The unrest spread to several London boroughs over five nights of rioting [Al Jazeera] London, United Kingdom - Daniel, an 18-year-old from Newham, in London’s east end, has one regret.“I wish there was more time. More time to have shown them what I really could do.” I asked him: “And what exactly did you do?” [...]
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron also discussed Iran’s alleged nuclear plan [Reuters] President Barack Obama has said the prospect of international military intervention in Syria is premature and could lead to a civil war. Speaking at a White House news conference on Wednesday, Obama said military intervention could lead to more deaths in Syria. [...]
This site has consistently said that a privatisation of the police force was a matter of certainty, particularly once gaols were becoming privatised. It is actually quite a simple process. After all police are just private citizens given extra powers. It seems the UK is well advanced on that path to privatisation. This was perhaps a matter that [...]
Mark Duggan, who was killed by Met police officers last August. Photograph: Rex Features The Metropolitan police has apologised to the family of Mark Duggan, whose shooting triggered last summer’s riots, for failing to inform them of his death. The apology was revealed after the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) upheld a complaint by the family that neither the Met [...]
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 [...]
EU Embargo on Iran Oil is Peace Measure, Says Confused British Official William Hague claims blockading Iran is aimed at avoiding conflict, instead of stoking it by John Glaser, January 24, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The European Union embargo on Iranian oil imports that was pushed for aggressively by the U.S. is aimed at [...]
Mick Jagger was due to attend the Davos event alongside Lily Cole and Tim Berners-Lee. Photograph: Henry Lamb/Photowire/BEI / Rex F link to article http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jan/24/mick-jagger-davos-tea-party Mick Jagger has pulled out of pulled out of an event due to be hosted byDavid Cameron at the Davos summit, complaining of being used as a “political football”. The Rolling Stones singer had been [...]
‘Giving a year and a half of prison time to a clubber who bought 20 ecstasy pills and split them with a friend remains an act of stupidity.’ Photograph: Dougie Wallace / Alamy/Alamy link to article http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/24/war-on-truth-about-drugs What’s the smallest unit of celebration? A whooplet? I need one to mark the news that sentencing for drug offences, [...]
Tony Blair was determined to have a referendum on joining the euro during his second term, Peter Hain (right) says. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty Images Tony Blair and his aides sanctioned a secret group inside Labour, including the-then Europe minister, Peter Hain, to prepare the ground for a euro referendum during his second term in office. The group was secret partly [...]
Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, is a major advocate of independence from Britain [GALLO/GETTY] Britain once ruled a vast empire from India to Singapore and South Africa, but its own borders are now being threatened. The Scottish National Party, which won last May’s Scottish election, has pencilled in autumn 2014 as the date for a [...]
Police and cleanup crews remove items from the anti-war protest camp in Parliament Square [Daniel Deme/EPA] Police in the UK have cleared a decade-old protest camp in central London that was first established to oppose the war in Afghanistan in 2001. Two people were arrested during Monday’s raid at the protest site, located in Parliament Square [...]
The ITEM club forecasts that unemployment will approach three million in 2012, representing 9.3% of the UK’s labour force Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA The UK is likely to already be in recession, according to two highly regarded economic forecasters, as developments in the eurozone paralyse the country’s recovery. The Ernst & Young Item Club and the [...]
Top Iran General Threatens Retaliation Over Scientist Killing Warns US, Britain and Israel Will All Be ‘Held Accountable’ by Jason Ditz, January 15, 2012 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum In an interview with the Iranian state media this weekend, Iran’s Deputy Joint Chiefs [...]
Who Did Give the Green Light to Torture? When they behave disgracefully, the military are imitating a contempt for human rights found higher up the chain of command by Paul Vallely There has been something artificially over-heated about the international reaction to the video of four American soldiers urinating on the bodies of [...]
Leveson inquiry: Chris Blackhurst admitted that the Johann Hari scandal ‘severely damaged’ the independent. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images The plagiarism scandal involving columnist and interviewer Johann Hari“severely damaged” the reputation of the Independent, the paper’s editor has admitted at the Leveson inquiry. Four months after Hari apologised, Chris Blackhurst said the affair had caused “profound” shock among his colleagues. He [...]
Ed Miliband said Labour had won previous elections in times of prosperity. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian The opposition leader, Ed Miliband, has set out a new leaner public spending ethos for straitened times, pointing to three areas in which he would “use the power of government in new ways” as he readies his party [...]
The romantic haze of Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg‘s unlikely coalition is over as they continue to disagree on crucial issues [GALLO/GETTY] London, United Kingdom - A new year in Britain, and one wonders what that will bring for Britain’s most famous “married couple“. No, I’m not talking about Will and Kate, [...]
Curry houses on Brick Lane, east London. There is now a shortage of chefs for Britain’s Indian restaurants. Photograph: John Carey/PhotoLibrary It’s a cold, rainy day in Bradford and the balti restaurants and fast food outlets offering “desi” [Asian] milkshakes, have yet to fill up. But close by, the industrial kitchen of the International Food Academy is already buzzing [...]
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 [...]
David Cameron on the Andrew Marr Show. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Yet another politician saying “all options are on the table”, whatever that means. What a stunning ploy getting some sort of sacred blessing from a monarch about people’s rights. Is this the best capitalism can do? how long will it take before a few unruly [...]
Business secretary Vince Cable is backing the move to give shareholders an effective veto over pay deals. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian David Cameron to curb ‘fat cat’ pay with people power Shareholders set to win right to block soaring executive pay under plans being drawn up by the government This has to be [...]
