02 November 2017 A lens on the week UK SEX AND THE COMMONS: Political leaders are falling over each other to call for new standards in the Commons and for an end to sexual harassment. May, Corbyn, Harman, Leadsom and even the Speaker himself, line up to condemn predatory practices – and of course they… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02: A lens on the week
Tag: Kurdish Autonomous Region
Issue 122:2017 09 28:Kurdish Independence(Neil Tidmarsh)
28 September 2017 Kurdish Independence Celebration and anxiety. By Neil Tidmarsh So the inhabitants of Iraq’s Kurdish Autonomous Region (KAR) have voted for independence from Baghdad. Who (outside the Middle East) wouldn’t give three cheers for this new country? Who wouldn’t wish the Kurds and their new state well? After all, it’s been over a… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Kurdish Independence(Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief International
28 September 2017 Week in Brief: International Europe FRANCE: Florian Phillipot, the deputy chairman of the National Front, resigned and left the party. Although socially tolerant, he believes in absolute national sovereignty and has clashed with leader Marine le Pen over his opposition to the EU and the euro. Jean-Luc Melenchon (leader of the far… Continue reading Issue 122:2017 09 28:Week in Brief International
