There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
Bydoedd Niclas Y Glais
Mae Robert Griffiths yn traddodi Darlith Coffa TE Nicholas (‘Niclas y Glais’) ar faes yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol eleni. Dyma grynodeb o’r darlith
Methiant goresgyniad y Bae Moch, 1961
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
GANWYD NICLAS ym 1879 pan oedd imperialaeth yn lledaenu ar draws y rhan fwyaf o’r byd, dan arweiniad cyfalaf monopoli Prydain ond hefyd pan oedd cyfalaf America a’r Almaen fwyfwy yn mynnu eu lle yn yr haul.
Roedd y Raj Prydeinig yn nesáu at ei anterth, tra bod darostwng Affrica gan Brydain ar fin ei gwblhau.
Dechreuodd Niclas ei fywyd yng Nghrymych, gogledd Sir Benfro, ychydig i’r gogledd-orllewin o faes glo De Cymru. Erbyn hynny, roedd glo stêm Cymreig yn pweru llynges ymerodrol Prydain.
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