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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2009
The war in Afghanistan is madcap, futile and serves no conceivable national interest. Not my words but those of Sir Christopher Meyer, our former ambassador to Washington. In his new book he apparently argues that after nearly 8 years in Afghanistan there is still no clarity about why we are there. To seek to rebuild [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 29th, 2009
I have always had a lot of respect for the Australians in standing firm on their values. Sure they can be blunt but sometimes you just need to cut to the chase. So I applaud the recent statement from Kevin Rudd, their Prime Minister, asserting the values of the country and making it clear that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 4th, 2009
So the Government is now embarrassed because the Office of National Statistics has had the temerity to publish the fact that 1 in 9 of us living in the UK was born abroad. They have suggested that this is ’sensitive’ information, the publication of which should have been handled more carefully.
Unless I am mistaken we the [...]