Craig Murray: Assange Hearing Day 1

26 Feb

Craig Murray was UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan until Tony Blair sacked him for revealing that Uzbeki leader Islam Karimov was not only robbing his impoverished country blind but had the habit of boiling political prisoners alive. This was embarrassing. Karimov … Read More »

Truth to power: the real deal

20 Dec

It’s a tough question, I know, but think hard on which of the two candidates below best qualifies as speaker of truth to power. The first, currently being talked up as the next Labour leader by the very media which … Read More »

The appalling Jess Phillips (take 2)

15 Dec

JUNE 2017 – after Corbyn’s surprise upset for Theresa May’s election miscalculation, Guardian hacks and right wing Labour were desperately rowing back on their traducing of the man. Of the myriads of conditional, hedged and qualified, small hearted, partial and … Read More »