Political Peccadillo

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Radio Solent on the Issues that Matter

With Jeremy McClintock and William Shawcross on the panel, there’s surely no reason to ignore the transcript of a historic debate on democracy recently held on the south coast.

¶ 11:04 AM

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

At last, somebody stands up to be counted

As our Caribbean Queen of a PM heads for his hols, a Scottish Blairite MP resigns over Prestwick refuelling and the govt's pursuing of a policy on the 'middle east crisis' that the majority of Britons oppose...

Elsewhere:
Israeli Arabs get scant protection;
Yes, the levelling of Lebanon was planned well in advance.

Also, continue to check Cull on the subject, and check our original piece on Hezbollah.

¶ 9:39 PM

Comments:

Its frightening. Its as if Blair has learnt nothing in the last five years. Why are we supporting a conflict we should be opposing? Why are we further antagonising the arab world?

[ corky 10/08/2006 04:06:02]

Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Israel's war - West's policy meltdown

The leaders of the free world, so keen to promote stable market-centric democracies in the Middle East, allow Israel to do what it likes for those causes, as well as the complimentary war on terror. And if it doesn’t work they just carry on talking… ...

¶ 8:43 PM