Remembrance Sunday in Moffat, Scotland, 2016 And gentlemen in England now a-bed Shall think themselves accursed they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day. Shakespeare – Henry V, … Read More »
My integrity, which I hold very dear, has been repeatedly and publicly questioned. I am totally innocent of what I have been accused of and I acted at all times in the interests of public health and safety. Owen Paterson … Read More »
Well intentioned but not so well informed people often assert the universality of human rights in ways that unwittingly serve the agendas of power. How could they not? Our awareness of (a) where human rights violations are said to take … Read More »
Begun by Obama’s “pivot to Asia”, the wall to wall demonising of China by Washington and its junior partners, amped up by our not so independent media, continues under POTUS 46. But there are articulate and informed voices of sharp … Read More »
Spotted just now on Facebook, posted by one Tom Helmesley. This is Jeff. Jeff made his billions by undercutting local shops and shipping stuff halfway round the world. Over the summer, Jeff flew on his private spacecraft so he can … Read More »
[ezcol_1half] Stella Moris, Julian’s fiancée, yesterday: One year today since #ManoelSantos died in his cell at HMP Belmarsh. The coroner still hasn’t spoken to the two people closest to Santos on the wing-one of them being #Assange. Julian and O … Read More »
Sunday Times owner Rupert Murdoch sits on the board of Genie Energy: conducting oil drilling in Syria’s Golan Heights, contrary to international law on exploiting an occupied territory’s resources. See this post One of the most important of capitalism’s ideological … Read More »
Two days ago in the centrist Middle East observer, Al-Monitor … Syrians to be deported for eating bananas ‘provocatively’ in Turkey As tensions soar between Turks and their country’s 4 million refugees, a viral trend of young Syrians posting videos … Read More »