in this country, none of which are merely 'excuses'</div> </li> </ol> <div class="trailblock" id="blog-roll"> <h2>Blogroll</h2> <ul class="first-col"> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://globalvoicesonline.org/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Global Voices}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Global Voices</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Liberal Conspiracy}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="link-text">Liberal Conspiracy</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://fistfulofeuros.net/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Fistful of euros}&lpos={trail}{3}" class="link-text">Fistful of euros</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Cath Elliott}&lpos={trail}{4}" class="link-text">Cath Elliott</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.buzzmachine.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Buzzmachine}&lpos={trail}{5}" class="link-text">Buzzmachine</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.pickledpolitics.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Pickled Politics}&lpos={trail}{6}" class="link-text">Pickled Politics</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.thefword.org.uk/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{The F word}&lpos={trail}{7}" class="link-text">The F word</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.treehugger.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Treehugger}&lpos={trail}{8}" class="link-text">Treehugger</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.lolacreative.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Lola Adesioye}&lpos={trail}{9}" class="link-text">Lola Adesioye</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.thecommentfactory.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{The Comment Factory}&lpos={trail}{10}" class="link-text">The Comment Factory</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.feministing.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Feministing}&lpos={trail}{11}" class="link-text">Feministing</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.dailykos.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Daily Kos}&lpos={trail}{12}" class="link-text">Daily Kos</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.boingboing.net/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Boing Boing}&lpos={trail}{13}" class="link-text">Boing Boing</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.matthewgood.org/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Matthew Good}&lpos={trail}{14}" class="link-text">Matthew Good</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.racialicious.com/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Racialicious}&lpos={trail}{15}" class="link-text">Racialicious</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom" name="&lid={blogRoll}{OurKingdom}&lpos={trail}{16}" class="link-text">OurKingdom</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.feministe.us/blog/" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Feministe}&lpos={trail}{17}" class="link-text">Feministe</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.adbusters.org/blogs" name="&lid={blogRoll}{Adbusters blog}&lpos={trail}{18}" class="link-text">Adbusters blog</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="also-on"> <div class="trailblock"> <ul class="edzone-trailblock trail pixie" id="editor-zone-1"> <li class="major-heading"><h2>Elsewhere on Comment is free</h2></li> <li class="mini pixie comment"> <div class="caption"> <p class="strap"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/america" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{CIF America}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Cif America</a></p> </div> <div class="trail-text"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/america" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{CIF America}&lpos={trail}{2}">Up-to-the-minute comment and analysis from the US</a></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/america" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{CIF America}&lpos={trail}{3}"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/06/04/cifamerica.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="New York stock exchange"/> </a> </li> <li class="mini pixie comment"> <div class="caption"> <p class="strap"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Cif belief}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Cif belief</a></p> </div> <div class="trail-text"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Cif belief}&lpos={trail}{2}">Join the debate on our site dedicated to belief, unbelief and everything inbetween</a></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Cif belief}&lpos={trail}{3}"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2007/05/13/muslim.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="Young Muslim girl"/> </a> </li> <li class="mini pixie"> <div class="caption"> <p class="strap"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Liberty Central}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">liberty central</a></p> </div> <div class="trail-text"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Liberty Central}&lpos={trail}{2}">Follow Henry Porter's blog, visit the Liberty clinic and keep up to date with civil liberties legislation and events</a></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Liberty Central}&lpos={trail}{3}"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/09/14/cctv140x84.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="A CCTV camera in London"/> </a> </li> <li class="mini pixie"> <div class="caption"> <p class="strap"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Cif green}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Cif green</a></p> </div> <div class="trail-text"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Cif green}&lpos={trail}{2}">Keep an eye on the latest environmental debates and have your say</a></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Cif green}&lpos={trail}{3}"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2007/10/15/funghi140x84.