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Varoufakis in London joins Compass panel
What is the future of Europe? In a panel conference organised by Compass (Think tank created in 2003 to discuss the left wing agenda) at the LSE (London School of Economics) Yanis Varoufakis, Academic, economist and former Syriza Finance Minister…
How many Hospitals can we have instead of a nuclear codpiece?
Thank you Mathew Norman from The Independent for the perfect allegory of this ridiculous expensive and unaffordable, immoral and useless piece of nuclear stupidity. It has nothing to do with defence (it cannot do anything about the UK’s present enemies)…
I’m starting to hate the EU. But I will vote to stay in
On jobs, health and wildlife, the European Union is often all that stands between us and unfettered corporate power By George Monbiot for The Guardian By instinct, like many on the left, I am a European. I recognise that many…
Seven things the private healthcare insurance adverts won’t tell you
The NHS [UK National Health Service] financial crisis is being used by healthcare insurers to try and sell their products – but what are the risks? By PAUL HOBDAY 22 January 2016 for OpenDemocracy, Our NHS Like any big business the…
This flood was not only foretold – it was publicly subsidised
By George Monbiot for The Guardian The government pays grouse moor owners to drain their glorified outdoor chicken runs. Meanwhile it’s the proles downstream who get a soaking These floods were not just predictable; they were predicted. There were clear…
Britain: flooding cause that the Gov’t is keeping to itself
British author and former sheep farmer Philip Walling wrote an article in the (Newcastle) Chronicle that highlights one of the causes of the recent North-West England floods – which is the near complete cessation of dredging of British rivers since…
No to War! Call for Peaceful Nonviolent Resistance to UK’s Air Strikes against Syria
By Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate* Human Wrongs Watch 7 December 2015 – TRANSCEND Media Service – On 2nd December, 2015 the United Kingdom Parliament voted to bomb Syria and the world watched as British planes, equipped with the latest…
UK bombing Syria in the light of International law
Arguments based on UN resolution 2249 in Prime Minister´s report on airstrikes in Syria: some clarifications needed By Nicolas Boeglin (*) A few days ago, Prime Minister David Cameron has appealed to Parliament Members to vote in favor of Royal Air…
18yo UK teenage girl becomes 1st to be prosecuted for…fighting AGAINST Islamic State
A British 18-year-old girl has become the first person to be convicted for attempting to join the campaign against ISIS in Syria. She is set to spend 21 months behind bars. Silhan Özçelik from north London fled her home and…
David Cameron hasn’t the faintest idea how deep his cuts go. This letter proves it
By George Monbiot for The Guardian. It’s like the crucial moment in Graham Greene’s novel The Quiet American. The US agent stares at the blood on his shoes, unable to make the connection between the explosion he commissioned and the…
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