Let Them Come
Ross Baxter makes an appeal for the UK to accept more refugees. “When one man dies, that’s a tragedy. When thousands die, that’s a statistic.” A quote often misattributed to Stalin, but one that...
Category: Foreign Affairs
Drowning in a Sea of Sorrow
Angela Merkel has called for Europe to accept joint responsibility of migrants who have travelled to the continent. This would be the wrong move for the UK. WARNING: Images which may cause distress As...
Will Donald Come Up Trumps?
Donald Trump is currently 8 per cent ahead of his nearest rival in the race to gain the Republican presidential nomination. If he wins, there will be hell toupee. What happened? That’s what many...
The Demonisation of Defence: A Progressive Case for Military Spending
Jeremy Corbyn has said that he could not think of a situation where he would deploy Britain’s armed forces. If anything, the left should be championing greater defence spending. The previous sixty years have...
Greece is the Word: Reflections on a Manic Week
Alexis Tsipras: a hero down but not out. You might have been forgiven for thinking everything had settled down in Greece. A bailout had been agreed, Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, still seemed...
Enough is Enough.
Yesterday saw two more unnecessary deaths as a result of gun violence. When will this madness end? WARNING: Distressing content. “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”...
Sheriff Sam: The Uncle That Tells You How To Be Free
Will Matthias deplores what he sees as America’s unhelpful habit of poking its nose in other people’s affairs. A map showing all the countries that have seen American military action since 1950. (Source: Wikipedia)...
Good deal.
After 12 years of on-off negotiations, Iran has agreed to a deal on its nuclear programme with six major world powers. Despite heavy criticism on both sides, the deal is, without a doubt, the...
The Second Cold War
Tensions between NATO and Russia have been rising ever since the Russian annexation of Crimea in early 2014 and the ensuing Ukraine crisis. A second Cold War appears to be inevitable, so what should...
Charleston: Terrorism or Hate Crime?
South Carolina was one of the first Confederate states and to this day, its state capitol still flies the Confederate flag. But for many, it is not a symbol of proud American heritage. It...
ISIS wants to delete the world
ISIS has continued its bloody march through Syria and Iraq spreading to Libya and even Nigeria. They have continued Al Qaeda’s work and are slowly but surely destroying our human history and identity with...
Netanyahu: Controversy or Truth?
Newly re-elected Prime Minister Netanyahu won his campaign by a strong margin, but was his tactic fair? He alienated 20% of the electorate at the cost of severely impairing US-Israeli Relations. What does this...
Police State.
‘The land of the free and home of the brave.’ Bravery, or due process of law, is not enough to protect citizens from police brutality in the USA. In a country where people are...
Saudi Arabia, Iran and ISIS: The black clouds gather
Saudi Arabia has long been the central power of Sunni Islam, but now some of its people have embraced new Salafist and Wahhabi ideologies. With the death of the 90 year old monarch Abdullah,...
The Cold War is over. Grow up.
Efforts are being made to improve diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. Does the future look bright for these two countries? Where in the world? By Akshay Narayan _____________________ Barack Obama and Raúl...
Thirteen Years a Prisoner
12 Years a Slave – Oscar winning movie and horrible miscarriage of justice. Thank God it could never happen in this day and age, right? Wrong. Where In The World? By Rebecca Linford ____________________...
It’s your move, Pakistan.
Last year ended in typical style, with Indian forces in Kashmir killing four Pakistani troops on the border, topping off a year in which hostilities between the two neighbours have escalated. The situation is...
Brits on a Plane
In today’s interconnected world, news gets everywhere, fast. We are aware of the happenings in other countries almost as soon as they happen. Why is it that we still show so much more interest,...
Israel-Palestine: Light at the end of the tunnel?
In 2014, tensions have been building up across the Middle East; ISIS and the siege of Kobane; the Assad regime and Al Nusra Front in tumult; Hezbollah and Lebanon weakened by refugees; Saudi Arabia...
If you can’t beat them…
The United States Senate has released a 480-page report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s “enhanced interrogation techniques”, known to the rest of the world as ‘torture’. So, is torture ever permissible? By Akshay Narayan...
