Meanwhile, today at Attenborough …
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Author Archives: steel city scribe
Gallant Iceland on Assange
15
Apr
I’ve been a fan of this tiny country since my visit in April 2017. Now I’m a bigger fan. Thanks Ian Jenkins for this extract from Portuguese journalist Marta Pacheco’s December 2016 interview with Ögmundur Jónasson, Icelandic Minister for the … Read More »
In his own words: Assange’s statement
14
Apr
This post also features in OffGuardian Questions, questions, questions … Did you know the Swedish Chief Prosecutor initially handling the allegations of rape against Julian Assange found no case to answer? Are you aware she was succeeded by Marianne Ny, … Read More »
An apology to my readers
13
Apr
My bad. For fifteen years I’ve been inflicting my views on folk who’ve done me no harm; done nothing whatsoever to deserve such torments. I began innocuously enough with emailed film reviews but it was still sneaky of me to … Read More »
Yes, you should fear Assange’s arrest
12
Apr
I’ve written here, here, here and here on his many betrayals by the liberal establishment. Now the seige of Julian Assange is over. Not a month after an IMF approved $4.2bn loan to Ecuador, policemen paid for by your taxes … Read More »
Owen Smith and his fantasy league EU
7
Apr
This post also features in OffGuardian Remember this man? It’s close to three years ago he split the delightfully small Anyone-But-Corbyn vote when Angela Eagle, too lacking in self awareness to see she was just a stalking horse, made her … Read More »
Three cheers for America
2
Apr
Taken today from the Information Clearing House home page. “The United States has entered the ranks of the failed states. One of the most remarkable manifestations of a failed state is that the criminals are all inside the government operating … Read More »
Lindsey German on Brexit
2
Apr
Most of my friends are baby boomers like me. As a rule we dislike capitalism but don’t dislike it enough. Faintly pink, or fire engine red, we too often fail to see – though the pieces are there for all … Read More »
My spring watch nature walk today
25
Mar
Bus to Sawley Marina for five mile walk down the Trent, through Attenborough and home. I’ve yet to get a decent cormorant shot. They’re around – but flying overhead without warning and at speed or, as here, two hundred metres … Read More »
The Derbyshire Derwent
22
Mar
A five minute walk from my door gets me to Beeston Station, where in Wednesday’s bright sunshine Jasper and I took the 09:25 to Matlock by way of Long Eaton, Derby and the Amber Valley halts of Duffield, Belper, Ambergate, … Read More »