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
The situation in Ukraine calls out for a peace settlement, not further war
The more weapons sent to Ukraine, the more likely this war will spill over into an open conflict between Nato and Russia, argues LINDSEY GERMAN of Stop the War
dog walks past a building damaged by shelling in the city of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday April 8 2022
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
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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
THE claim by Ukraine’s foreign minister at the Nato meeting in Brussels that “weapons, weapons and weapons” are the only items on his agenda reflects the growing clamour from its government, from the Western media and many politicians to pour even more military hardware into the country.
The minister, Dmytro Kuleba, claims that this will save lives and bring the war to a quicker end: “The more weapons we get, and the sooner they arrive in Ukraine, the more human lives will be saved.”
In fact, the opposite is true. The more weapons sent to Ukraine, the more likely this war will spill over into an open conflict between Nato and Russia in which the major losers will be the people of Ukraine.
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