The Comment Channel
Leading article: Fugitives from justice and the flawed logic of this amnesty

War is a hateful, messy business causing much grief and pain. So too, is its aftermath and the business of clearing up in its wake, as the Commons illustrated yesterday when considering the question of IRA fugitives
Leading article: Cack-handed, but correct

The ban on fat people having hip and knee surgery imposed by Ipswich Primary Care Trust this week is right for the wrong reasons. The directors of the trust have highlighted an essential truth about the NHS, but they have done so in a way that was cack-handed, ill-judged and insensitive