February 29, 2012
Roger Waters is reported as telling Chilean TV that the Falkland Islands ‘should be Argentinian‘. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA One major problem with the Falklands is just where do you send snotty nosed royals to get maximum coverage for their presumed fighting capabilities. George Ikners ikners.com The Falkland Islands should belong to Argentina, the former Pink Floydbass player Roger Waters [...]
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February 25, 2012
Domestic duties: The use of unemployed people as cleaners supplied by a government contractor has been uncovered by the Guardian through a freedom of information request. Photograph: Rex Features/Frederic Sierakowski Jobseekers forced to clean private homes and offices for nothing Concern over unpaid workers taking overtime from staff as some placements last more than a [...]
Tags: Avanta, Department for Work and Pensions, Employment, Government contractor, Guardian, Jobcentre Plus, Jobseekers Allowance, Sussex
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January 8, 2012
Britain’s Prince Edward, and his wife, the Countess of Wessex, visit Bahrain’s Grand Mosque in April Photograph: Ali Fraidoon/AP Gems accepted by the Countess of Wessex from Bahrain‘s royal family should be sold to benefit victims of the regime’s crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners, according to a former foreign office minister. The countess received two suites of [...]
Tags: Bahrain, Buckingham Palace, Countess of Wessex Sophie, Denis MacShane, Peter Tatchell, Royal Collection, Royal Family, William Hague
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November 14, 2011
The survey of 1,000 employers predicts the jobs situation will get worse for the rest of the year. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA UK jobs market faces ‘slow, painful contraction’ Firms scale back recruiting decisions against background of global economic uncertainty, survey of employers finds reddit this Press Association guardian.co.uk, Monday 14 November 2011 08.13 GMT Article history [...]
Tags: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, CIPD, Economy, Employment, Jobcentre Plus, Labour, Office for Budget Responsibility, Work
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October 19, 2011
Severe but opaque: a very British verdict on Liam Fox Report into former defence secretary’s links to Adam Werritty is damning, but gently sidesteps awkward questions reddit this Liam Fox has already admitted most of the errors that the report confirms, but it fleshes out some details. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire No misuse of public [...]
Tags: Fox, France, Government of the United Kingdom, Gus O'Donnell, Liam Fox, National security, Sri Lanka, William Hague
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October 15, 2011
Iraq war inquiry report faces long delay as doubts on evidence persist Maxine Peake in Loyalty by Sarah Helm at Hampstead Theatre. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Observer Did an evening at the theatre prompt Sir John Chilcot to reconsider findings of his inquiry into the run-up to war? reddit this Jamie Doward guardian.co.uk, Saturday [...]
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October 15, 2011
Liam Fox resignation exposes Tory links to US radical right Liam Fox, right, and David Cameron, who is being accused of allowing a secret rightwing agenda to flourish within the party. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA Labour and Lib Dem politicians have stepped up demands for the PM to explain ministers’ involvement with Atlantic Bridge reddit [...]
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October 12, 2011
Labouring under an illusion By William Bowles Posted on October 10, 2011 by dandelionsalad by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info September 30, 2011 Note: This is in the way of a continuation of my last essay ‘In the belly of the beast‘. Nothing could illustrate the paradox better than ‘the party of labour’, financially supported largely [...]
Tags: BBC, Ed Miliband, Imperialism, Labour, Labour conference, Labour government, Left-wing politics, Margaret Thatcher, Miliband, William Bowles
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October 12, 2011
Liam Fox claims thrown into doubt by Dubai hotel records Adam Werritty (left) and Liam Fox at a meeting in Dubai in 2007. Adam Werritty said he was from defence secretary’s office when he booked into Shangri-La reddit this Robert Booth in Dubai, Jason Burke and Patrick Wintour The Guardian, Wednesday 12 October 2011 Article [...]
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October 12, 2011
Britain’s One-eyed Justice 7 October 2011 The day British Foreign Secretary William Hague received former Israeli Prime Minister Tzipi Livni in his office at the Foreign Office and welcomed her cordially is a black day in the history of British justice and a terrible insult to the blood of more than 1,400 Palestinians from the [...]
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October 10, 2011
The British government illegitimately agreed to give special temporary immunity to Tzipi Livni, argue writers [EPA] Changes to UK law didn’t protect Tzipi Livni A London judge ordered a former Israeli foreign minister’s arrest, but the UK is preventing this. Daniel Machover and Raji Sourani Last Modified: 10 Oct 2011 09:15 In December 2009, [...]
