This link takes you to Professor Frank McDonough's lecture about the life of Sophie Scholl:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBeHdtqQHQA
Roscoe Lectures 2012 – tickets: 0151 231 3852
http://ljmu.ac.uk/roscoelectures/97603.htm - Download and listen to the Roscoe Lectures Roscoe Lecture Series - 15 - Liverpool - 2012 Facing 21st Century Challenges Monday 13 February Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP, First Minister of Scotland St George’s Hall 5.00 p.m. “The...
Abortion To Be Advertised On Television and Radio – abortion is never safe for the developing child.
Whether or not it is licit to take the life of an unborn child is not an uncontroversial or uncontested question. All the more extraordinary, therefore, that permission has been given for abortion to be advertised on British television and radio as just another...
Pakistan's Treatment of Minorities and the Murder of Shahbaz Bhatti and Salman Taseer
http://britishpakistanichristian.blogspot.com/2012/01/lord-alton-speaks-out-for-minorities-in.html Pakistan Question January 19th 2012. 11.29 am Asked by Baroness Falkner of Margravine To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Government...
Engaging With the Korea – Short Debate at Westminster, January 17th 2012
European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Framework Agreement) Order 2012 European Union (Definition of Treaties) (Republic of Korea Framework Agreement) Order 2012 36th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments Considered in Grand...
"Sharp Elbowed Britain" – an uncomfortable place if you are a disabled person, a vulnerable family, or a child: Government Policies On The Withdrawal of Legal Aid To These Groups Attacked
Subject: Speeches on the Legal Aid, sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill - "Sharp Elbowed Britain" “Sharp Elbowed Britain”16 Jan 2012 : Column 400 7 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool: My Lords, as my noble friend Lady Howe rightly said a few moments ago, other...
Fraudulent Elections and Violence – especially against women – in the Congo raised in Parliament.
Democratic Republic of Congo Question3.30 pm Wednesday Januaray 11th 2012 Asked By Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking in response to reports of violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo following...
Loss and Gain by John Henry Newman
In 1848 John Henry Newman published his novel “Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert.” Recently re-published in paperback by the Echo Library, its beautiful prose and moving narrative is well worth reading – especially as we reflect on Newman’s beatification. It was...
Food, Poverty and Population
The Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki Moon, says that if food shortages are not adequately addressed, one consequence could be “social unrest on an unprecedented scale.” His predecessor, Kofi Annan also remarked that the world food crisis threatens to destroy years...
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech
Abraham Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address: March 4th 1865 At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued,...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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Sudan War – U.S. warns of impending massacre in Sudan’s El Fasher- UK lawmakers want more actions over Sudan conflict – Saudi Arabia presses Sudanese military for ceasefire as war worsens
https://sudantribune.com/article285069 April 29, 2024 (NEW YORK) – The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, issued a stark warning Monday about the dire situation in El Fasher, Sudan. Speaking to reporters following a UN Security...
Government responds to question about the potential of an international tribunal for delivering reparations to victims of the war in Ukraine
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3874): Question n Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the...
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on whether the UK Government intend to propose legislation to ensure that the UK is not a safe haven for perpetrators of war crimes in Ukraine and whether they are planning to introduce legislation to amend the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to enable UK courts to prosecute non-citizens and non-residents for crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide in Ukraine.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3876): Question By Lord Alton of Liverpool:To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to propose legislation...