Remains of a helicopter shot down during Falklands War. Whilst the rest of the world speculates about the likelihood of a U.S. war with Iran in 2012, in Britain the New Year has been accompanied by some ominous news from their tiny overseas territory of the Falklands Islands. Led by Argentina, who continues to [...]
A Palestinian man herds sheep near a construction site at a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem. (Reuters/Baz Ratner) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Britain’s Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt on Friday condemned Israel’s plans to expand an illegal settlement and build a tourism center in occupied East Jerusalem. Jerusalem municipality on Wednesday approved [...]
Britain may be a Christian country but its government marches to the beat of another drum by STUART LITTLEWOOD on 12/23/2011 Prime minister David Cameron has told Britain: “We are a Christian country and we should not be afraid to say so.” He was speaking on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the King James version of the [...]
REUTERS Britain finds itself all alone in the EU. link http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,802933,00.html Was the outcome of the Brussels summit a bad one for the EU? Not at all. The British were never completely dedicated to European unity and the ongoing project of greater fiscal integration is better off without them. It was to be expected. And now it’s [...]
Germany, under Angela Merkel, emerges as the pre-eminent power in Europe, imposing a decade of austerity. Photograph: Koen Van Weel/EPA As a clear damp dawn rose over Brussels on Friday morning, the tired and tetchy leaders of Europe emerged, bleary-eyed from nine hours of night-time sparring over how to rescue the single currency and indeed the entire [...]
The gung-ho leadership of the British government, fresh from their heroic ‘liberation’ of Libya (and never mind the mega-deaths and wholesale destruction), are now itching for a fight with Iran, it seems. Of course they won’t be spilling any blood or guts of their own. They’ll watch from a safe distance [...]
An EDF nuclear plant in Nogent-sur-Seine, France. The company was fined for spying on Greenpeace this month. Photograph: Francois Nascimbeni/AFP/Getty Images UK government shared intelligence with nuclear industry, documents show Greenpeace complains to high court after energy department passes details of legal battle to Nuclear Industry Association The British government has been quietly exchanging intelligence on [...]
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 [...]
British Military Chief: Hundreds of Troops to Remain in Afghanistan in 2016 by Jason Ditz, November 13, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum The clashes between British Prime Minister David Cameron and his military chief, General Sir David Richards, have been unusually public, but it seems that Cameron’s calls for a [...]
1) Hundreds of people attended the Occupy LSX rally in front of St Paul’s Cathedral on November 5, 2011 [Mariagrazia Petito Di Leo/Al Jazeera] In pictures: Occupy London protest swells Demonstration swells as “99 per cent” pro-democracy protesters rally against corporate greed in British capital. Mariagrazia Petito De Leo Last Modified: 08 [...]
UK detainee Babar Ahmad has been in prison for seven years without trial [GALLO/GETTY] As Libya cried “liberation!” and captured its dictator, as Tunisia held its exemplary democratic elections, and as Syria and Yemen fight on relentlessly, we are living in captivating times. After seeing millions of people creating their own freedom, I have regained my [...]
David Blunkett (pictured) guardian.co.uk, Sunday 30 October 2011 19.15 GMT Article history An immigration officer checks a passport at at Heathrow. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA For avid Guardian readers it must seem strange for me to be warning the liberal left about xenophobia: “physician heal thyself”, I can hear some say. But when I took [...]
Police accused of allowing undercover officers to lie in court Undercover officer Jim Boyling gave a false name and occupation when giving evidence under oath False evidence claim arises from papers suggesting undercover officer Jim Boyling hid identity when prosecuted over protest reddit this Rob Evans and Paul Lewis guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 19 October 2011 17.11 BST [...]
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 [...]
Protesters plan to ‘occupy’ London Stock Exchange Occupy Wall Street protesters gather in Washington Square Park, New York. Photograph: Henny Ray Abrams/AP Protest spreads from Wall Street with demonstrations planned in London and other cities worldwide How the Occupy movement is spreading via social media Wall Street protesters claim victory as clear-up called [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
The financial crisis: without demand, the economy is doomed These are not times for conservative, anti-state belt tightening reddit this Comments (112) Editorial The Observer, Sunday 9 October 2011 Article history Britain faces not just its worst-ever financial crisis – it confronts a crisis of a woefully unbalanced economy, dysfunctional institutions and a capitalism that [...]
Official inquiries as a result of the phone hacking scandal are rocking the British media landscape [REUTERS] Can the media industry in Britain restore public trust, which is ebbing away in the wake of the scandal over phone-hacking by employees of the Murdoch-owned News International? The grand institutions of British media are taking a long [...]
UK amends law to protect Israelis from prosecution Published yesterday (updated) 15/09/2011 21:55 Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni [MaanImages] LONDON (Reuters) — A British law limiting citizens’ rights to seek the arrest of foreign politicians for alleged war crimes took effect on Thursday, removing a thorn in British-Israeli relations. The law amends legislation [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ken Loach: ‘the ruling class are cracking the whip’ Ken Loach: ‘we never backed off.’ Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian The leftwing film director talks about the riots, his early work on television and the documentary he made for Save the Children 40 years that is about to be screened for the first [...]
Twitter study casts doubts on ministers’ post-riots plan A study has shown that Twitter was used mainly to react to riots and looting during the recent unrest across the UK. Photograph: Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features Analysis of tweets during recent unrest appears to undermine the case for banning people from social networks Interactive: [...]