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September 14, 2011
UK children stuck in ’materialistic trap’ Unicef warns that children are being bought off with ‘branded goods’ because parents can’t spend much time with them. Photograph: Paul Sakuma/AP Unicef blames the fact that Britons are working longer hours and as a result parents are buying off children with ‘branded goods’ The perceived need to ‘buy [...]
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September 13, 2011
Former MI5 chief urges terrorist talks Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former head of MI5, attacked anti-terrorist laws passed under Labour. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Getty Images Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller says dialogue with terror groups, including al-Qaida, requires courage but ‘is necessary’ reddit this Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian, Tuesday 13 September 2011 Article history The former head [...]
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September 6, 2011
Rebels surround a building in Tripoli, Libya. Documents alleging UK links to renditions to Libya have been unearthed by rebels as they take control of the country. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) A Libyan rebel leader who was rendered to Tripoli with the assistance ofMI6 said on Monday that he had told British intelligence officers he was [...]
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September 5, 2011
David Cameron will give televised court verdicts the go ahead as part of a push for transparency in public services. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Judges’ sentencing of offenders is to be televised under plans to be unveiled by the prime minister shortly, the Guardian has learned. David Cameron is expected to make his [...]
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September 4, 2011
Libyan papers show UK worked with Gaddafi in rendition operation Documents found in Tripoli suggest that MI6 enjoyed a close relationship with Gaddafi’s intelligence services. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian A secret CIA document shows that British and Libyans worked together to arrange the removal of a terror suspect to Tripoli reddit this Ian Cobain, and Martin [...]
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August 22, 2011
A masked man in Hackney during the early August riots. The report by Tim Morgan, of Tullett Prebon, says our country’s consumerist ethos has ‘extremely damaging consequences. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The recent riots in London and other big cities were the product of an “out-of-control consumerist ethos” which will have profound impacts for the [...]
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August 20, 2011
Photo by EPA England‘s streets are calm again. But there’s still plenty of interesting debate going on as to the causes of the riots that swept across London, Birmingham, Manchester and several other towns, and have now resulted in well over 2,000 arrests. Here are three thought provoking articles. The first is by Lara Pawson [...]
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August 20, 2011
Cases such as those of 18-year-old Chelsea Ives, an Olympics ambassador whose mother (above) left court in tears after her daughter was remanded in custody, have dominated media coverage. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA Only a small proportion of people appearing in court charged with offences committed during the riots are listed as being in work [...]
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August 19, 2011
Riots: fears over violence as prison population swells to record level Police officers stand in front of a prison van. Prison chiefs appear to be concerned about the volatility of the jail population after the incarceration of hundreds of rioters. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/AFP/Getty Images Email from ‘gold commander’ warns governors to take steps to ensure [...]
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August 19, 2011
Youths throwing bricks at police on 7 August during unrest in Enfield, North London. Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP England rioters: young, poor and unemployed Guardian data project reveals link between economic hardship and those taking part in last week’s riots Matthew Taylor, Simon Rogers and Paul Lewis guardian.co.uk, Thursday 18 August 2011 21.28 BST Article history [...]
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August 18, 2011
Prince Charles meets residents affected by the riots in Tottenham. Photograph: The Sun/AFP/Getty Images Trouble never comes singly, even in Tottenham. Just when residents were starting to feel safe to come out after the riots, who should pop up but Boris Johnson, dishevelled embodiment of the lords of misrule. If the mayor of London and his minder, the communities [...]
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August 18, 2011
Rioters convicted of first-time offences deserve leniency, says Simon Hughes, deputy leader of the Lib Dems. Photograph: Sarah Lee Two of the most significant figures in the British legal establishment have made urgent warnings about tough sentencing for riot-related offences as the split in the coalition over the response to last week’s violence dramatically widened. Lord [...]
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August 17, 2011
Rather than peeling back the complex layers of the riots like an onion skin, the UK government has instead chosen to respond as though the riots were a spontaneous exercise in criminality [EPA] The riots that have engulfed London and other major cities in England over the past week have finally receded, but in the wake of the horrific [...]
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August 17, 2011
Lord Carlile, the former government anti-terror adviser and Lib Dem MP has criticised ministers for trying to influence the courts on riots sentences rather than concentrating on policy. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian The government‘s former terror adviser has intervened in the row over the sentencing of people who took part in last week’s [...]
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August 17, 2011
Youths loot a Carhartt store in Hackney during the recent riots in London. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images I keep hearing comparisons between the London riots and riots in other European cities – window-smashing in Athens or car bonfires in Paris. And there are parallels, to be sure: a spark set by police violence, a [...]
