Category Archives: Politics

Not a good start to the year in Spain

I’ve just finished talking to a friend in Spain and the whole conversation was taken up with the economy and the new government. After we finished I noticed that El Blog Salmon had an article today on exactly that problem; and you can read the article here. You would have thought that the PP had [...]

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Wikileaks – Closing the Stable Door after the Horse has Bolted

One fact is indisputable, the documents are out there, they are now in the public domain and nothing is going to stop that information being released. Wikileaks have already made it clear that all the information, unsorted and unfiltered will be released Continue reading

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Who Is My Neighbour?

What has happened in Haiti is appalling. The suffering that we are seeing on a minute by minute basis from the rolling news channels makes one realise how fragile the structure of civilisation is, and how quickly it can be removed by a natural tragedy. Haiti is a poor country, the poorest, we are told, [...]

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