A group of young Koreans have started a campaign to persuade the BBC World Service to broadcast to the Korean peninsula. They have a Facebook page to which anyone wishing to support their campaign can link: http://www.facebook.com/BBCforKorea This link takes you to a...
Egypt – A Second Revolution?
Last week saw the second anniversary of the seismic events which led to the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. It also saw the beginning of a second Egyptian revolution – which many fear could lead to a full scale civil war, plunging Egypt into the fratricide which...
Food Bank Britain, Sharp Elbowed Britain, and Devil Take the Hindmost Britain is not the kind of country of which any of us can be proud
Food Bank Britain, sharp elbowed Britain, and Devil take the Hindmost Britain is not the kind of country of which any of us can be proud Today's Lords debates - Thursday 17 January 2013 Taxation: FamiliesMotion to Take Note 11.41 am Moved by Baroness Hollis of Heigham...
Scroungers Versus Strivers – and a wholly unacceptable decision to hit disabled people's mobility allowances.
Sarah Tether will have made few friends among some of her former Government colleagues by voting against the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill – but she was courageous and right to do so. She was also right in saying that it is the politics of the playground to paint a...
Scroungers Versus Strivers – and a wholly unacceptable decision to hit disabled people’s mobility allowances.
Sarah Tether will have made few friends among some of her former Government colleagues by voting against the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill – but she was courageous and right to do so. She was also right in saying that it is the politics of the playground to paint a...
The Hobbit and Life of Pi
There have been some wonderful movies showing over Christmas and the New Year. Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, based on Yann Martel’s novel of the same name, is spell bindingly good. The story revolves around a 16-year old Indian boy called Piscine Molitor, "Pi" Patel, who...
Maamtrasna Murders – Galway Commemoration and a new song marking the execution of Myles Joyce, an innocent man
See: http://www.beo.ie/alt-cuairt-stait.aspx A new song has een recorded to commemorate the Maamtrasna Murders: Listen here - http://anghaeltacht.net/Mam1882/filamhran.html Maamtrasna Murders - Galway Commemoration, December 2012 - 130 years after the execution of...
It's A Girl – Premiered at the British Parliament – exposing the scandal of gendercide
Visit "It's A Girl" website to see extracts of the film: http://www.itsagirlmovie.com/ What You Can Do - www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=21344 SPEECH BY LORD ALTON ON “IT’S A GIRL” PRESENTATION HOUSE OF LORDS 30TH...
It’s A Girl – Premiered at the British Parliament – exposing the scandal of gendercide
Visit "It's A Girl" website to see extracts of the film: http://www.itsagirlmovie.com/ What You Can Do - www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=21344 SPEECH BY LORD ALTON ON “IT’S A GIRL” PRESENTATION HOUSE OF LORDS 30TH...
Hobbits' Second Breakfasts In Lancashire – and Tolkien's Links With Lancashire and His Faith
Click below for a short Granada Television report on St.Mary's Hall children at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire enjoying a second Hobbits' breakfast - at the place where Tolkien wrote some of The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings - and where two of his sons lived or...
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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Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar.
Yazidis on Sinjar: Government responds to questions asking what assessment they have made of the security situation in Sinjar and what discussions they have had, with the government of Turkey, in relation to Turkish military attacks on Sinjar. As occurred with the...
Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.
Throughout the 80s I campaigned for justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests. On one occasion I initiated a debate in the Commons at 3.50 am in the middle of the night - a debate that the Government didn't want. Today just 1500 of the 20,000...
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...