01 June 2017 Policies On Terrorism A still, small voice of calm. By John Watson Election campaigns are dramatic events. The accusations, self-justification and traducing of the other candidates are the political equivalent of the earthquake, wind and fire which surrounded Elijah on Mount Horeb in chapter 19 of the first book of Kings. But… Continue reading Issue 107: 2017 06 01: Policies on terrorism (John Watson)
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Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Week in Brief: UK
26 January 2017 Week in Brief: UK BREXIT: The Supreme Court ruled that Article 50 cannot be triggered without the consent of parliament, dismissing the government’s appeal against the earlier High Court judgement. TORTURE: A Libyan political dissident claims that the SIS (MI6) colluded with the CIA to detain him and send him to Libya… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26: Week in Brief: UK
Issue75:2016 10 13The Land Of Three Governments: (Neil Tidmarsh)
13 October 2016 The Land Of Three Governments. The struggle to establish legitimate authority in Libya. by Neil Tidmarsh Libya; land of chaos, anarchy and misery. Land of people-traffickers, refugees, militants, militias and terrorists. Land of no government, land of three governments. Three governments? How did that happen? It’s exactly five years since Colonel Gaddafi… Continue reading Issue75:2016 10 13The Land Of Three Governments: (Neil Tidmarsh)
Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Week in Brief: UK
15 September 2016 Week in Brief: UK Foreign Affairs LIBYA: A report of the House of Commons Defence Committee has heavily criticised David Cameron’s role in the 2011 bombing campaign in Libya. Stating that the then Chief of Defence Staff, Lord Richards, disassociated himself from the claim that the operation was in the national interest,… Continue reading Issue 71: 2016 09 15: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM: Among this week’s claims were that Brexit would increase the number of British expats returning from Europe as their right to health care and other benefits was thrown into doubt. Currently there are believed to be 1.2 million Britons living outside Britain but in the EU,… Continue reading Issue 47: 2013 03 31: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 March 2016 Week in Brief: UK HEALTHCARE: In a speech at Lancaster house, the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced measures designed to enable the NHS to learn from its mistakes. Modelled on the system for enquiring into airline accidents, there will be a review of all hospital deaths and a new investigation branch which… Continue reading Issue 45: 2016 03 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 34: 2015 12 24: Week in Brief: UK
24 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK LIBYA: The Government is preparing to send 1,000 troops to Libya to support local forces in an attempt to stop Isis fighters from dominating the country. LABOUR PARTY: Jeremy Corbyn has been warned by Peter Mandelson that the party has lost 30,000 members recently, through the resignations of… Continue reading Issue 34: 2015 12 24: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 21:2015 09 24: The Only Lesson of History…
24 September 2015 The Only Lesson of History… …is that we learn nothing from history. by J R Thomas In 1919, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando and David Lloyd George, the leaders of the victorious powers in the War to End All Wars, sat down together to sort out Europe. It was a job… Continue reading Issue 21:2015 09 24: The Only Lesson of History…
Issue 20:2015 09 17:letters
17 September 2015 Letter Time is running out in the Middle East Sir John Watson’s article was educational for those of us sketchy about the last days of General Gordon. But I am uncomfortable about the parallels he draws with the current Middle East situation. Gordon was in the Sudan on British government business and… Continue reading Issue 20:2015 09 17:letters
Issue 9: 2015 07 02:The Refugee Crisis; Any Solutions?
2 July 2015 The Refugee Crisis; Any Solutions? by Neil Tidmarsh The migrant crisis intensified this week, with violent scenes in Calais, registration procedures breaking down in Greece and Italy and the World Food Programme running out of funds to feed Syrian refugees in Jordan. Last Wednesday, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reported that… Continue reading Issue 9: 2015 07 02:The Refugee Crisis; Any Solutions?