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August 17, 2011
Jordan Blackshaw, left, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan were each jailed for four years for inciting disorder via social networking sites. Photograph: Cheshire Police/PA Criticism is growing of the sentences imposed on some convicted rioters after two men were jailed for four years for posting messages on Facebook inciting people to create disorder in their home towns. [...]
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August 17, 2011
Defence chiefs must be called to account Cameron stifles much-needed debate on UK military as generals accused of failed operations and ‘Yes Minister’ attitude WikiLeaks cables: David Cameron is greeted by troops at Patrol Base 2 between Lashkar Gah and Gereshk in Afghanistan. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images “There are moments when I wake up and [...]
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August 16, 2011
Nick Clegg has sought to slow down a fast and furious run of Tory policy suggestions, including plans to evict the families of rioters from council houses. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA Liberal Democrat politicians indicated on Tuesday that they have deep concerns over David Cameron‘s uncompromising post-riots law and order agenda, with the party’s home affairs spokeswoman [...]
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August 15, 2011
David Cameron told the recalled House of Commons that anyone involved in the riots should expect to go to prison. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA In a capitalist system property is everything. Any interference with the relationship between the alleged owner and his or her property takes precedence when the political servants of the elite use the rule [...]
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August 15, 2011
The UK riots and the criminality of Jack Straw By Robin Beste, Stop the War Coalition, WarIsACrime.org http://warisacrime.org/content/uk-riots-and-criminality-jack-straw Brothers in war crimes: Jack Straw, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Cartoon by Leon Kuhn Jack Straw, former foreign secretary in Tony Blair’s government, was quick to his feet, following David Cameron’s speech on the UK riots [...]
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August 15, 2011
Despite what you may read in the Australian media there is really no blood lust at large in the UK. To the contrary there seems to be a reasoned approach in some quarters to address the issues before the shooting starts. It probably has a lot to do with the absolutely miserable Australian media outlets [...]
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August 15, 2011
Bill Bratton, the former New York police chief, has expressed interest in becoming the commissioner of the Metropolitan police. Photograph: J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images The former US police chief Bill Bratton has said he is a “progressive” who can lead British policing out of “crisis”, reduce crime despite budget cuts, and bring about “transformational” change [...]
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August 15, 2011
David Lammy, the Tottenham MP, in the wake of the riots Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian David Lammy is exhausted. He says he hasn’t slept for a week now. The member of parliament for Tottenham is still trying to make sense of the riots that started on his doorstep. “Complex” and “context” are words [...]
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August 14, 2011
Riots and the Underclass By ALEXANDER COCKBURN What’s a riot without looting? We want it, they’ve got it! You’d think from the press that looting was alien to British tradition, imported by immigrants more recent than the Normans. Not so. Gavin Mortimer, author of The Blitz, had an amusing piece in the First Post about the conduct [...]
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August 14, 2011
Chuck Enriques believes that UK youth like himself , irrespective of their background, can attain success. I never thought the next big international story I would cover would be on the streets where I live. Al Jazeera in London has not shied away from covering the underbelly of UK society, but this was different. Suddenly [...]
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August 14, 2011
People who were abroad over the last 10 days will return to a different country from the one they left. England has been changed, perhaps permanently, by what has happened. The confidence we had in the basic success of our society was shattered, together with the idea that we could always muddle through, getting more [...]
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August 10, 2011
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:22:43 +0300 From: a-infos-en@ainfos.ca Subject: (en) Britain, North London Solfed’s response to the London riots To: en <a-infos-en@ainfos.ca> Message-ID: <4E4150C3.7070500@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”windows-1252″; Format=”flowed” With media sources blaming anarchy for the unfolding violence in London and across England, the North London Solidarity Federation felt a response from an anarchist organisation active [...]
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August 10, 2011
UK: Protesting, Rioting and Looting Are Not All Equal This is a guest post by Hannah. Hannah is a writer and activist in sunny London town. She blogs about gender, disability, and whatever else is sticking in her teeth, over at give the feminist a cigarette. The top story here in the UK has been the [...]
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August 10, 2011
In the aftermath of the London riots, local residents in Clapham Junction who volunteered to clean up raise their brooms. Photograph: Elizabeth Dalziel/AP It’s not very enjoyable now, but in the coming weeks it might seem piquant that so soon after unveiling its “big society” the government is discussing whether to blast it with [...]
