‘Ten Years After (Iraq – A Beach Walk)’ by George Gunn
TEN YEARS AFTER (Iraq – A Beach Walk) An Easterly blows in from the Baltic a Russian wind on a Caithness shore I raise my hand to touch the Atlantic Continue reading
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The Psychopathy of War
The day after it was revealed how MI6 and the CIA were told through secret channels by Saddam Hussein’s foreign minister and his head of intelligence that Iraq had no Continue reading
War Weary
By Jamie Maxwell “The most cynical thing I have ever seen” The Labour Party was uncomfortable debating the looming invasion of Iraq in the Scottish Parliament ten years ago and Continue reading
Ten Years On
“This conflict is not yet history. It is entrenched and pervasive. In major regions of the country armed violence continues to exact a remorseless toll on human life – young and old, male and female – across society.”
War Baby
Great post by Gerry Hassan (‘Lessons from Anzio: Scots do not need to cling to the wreckage of Britain‘) which chimes with part of Jamie Maxwell’s argument. It also highlights Continue reading
Red White and Blue Labour
Just as Brown materialised in fits and starts out of the glaur, Scottish Labour seems to be appearing like some sort of political miasma drifting forth but without any real substance. Gray announced he would resign immediately after the SNP won its overall majority at Holyrood in May, but the new Labour leader will not be in place until 17 December. If Brown was the Undead of British Zombie politics Scottish Labour are the Unborn.
Afghanistan: War Failure & Remembering King
By Mike Small As of December 2010 there had been a total of 348 British Forces killed in Afghanistan, whilst 3,115 UK personnel were evacuated from Afghanistan on medical grounds. Continue reading
The Ethical Governor
This from John Butler a Glasgow based digital animator. John is fascinated by ‘the long war’ between humans and finance, which he sees today as people battle with processes such as Government cuts. Continue reading
A Foreign Policy for Scotland
This is the speech on foreign policy to the Scottish Independence Convention conference on 7 November 2010 at the National Piping Centre in Glasgow by Osama Saeed: The spur that Continue reading
Educating Tom
Poor old Tom Harris has this week been branding anyone questioning the death of David Kelly a conspiracist and a nutter, the assumption being that the British State just doesn’t Continue reading
Three Questions
In our instant poll of polls our readers concluded: 33% thought the live TV debate was an insult to the people of Scotland and Wales, 30% thought that it was Continue reading
Judgement Day
It’s Burns Day and the news is that the British Government have tried to bury the facts about David Kelly’s death. Evidence relating to the death of David Kelly is Continue reading
