Sunday, 2 March 2014

The powers that blunder and their victims in Ukraine

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It’s agonising to watch the suffering of Ukraine today. And I feel it all the more strongly because of the work I was doing only fifteen mon...
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Friday, 28 February 2014

Arabs and Jews: things were better under the Nazis

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It’s always a pleasure when a film reminds one of when things were better than they are today. Even if that just leaves one wishing they co...
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Tuesday, 25 February 2014

The sewers spread more smears

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If you want to smear a politician, there are many accusations you can make: espionage, perhaps, or corruption; if you want to get domestic,...
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Sunday, 23 February 2014

A tribute to the strength of the slaves who populated the US. And the white settlers too. They had much to overcome

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Black friends, and not just black ones, have often pointed out to me the sheer courage and strength that must have animated the unfortunate...
Friday, 21 February 2014

Tony Blair: place in history, place in soap opera

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Few Prime Ministers can have been as preoccupied with their place in history as Tony Blair.  Sadly, he’s rather torn that one. He still th...
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Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Denounced by Churchmen, is the latest assault on the poor just another case of the banality of evil?

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Soon to be a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, the Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, has denounced the British government’s policy t...
Monday, 17 February 2014

Marks and Spencer, ever the early bird

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I’m intensely grateful to Marks and Spencers, worthiest of British retail outlets, for having printed an uplifting sentiment on the soles o...
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