Rolled-up Trousers

There is an ‘eye for an eye’ going on and it is making the whole world blind

Yesterday's vigil for Gaza in Glasgow’s George Square was unbelievably well attended. Hundreds came at just 24 hours notice in a remarkable mobilisation. Similar events took place at the same time all over the world.

The strength of feeling amongst people about this is as strong as anything I’ve seen since the Jenin massacre in 2002 - even more so than with Lebanon a couple of years ago.

I'm back

2008 has not been a rich year of blogging for me, with the latter half of the year in particular yielding no posts at all.

I'd managed two to three years pretty consistently before that, and even picked up a few awards and accolades along the way.