This week’s exposé of the US National Security Agency has been heralded as the greatest intelligence leak since the Pentagon Papers. It is nothing of the sort. Far from revealing some institutional outrage, the whistleblower Edward Snowden merely appears to have found what any low-level intelligence source might find. Intelligence agencies try to find things
This is the full text of a speech delivered this week by Home Secretary Theresa May to the Reform think tank. We’re delivering more with less – so let’s have the courage of our convictions Thank you. A year or two ago I appeared on ‘Question Time’, and before the filming Shirley Williams introduced me
‘Loving the roof garden.’
‘There’s always one.’
‘As an MP, one needs a second job in order to keep in touch with ordinary people.’
‘Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello!’ (4 January 1963)
‘So, let’s take a look at how the badgers are getting on…’
‘I see you’ve sold one.’
‘Two bottles of meths, some paint stripper, a bottle of aftershave...’
‘He used to be a chess Grand Master. Now he’s just really really good at Angry Birds.’
‘I’d like some summer reading for the beach.’
‘I suppose I just have to accept that you’re not Daddy’s little girl any more.’
‘It’s amazing! Sally Bercow hasn’t spilled the beans!’
‘I borrowed this, but I can’t find any shops to spend it in.’
