PA photo By Hazel Speed The other day, whilst watching the television coverage in respect to the unveiling of the new Monument at Horseguards to honour the fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan, I noticed that at the end of the formal ceremony, whilst guests were mingling, there was a political ‘clutch’ of Mother Hens […]
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David Cameron – that’s a bit rich coming from you!
March 13th, 2017 
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Tags: Article 50, Breaking a manifesto promise, BREXIT, Budget, David Cameron, EU, Europe, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, Michael Heseltine, monument, Nicola Sturgeon, Opinion, Philip Hammond, Politics, SNP, Theresa May, Tina Lannin, UK 
No Comments »Observations of an Expat: The Brexit Elephant
March 10th, 2017 Administrator Reuters photo By Tom Arms There was a massive elephant in the British House of Commons on Wednesday. It was rampaging back and forth across the chamber, overturning tables, loudly trumpeting and waving his trunk from side to side. Its name was Brexit.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Angela Merkel, Article 50, BREXIT, Brexiteers, Budget, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Union, House of Commons, Lisbon Treaty, LookAhead News, National Insurance, NHS, Opinion, Parliament, Philip Hammond, Politics, Remainers, self employed, taxes, Theresa May, Tom Arms, UK No Comments »The Budget: Head vs Heart?
March 9th, 2017 Administrator AFP photo By Hazel Speed The live UK Budget broadcast had a most surprising twist for this writer, but first let us consider the presentations in the order they took place. I leave the fine detail to the link herein but rather, my observations were as follows.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, Budget, conservative, Hazel Speed, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Opinion, Parliament, Philip Hammond, Politics, Prime Minister's Question Time, Theresa May, UK, WASPI No Comments »Bahrain’s UK-backed human rights bodies used as ‘PR tool’ as abuses continue
November 22nd, 2016 Administrator Hasan Jamali/AP By Amnesty International Two UK-supported Bahraini institutions repeatedly trumpeted by the Bahraini and British authorities as evidence of the Gulf country’s supposed human rights progress have proven “woefully inadequate” at addressing serious human rights concerns, said human rights NGO Amnesty International in a new report published.
Posted in OPINION Tags: Al Wefaq, Ali Hussein Neama, Amnesty International, Bahrain, Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, FCO, Foreign Policy, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Human Rights, Hussain Jawad, Mohamed Ramadhan, Nazeeha Saeed, Ombudsman of the Ministry of Interior, Philip Hammond, Special Investigations Unit, torture, UK No Comments »Observations of an Expat: Gibraltar
May 13th, 2016 Administrator By Tom Arms Gibraltarians are happy people. They should be. The Rock is the second most prosperous territory in the EU. The economy is growing at an astonishing ten percent a year and has been for some time. Unemployment is less than half of one percent.
Posted in OPINION Tags: BREXIT, European Union, Franco, Gibraltar, Great Britain, Jose Garcia Margallo, LookAhead TV, Observations of an Expat, Philip Hammond, Politics, sovereignty, Spain, The Rock, Tom Arms 1 Comment »
