Issue 131:2017 11 30:A lens on the week

30 November 2017 A lens on the week UK BREXIT:  Posturing, grandstanding and a smattering of mischief making, all the usual ingredients of the U.K.’s relationship with the Republic of Ireland, have been on display in relation to Brexit.  The problem is the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.  While no physical border is… Continue reading Issue 131:2017 11 30:A lens on the week

Issue 129:2017 11 16:A New Peace Plan For Palestine And Israel(Neil Tidmarsh)

16 November 2017 A New Peace Initiative For Palestine And Israel Surprisingly viable, surprisingly ominous. By Neil Tidmarsh So the White House is preparing a plan for peace between Israel and Palestine.  That’s a good thing, isn’t it, whatever we might think about the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC?  But it’s bound… Continue reading Issue 129:2017 11 16:A New Peace Plan For Palestine And Israel(Neil Tidmarsh)

Issue 129:2017 11 16:Lens on the Week

16 November 2017 A Lens on the Week UK   BREXIT: There is gang warfare in the Cabinet.  Foreign Secretary Johnson and Environment Secretary Gove have got over the animosity caused by Gove undermining Johnson’s leadership bid and now stand back-to-back in their shared concern that the Government is not putting sufficient energy into the… Continue reading Issue 129:2017 11 16:Lens on the Week

Issue 93:2017 02 23:Week in Brief International

23 February 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe CYPRUS:  Talks about the reunification of Cyprus came to halt when the Turkish Cypriot negotiators withdrew in protest at last week’s decision by the Greek Cypriot parliament to introduce a national remembrance day for Enosis (the Greek Cypriot decision in 1950 for the island to be… Continue reading Issue 93:2017 02 23:Week in Brief International

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