Author: Londonbear

Stern Warning on Global Warming Costs

A highly significant report on global warming is due to be published in the UK tomorrow when it will be unveiled by Tony Blair. It is the first done by an economist looking into the relative costs of acting immediately or...

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Out of Africa

Four pieces of news from Africa this week are likely to have significance in the future. One is likely to ignite demonstrations by the religious Right all over the USA from next June. (I had intended to post this here much...

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America’s Blood Debt

George W Bush has condemned Americans to death. I am not talking about the woman whose pleas for clemency produced his sociopathic laughter, I am talking of the thousands who have been and will be killed as a result of his lies....

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On Diwali, Will Bush See the Light?

Today is the festival of Diwali for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains. The different traditions have various explanations for the origins of the “Festival of Lights” but the symbolism is the same: the victory of light over...

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UK is Now Al Qaeda’s #1 Target

The BBC has been told by its sources within Britain’s security services that they believe the UK is now Al Qaeda’s principle tartget. From a series of disperate people and small groups, they have now set up a complex...

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