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="Meadow waxcap"/> </a> </li> <li class="mini pixie comment"> <div class="caption"> <p class="strap"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/middleeast" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Opinion and debate from and about Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, E}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Cif Middle East</a></p> </div> <div class="trail-text"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/middleeast" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Opinion and debate from and about Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, E}&lpos={trail}{2}">Comment and debate from and about the region</a></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/middleeast" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Opinion and debate from and about Israel/Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, E}&lpos={trail}{3}"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/06/03/cifmiddleeast.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="A child carries a plate of bread in Cairo"/> </a> </li> <li class="mini pixie comment last"> <div class="caption"> <p class="strap"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/if" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Steve Bells If ...}&lpos={trail}{1}" class="link-text">Steve Bell: If ...</a></p> </div> <div class="trail-text"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/if" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Steve Bells If ...}&lpos={trail}{2}">Keep up with the If ... cartoon strip</a></div> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/series/if" name="&lid={trailItemPixie}{Steve Bells If ...}&lpos={trail}{3}"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/01/26/SteveBell3.jpg" width="140" height="84" alt="Steve Bell's If... 26.01.2009"/> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var pixies = jQ('li.pixie'); jQ(pixies).mouseenter(function() { jQ(this).find('div.trail-text').slideDown('fast'); }); jQ(pixies).mouseleave(function() { jQ(this).find('div.trail-text').slideUp('fast'); }); //]]> </script> </div>  <div class="commercial" id="promo"> <div id="global-jobs" class="capsule jobsbox"> <h3><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/?gusrc=gu_jobs_box_Comment is free&link=Comment is free_jbx_logo" name="&lid={rules/jobsBox}{Guardian Jobs}&lpos={rules/jobsBox}{1}"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/images/guardianjobs.gif" alt="Guardian Jobs"/></a></h3> <ul class="tab-toggle javascript-on"> <li id="global-jobs-1-link"> <a href="#global-jobs-1" class="active">UK<b></b></a> </li> <li id="global-jobs-2-link"> <a href="#global-jobs-2" class="inactive">USA<b></b></a> </li> </ul> <div class="pane-wrapper"> <div id="global-jobs-1" class="global-jobs-pane tab-toggle-pane"> <h3 class="js-hider">UK</h3> <div class="capsule jobsbox"> <form action="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/searchjobs/" onsubmit="return doSearchAllSubmitUK( this );"> <fieldset> <input type="text" class="text plain-search" id="freetext-searchalljobs" name="freetext" value="Search all jobs" onfocus="this.value='';"/> <input type="hidden" name="keyword" id="keyword-searchalljobs" value=""/> <input type="submit" class="submit" name="go" value="Go"/> <input type="hidden" name="gusrc" value="gu_jobs_box_Comment is free"/> <input type="hidden" name="link" value="Comment is free_jbx_go"/> </fieldset> </form> <p class="find-a-job"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/?gusrc=gu_jobs_box_Comment is free&link=Comment is free_jbx_brsesec" name="&lid={jobsBox}{Browse all jobs}&lpos={jobsBox}{1}">Browse all jobs</a> </p> <ul class="jobs"> <li class="odd"><h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/887196/exhibition-sales-executive-environmental-event?RSSSearch=0&gusrc=gu_jobs_box_Comment is free&link=Comment is free_jbx_vac" name="&lid={jobsBox}{Exhibition Sales Executive - Environmental Event|Comment is free}&lpos={jobsBox}{2}">Exhibition Sales Executive - Environmental Event</a></h4> <p><span class="employer">dragonfly.</span> <span class="location">exhibition sales executive - environmental event.</span> <span class="wage">£21000 - £23000 per annum + Bonus.</span> </p> </li> <li><h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/894220/exhibition-sales-executive-technology-event?RSSSearch=0&gusrc=gu_jobs_box_Comment is free&link=Comment is free_jbx_vac" name="&lid={jobsBox}{Exhibition Sales Executive - Technology Event|Comment is free}&lpos={jobsBox}{3}">Exhibition Sales Executive - Technology Event</a></h4> <p><span class="employer">dragonfly.</span> <span class="location">exhibition sales executive - technology event.</span> <span class="wage">£20000 - £25000 per annum + Bonus.</span> </p> </li> <li class="odd"><h4> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/885113/account-manager?RSSSearch=0&gusrc=gu_jobs_box_Comment is free&link=Comment is free_jbx_vac" name="&lid={jobsBox}{Account Manager|Comment is free}&lpos={jobsBox}{4}">Account Manager</a></h4> <p><span class="employer">think search and selection.</span> <span class="location">corporate finance pr account manager post within a….</span> <span class="wage">Up to £35k + shares.