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Posts from the ‘Politics’ Category

After Paris – the Futility of the Blame Game on November 17, 2015

After the Sinai Crash – Transparency, Oversight and Passenger Empowerment on November 11, 2015

Naughty Smurfs – GCHQ’s Secret Deficit Buster on October 7, 2015

Gordon Corera’s Intercept – the Secret History of Computers and Spies: the internet grows darker on October 1, 2015

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness? If you say so, Mr Keats…. on September 21, 2015

UK Politics: Jeremy Corbyn – the Champagne or the Cork? on September 15, 2015

Jeremy Corbyn and Iraq – a meaningless apology? on August 21, 2015

The Migrant Crisis – Somebody Else’s Problem? on August 20, 2015

At the dawn of singularity, it’s not the robots we should be worried about on August 4, 2015

The Unravelling – Relationships, Leadership and Love in Post-War Iraq on August 1, 2015

UK Politics: Jeremy Corbyn and the Atomisation of the Labour Party on July 28, 2015

The Iran Deal – If It Happens, It Should Only Be the Beginning of a Long Road on July 10, 2015

Cultural DNA: Digging for Gold Among the Bones of Our Ancestors on July 5, 2015

The Iran Deal – Ultimately a Matter of Hit and Hope on June 30, 2015

Snuff Movies, Death on the Beach and Slaughter in the Mosque: Humanity is Better than That on June 29, 2015

UK: From Dewsbury to Raqqa – Coming to Terms with Radicalisation on June 17, 2015

Book Review: Christina Lamb’s Farewell Kabul on June 10, 2015

Saudi Arabia: car bomb in Dammam – more lives lost, but not hope for the future on May 31, 2015

Damn you Twitter, you keep shattering my windows on May 29, 2015

Saudi Arabia and Britain: Very Different Games of Thrones on May 16, 2015

After the UK Election: Five years of certainty? I don’t think so…. on May 9, 2015

My Country on Election Day on May 7, 2015

UK General Election: Get Ready for Positive Inertia on April 20, 2015

UK General Election: Demented already? Help is at hand if you know where to look! on April 16, 2015

Easter Reading: Germany – Memories of a Nation on April 9, 2015

The UK Election Debate – little more than a political speed date on April 3, 2015

Daesh: the Destroyers of History? No Chance on March 17, 2015

Raqqah and Mars – One-Way Journeys Beyond the Pale. on February 23, 2015

Chapel Hill and the Siren Song of Victimhood on February 19, 2015

British Politics – When is a Community not a Community? on February 9, 2015