Pocket Dictators and The Trans Genome

Is Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, a pocket dictator? Is there no drop of liberalism in her veins, no concept of personal freedom, no fear of a repressive state? Or is she just another home secretary?

Simon Jenkins’ farewell column is fired by his usual gusto and makes me writhe about the non-possibility of writing something equally scathing in the Indian political paralance.

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Tranny Genes. (Sounds like a brand name that can sell enough denim in San Francisco?)

The more power we can take away from the argument that these difficult, alienating paths are willfully chosen, the more (one hopes) we can breed compassion and, eventually, understanding.

The accompanying picture of Tara Reid with soda-bottle glasses does actually confuse you if it’s representative of the trannies or the Oz scientists. Bewildering!