</span> </p> </li> </ul> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ function doSearchAllSubmitUK( form ) { var jobsSectionToSearch = ''; var freeText = ''; var searchTextField = document.getElementById( 'freetext-searchalljobs' ); var keywordElem = document.getElementById( 'keyword-searchalljobs' ); var isSectionSearch = function() { return jobsSectionToSearch != ''; } var textIsModified = function() { if( isSectionSearch() ) { return ( searchTextField.value != 'Search all ' + freeText + ' jobs' ); } return ( searchTextField.value != 'Search all jobs' ); } if( !textIsModified() ) { keywordElem.value = ''; if( isSectionSearch() ) { form.action = 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/jobs/null'; return true; } form.action = 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/'; return true; } keywordElem.value = searchTextField.value; if (isExternalSystemOn("hbx")) { _hbLink( '{jobsbox-searchalljobs}', '{jobsbox-searchalljobs}{1}' ); } return true; } //]]> </script> </div> </div> <div id="global-jobs-2" class="global-jobs-pane tab-toggle-pane initially-off"> <h3 class="js-hider">USA</h3> <div class="capsule jobsbox"> <form action="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardianjobs.com/" onsubmit="return doSearchAllSubmitUSA( this );"> <fieldset> <input type="text" class="text plain-search" id="freetext-searchalljobs" name="q" value="Search all jobs" onfocus="this.value='';"/> <input type="hidden" name="keyword" id="keyword-searchalljobs" value=""/> <input type="submit" class="submit" name="go" value="Go"/> <input type="hidden" name="gusrc" value="gu_jobs_box_Comment is free"/> <input type="hidden" name="link" value="Comment is free_jbx_go"/> </fieldset> </form> <p class="find-a-job"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/?gusrc=gu_jobs_box_Comment is free&link=Comment is free_jbx_brsesec" name="&lid={jobsBox}{Browse all jobs}&lpos={jobsBox}{1}">Browse all jobs</a> </p> <textarea id="jobs-box-usa-textarea" style="display:none;"> {for result in results} <li> <h4> <a href="${result.url}">${result.jobtitle}</a> </h4> <p> <span class="description">${ result.snippet }</span> <span class="location">${ result.state }</span> </p> </li> {/for} </textarea> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ var userip = '128.48.120.140'; var country = 'usa'; var isUSA = (country.toLowerCase() == 'usa') ? true : false; var jobsBoxView = new guardian.r2.JobsBoxView('jobs-box-usa', 'jobs-box-usa-textarea'); var jobsBoxService = new guardian.r2.JobsBoxService('', userip); /* category, location */ var jobsBoxController = new guardian.r2.JobsBoxController(jobsBoxView, jobsBoxService, isUSA); //view, service, locationIsUSA //]]> </script> <ul id="jobs-box-usa" class="jobs"> <li class="javascript-on">Loading jobs...</li> </ul> <p class="attribution javascript-on"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.indeed.com/">jobs</a> by <a title="Job Search" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.indeed.com/"><img alt="Indeed job search" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/images/icon_usjobs.gif" width="54" height="19"/></a></p> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ function doSearchAllSubmitUSA( form ) { var jobsSectionToSearch = ''; var freeText = ''; var searchTextField = document.getElementById( 'freetext-searchalljobs' ); var keywordElem = document.getElementById( 'keyword-searchalljobs' ); var isSectionSearch = function() { return jobsSectionToSearch != ''; } var textIsModified = function() { if( isSectionSearch() ) { return ( searchTextField.value != 'Search all ' + freeText + ' jobs' ); } return ( searchTextField.value != 'Search all jobs' ); } if( !textIsModified() ) { keywordElem.value = ''; if( isSectionSearch() ) { form.action = 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardianjobs.com'; return true; } form.action = 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardianjobs.com'; return true; } keywordElem.value = searchTextField.value; if (isExternalSystemOn("hbx")) { _hbLink( '{jobsbox-searchalljobs}', '{jobsbox-searchalljobs}{1}' ); } return true; } //]]> </script> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sponsored-features" class="capsule sponsored-features commercial"> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ function showSponsoredFeatures() { var sponsoredFeatureComponent = document.getElementById('sponsored-features'); if(sponsoredFeatureComponent) { sponsoredFeatureComponent.style.display = 'block'; } } //]]> </script> <ul class="trail trailblock tri"> <li class="major-heading"> <h3>Sponsored features</h3> </li> <li class="normal image odd"> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943js_/http://ads.guardian.co.uk/js.ng/spacedesc=sponsoredfeature1&comfolder=mobilesitekeywords&keywords=%2C&site=Commentisfree&bandwidth=t1&url=%252Fcommentisfree&rand=521067750&system=blog&blockVideoAds=false"></script> </li> <li class="normal image"> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943js_/http://ads.guardian.co.uk/js.ng/spacedesc=sponsoredfeature2&comfolder=mobilesitekeywords&keywords=%2C&site=Commentisfree&bandwidth=t1&url=%252Fcommentisfree&rand=1177843697&system=blog&blockVideoAds=false"></script> </li> </ul> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> google_ad_client = 'ca-guardian_js'; google_ad_channel = 'Commentisfree'; google_max_num_ads = '3'; </script> <div id="google-ads-container" class="capsule advertiser-links" style="display: none;"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if (isExternalSystemOn("googleadsense")) { generateScriptTag("http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"); } // ]]> </script> </div> <div id="footer"> <ul id="footer-links"> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://syndication.guardian.co.uk/" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{License/buy our content}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{1}">License/buy our content</a> | </li> <li><a href="/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/Users/help/article/0,,933905,00.html" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{Privacy policy}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{2}">Privacy policy</a> | </li> <li><a href="/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/Users/help/article/0,,933909,00.html" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{Terms/conditions}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{3}">Terms & conditions</a> | </li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://adinfo-guardian.co.uk/" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{Advertising