During his spine chillingly terrifying speech to the United Nations yesterday, Donald Trump, the US president, openly demonstrated he is becoming the biggest threat to world peace since Adolph Hitler – and with a haircut almost as ridiculous. He has revealed himself to be not a leader of the free world but its biggest liability. […]
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I’m Troubled By Trump
Over the last few months I have tried my best to resist the temptation to give Donald Trump page space. I’ve effectively been in denial. Somehow, I couldn’t make myself believe that a great nation like the United States would do anything other than pay lip service to a presidential candidate whose aggressive manner and […]
Blair Wars – It’s A Messy Business
War is a messy business: it rarely has winners. To lead a country to war is an action that should only be taken when there is genuine fear of being attacked. It should, therefore, be a defensive action – to do otherwise is nothing but aggression. At its most basic, this was the simple premise […]
Wikileaks Three Weeks On!
With the release of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, on conditional bail, the saga continues. It is as confusing a situation now, as it was three weeks ago, when the news first broke of Sweden’s desire to have him returned to that country, to answer questions about his alleged sexual misdemeanors from last August. Of course, […]
Political Message Or Just An Excuse For A Snigger?
I viewed the above pic as part of an article in today’s Guardian newspaper about a political rally in the USA. When I got over my first reaction (having a guilty schoolboy snigger) I started trying to work out what the message from the poster is really supposed to be. Is it a comment on […]
Islam, World Peace and the Spark of Common Sense.
The state of world peace is maintained by a delicate balance. It is also maintained by a tolerance of the actions of others and an acceptance of beliefs that may not be your own. It is, often, as simple as respecting other people’s feelings. Nothing seems to demonstrate this more than the recent publicity given […]
Does Anyone Really Want To ‘Find’ Osama Bin Laden?
Unquestioning support for the presence of both our own and US forces in Afghanistan is rapidly dwindlng. As the number of troops returning from the country in coffins is increasing, our realisation of the difficulty of achieving a quick exit strategy is finally sinking in. In the US, President Obama is, at present, deciding whether […]
EU The Heck Is Catherine Ashton?
Mention the name Catherine Ashton and you could be forgiven for receiving a blank stare in response. From today, though, all that is likely to change, for she is not only a little known (outside of the political world) Baroness who had been working as the Trade Commissioner for the EU but she has just […]
Afghanistan – The History Of Failure.
We are not an occupying army,” Gordon Brown told the BBC on Friday. “It’s not like previous interventions…. We are actually creating the conditions by which the Afghans themselves, and not an occupying army, can run their own affairs.” The words above are quoted from an excellent article in today’s Independent by author James Fergusson. […]
Director Of The FBI Is A Hypocrite!
Predictably, the outcry over the compassionate release of the only person convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, has been loud and spoken malnly with an american accent. Poor old Kenny MacAskill, Scotland’s justice secretary, has been the main target. He claims to have made the decision to release Megrahi all on […]