(Promoted from the diaries by Steven D. I love diaries that provide context to a story so frequently left out of the initial reports by the mainstream print media, and this is a great example of one that does just that.) My ears...
Read MoreThere is little love lost between Venezuela President Chavez and Bush and bis band of neo-cons. Events Tuesday point to a coup being set up for next week. Bush of course will not want to be seen to be involved so we are not in...
Read MoreOK you Americans, put your hands up any of you who know that over the weekend, 53 countries agreed on their joint approach for the next in the Dohar round of World Trade Organisation discussions next month? (Canadians are...
Read MoreSunday’s Observer newspaper in the UK carries an interview with the previous interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. In it he admits that human righta abuses are as bad, if not worse, than under Saddam Hussein. People are...
Read MoreThe life of the Blair Government is drawing slowly to a close. The comparisons between the last year of the Thatcher administration and the current position are becoming stronger. This is not entirely connected with the 15th...
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