guide}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{4}">Advertising guide</a> | </li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/accessibility" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{Accessibility}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{5}">Accessibility</a> | </li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/index/subjects/a" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{A-Z index}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{6}">A-Z index</a> | </li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/insideguardian" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{Inside guardian.co.uk blog}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{7}">Inside guardian.co.uk blog</a> | </li> <li><a href="/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/Guardian/information/0,,711853,00.html" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{About guardian.co.uk}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{8}">About guardian.co.uk</a> | </li> <li><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://dating.guardian.co.uk/s/" name="&lid={templates/common/blogFront}{Join our dating site today}&lpos={templates/common/blogFront}{9}">Join our dating site today</a></li> </ul> <ul id="copyright-links"> <li>guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2009</li> </ul>  <form id="section-selector" method="post" action="http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/redirect/1,,,00.html"> <fieldset> <label for="go-to">Go to: </label> <select id="go-to" name="Url"> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk home</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk">UK news</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world">World news</option> <option value="http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/index.html?gusrc=gpd">Comment is free blog</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog">Newsblog</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog">Sport blog</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/cultureblogs/roundup">Arts & Entertainment blog</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/audio">Audio & podcasts</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/inpictures">In pictures</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/video">Video</option> <option value="http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search">Archive search</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture">Arts & entertainment</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books">Books</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business">Business</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education">EducationGuardian.co.uk</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment">Environment</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film">Film</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football">Football</option> <option value="http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/">Jobs</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/katine">Katine appeal</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle">Life & style</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media">MediaGuardian.co.uk</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/money">Money</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music">Music</option> <option value="http://observer.guardian.co.uk">The Observer</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics">Politics</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science">Science</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/shopping">Shopping</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society">SocietyGuardian.co.uk</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport">Sport</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/index/talk/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Talk</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology">Technology</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel">Travel</option> <option value="http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/?gusrc=gpd">Been there</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/emailservices/0,,1368460,00.html">Email services</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/index/subjects/a">Special reports</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian">The Guardian</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/series/northerner">The Northerner</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/series/wrap">The Wrap</option> <option value="http://adinfo-guardian.co.uk/?gusrc=gpd">Advertising guide</option> <option value="http://www.ogenterprises.co.uk/?gusrc=gpd">Compare finance products</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/crossword/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Crossword</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedback/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Feedback</option> <option value="http://www.guardiangardencentre.co.uk/?gusrc=gpd">Garden centre</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/pressoffice/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">GNM Press Office</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/graduate/0,,1777545,00.html">Graduate</option> <option value="http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/home.do?gusrc=gpd">Bookshop</option> <option value="http://www.guardianecostore.co.uk/guardian/default.aspx?gusrc=gpd">Guardian Ecostore</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/guardianfilms">Guardian Films</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/headlineservice/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Headline service</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/gu_contacts/0,,180767,00.html">Help / contacts</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/information/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Information</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/values/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Living our values</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/newsroom/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Newsroom</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Notes & Queries</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/promotions">Promotions</option> <option value="http://www.guardianoffers.co.uk/mall/GuardianOffers/?gusrc=gpd">Reader Offers</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/page/readerseditor">Readers' editor</option> <option value="http://dating.guardian.co.uk/s/?gusrc=gpd">Soulmates dating</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide">Style guide</option> <option value="http://syndication.guardian.co.uk/?gusrc=gpd">Syndication services</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/bookatrip">Travel offers</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/TV/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">TV listings</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather">Weather</option> <option value="http://www.gnmcareers.co.uk/fe/tpl_GuardianNews01.asp">Working for us</option> <option value="http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?gusrc=gpd">Guardian Weekly</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.co.uk/public/0,,,00.html?gusrc=gpd">Public</option> <option value="http://www.learnthings.co.uk/">Learn</option> <option value="http://www.guardian.backissuenewspapers.co.uk/default.aspx?gusrc=gpd">Guardian back issues</option> <option value="http://www.observer.backissuenewspapers.co.uk/default.aspx?gusrc=gpd">Observer back issues</option> <option value="http://guardianprofessional.co.uk/?gusrc=gpd">Guardian Professional</option> </select> <input type="submit" value="Go"/> </fieldset> </form> </div> <div id="intrusive"> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("displayads")) { buildIntrusiveAd('http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://ads.guardian.co.uk', 't1', '-1237051899', 'mobilesitekeywords', '%2C', '%252Fcommentisfree', 'Commentisfree', 'blog', 'false'); } //]]> </script> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> // <![CDATA[ if (isExternalSystemOn("pluck")) { serverUrl = "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://sitelife.guardian.co.uk/ver1.0/Direct/Process"; generateScriptTag("http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/scripts/pluck.js"); } // ]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> // <![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("pluck")) { ensurePackage("guardian.r2.pluck"); guardian.r2.pluck.PluckApplicationContext.getInstance = (function () { var profilePageUser = { id : "", name : "", pageUrl : "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/" }; var loggedOnUser = { id : "", name : "" }; var articleInfo = { articleId : "333248804", pageUrl : "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree", pageTitle : "", sectionKeyWordId : "10528", sectionName : "Comment is free", commentingClosed : true , commentRecommendingClosed: true , premoderation : false , isChalkboard : false }; var chalkboardInfo = { articleId : "", pageUrl : "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree", pageTitle : "Chalkboard", sectionKeyWordId : "10528", sectionName : "Comment is free", commentingClosed : false, commentRecommendingClosed: false, premoderation : false, isChalkboard : true }; var filmInfo = { filmKey : 'Film:' }; var env = { pageId : "233774", commentsSignUpUrl : 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://users.guardian.co.uk/signup/tr/1,,-720,00.html', cookieDomain : '.guardian.co.uk', staticRoot : 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/', userProfileUrlPrefix : "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users", addClippingsUrl : "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/users/clippings/add", commentDataUrl : "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/external/commentdata/keywords", topKeywordsUrl : "http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://www.guardian.co.uk/external/users/topkeywords" }; var parameters = { commentPage : 1 , scrollToComments : false , showAllComments : null , commentId : null , goToLastComment : false , showCommentBox : false , isEditProfilePage : ( false ), searchString : ( null ) }; if(document.location.hash === '#allcomments') { parameters.showAllComments = true; } var serverData = { articleInfo : articleInfo, chalkboardInfo : chalkboardInfo, filmInfo : filmInfo, env : env, profilePageUser : profilePageUser, parameters : parameters, loggedOnUser : loggedOnUser }; var ctx = new guardian.r2.pluck.PluckApplicationContext(serverData); return function(){ return ctx; }; })(); } // ]]> </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> // <![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("pluck")) { var ctx = guardian.r2.pluck.PluckApplicationContext.getInstance(); ctx.buildControllers("PluckCommentCountController, PluckCommentCountController, PluckCommentCountController, PluckCommentCountController") } // ]]> </script>  <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("sophusthree")) { addEvent(null, 'load', function () { importScript("http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://static.guim.co.uk/static/77051/common/scripts/sophusThree-tracking.js", function() {}); }); } // ]]> </script> <div id="cookie"> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ if(isExternalSystemOn("displayads")) { var src = 'http://web.archive.org/web/20090731153943/http://ads.guardian.co.uk/js.ng/spacedesc=cookie&comfolder=mobilesitekeywords&keywords=%2C&site=Commentisfree&bandwidth=t1&url=%252Fcommentisfree&rand=1830304886&series=&system=blog&blockVideoAds=false&'; generateScriptTag(src); } //]]> </script> </div> </body> </html>

CINXE.COM

Comment is free | guardian.co.uk