A British diplomatic source tells me that “President” al-Jolani aka al-Sharaa has assured the UK that Syria will “normalise relations” with Israel, recognise the State of Israel and exchange ...

Brian Red April 8, 2025 at 12:24 Interleckshooals or others interested in the question of “where we are now” may be interested in this. The authorities in Britain are trying to get what remains of the ...

Today the prosecution concluded its case against Alex Salmond. The most important point was that, now the final prosecution witness has been called, we can conclusively say that the Crown did not ...

I have now read my way through all 851 pages of the suppressed and leaked Labour Party report on its handling of anti-semitism complaints. It is an important document, that is fundamental to ...

Abe Hayeem January 16, 2017 at 00:04 The activities of the various branches of the Israel lobby are well known. BICOM especially has almost free access into parliament and holds regular briefing for ...

OnlyHalfALooney January 23, 2020 at 11:12 Julian Assange’s court hearing It’s not even a court appearance. What happened to habeas corpus? Surely the accused has a right to be present at his own ...

Jack January 9, 2025 at 16:11 Trump is such a weird person, he have sometimes very sensible views – like retweeting a Jeffrey Sachs video – but then, he seems to have completely opposite views, on the ...

Paul Barbara April 16, 2018 at 16:31 @ Blissex April 16, 2018 at 15:02 ‘«Russia does not make BZ, but Britain does,» That’s a ridiculous argument, the converse of the argument that only Russia makes ...

If you want to understand what is really happening in the world today, a mid-ranking official named Ian Henderson is vastly more important to you than Theresa May. You will not, however, find anything ...

Well-placed FCO sources tell me it remains the case that senior civil servants in both the FCO and Home Office remain very sceptical of Russian guilt in the Skripal case. It remains the case that ...

Jo1 January 10, 2019 at 21:58 Naming the complainants isn’t something we should be calling for Patricia. They are protected whether we believe, in the circumstances we have here, that’s fair or not.

frankywiggles January 13, 2024 at 14:54 The selective reporting and misinformation could hardly be more blatant at this point. They are unlikely to be fooling anybody with half a brain. Edward Snowden ...