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August 10, 2011
Looters ransack a corner shop in Hackney, London. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters The first day after London started burning, I spoke to Claire Fox, radical leftwinger and resident of Wood Green. On Sunday morning, apparently, people had been not just looting H&M, but trying things on first. By Monday night, Debenhams in Clapham Junction was empty, and in [...]
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August 1, 2011
The damning of Tony Blair: Former PM to be held to account on Iraq in Chilcot report on war Iraq war deal ‘signed in blood’ by former Prime Minister Cabinet members kept in the dark in build-up to the war ‘Obvious failings’ in post-war planning By Simon Walters The Daily Mail Tony Blair is to face [...]
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July 29, 2011
The parliamentary committee said it was ‘disappointed’ by the MoD‘s inability to provide information it asked for about some £12bn worth of write-offs as a result of scrapped equipment. The cost of British military operations in Afghanistan is now officially estimated at more than £18bn, figures released on Thursday show. The cost of imposing a no-fly zone [...]
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July 26, 2011
Ed Balls has accused George Osborne – pictured above visiting Brompton Bicycle Ltd in Brentford, west London – of being ‘breathtakingly complacent’ after GDP data showed the economy grew by just 0.2% in the spring. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Ministers insisted there would be no backsliding on the government’s hardline austerity programmes after data showed that [...]
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July 26, 2011
Mike Davis, The Coming Economic Disaster Posted by Mike Davis at 8:15am, July 26, 2011. [Note for TomDispatch Readers: A heartfelt thanks to all of you who, in these dog days of summer, contributed $100 or more for a personalized, signed copy of Christian Parenti’s cutting-edge new book, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography [...]
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July 26, 2011
For those interested in the cancer of the voodoo economic rhythm this editorial should be illuminating. But consider this. The US elite that wishes to rule the planet has been putting what it feels is necessary to achieve this goal for at least a century. What has always driven this march to hegemony is that the people [...]
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July 26, 2011
Rupert Murdoch: Intellectual terrorism by PAUL J. BALLES on JULY 25, 2011 The past week’s news has been dominated by reports of scandals in Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. As journalist Ted Newcomen points out, there’s more to the story: The latest revelations in the UK about phone hacking, bribing the police, and frightening political leaders are just [...]
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Posted in Arab democracy, Arab movements, Arab Spring, Capital, Capital Project, Capitalism and debt, Capitalism for Zombies, civil liberty, debate and discussion, Democracy, Democracy in Asia, Democracy in the Arab World, Dictators, Economics, Economy, Education, Egypt, elections, Elites, Fascism, Fatah, Flotilla Flytilla, Gaza, Greece and the Arab Spring and Palestine Gaza, Greece and the Flotilla, Hamas, Hezbollah, Human Rights, Imperial Project, Imperialism, Israel, Israel a state of settlers, Israel and AIPAC, Israel and diaspora forces of crime, Israel apartheid, Israel Boycott, James Murdoch, Manufacturing Consent, Media, Middle East, Military, Military madmen, Military Murders, NATO, News, News Corp, News hacking, News international, News of the World, news report, Norway, Obama, Obama warmonger, oil, oil and gas resources, Pentagon, Political psychopaths, Propaganda, Protests, Psycopaths, UK, UK fascism, UK Foreign Policy, UK Monarchy, US Foreign Policy, US Politics, US public opinion, US war crimes, USA, voodoo rhythm economics, War, War child victims, War creates misery and despair, War Crimes, War criminals all types, War is a crime, War means war, War no reason needed | No Comments »
July 26, 2011
The war in Iraq created another ‘puppet’ regime. (Zoriah.net) By James Petras Empires are built through the promotion and backing of local collaborators who act at the behest of imperial rulers. They are rewarded with the outward symbols of authority and financial handouts, even as it is understood that they hold their position only at the tolerance [...]
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July 26, 2011
APNewsBreak: UK Muslims vigilant after Norway The Associated Press E-MAIL PRINTREPRINT 0 COMMENTS TEXT SIZE: LONDON — Extra security will be put up at mosques around the U.K. in the wake of the deadly attacks in Norway, British Muslim leaders said Sunday. Mohammed Shafiq, the leader of Ramadhan Foundation, one of Britain’s largest Muslim groups, [...]
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July 26, 2011
Robbie Williams: Scotland Yard told his solicitor that a number of his clients were referred to in Glenn Mulcaire‘s documents. Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters Now it’s the turn of lawyers and the legal process to be sucked into the phone-hacking vortex. The Law Society has even suggested justice itself is under threat, implying messages could have been [...]
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