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Category Archives: Media
Jaw-jaw better than war-war
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 3 September 2014 JAW-JAW BETTER THAN WAR-WAR Three letters from readers in today’s London Guardian represent … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Media, Military, Politics, Russia, UK, Ukraine, USA
Tagged Chekhov, Cold War, Crimea, European Union, Nato, Pushkin, Soviet Union, Vladimir Putin, Winston Churchill, Yeltsin
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Dancing in the rain
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 13 January 2014 Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning how … Continue reading
Exstinctus amabitur idem
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 2 October 2012 There is saturation and generally fulsome coverage in the UK Guardian today of … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Politics
Tagged Ed Milliband, Eric Hobsbawm, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair
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Hemingway
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 24 April 2012 TRUST NOT, RUE NOT In his recent memoirs, Mr Peter Hain, a former … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Media
Tagged Athene, Ernest Hemingway, judiciary, Lord Salmon, Peter Hain
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Kafka
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 5 April 2012 CONCEALING TORTURE In a draconian crackdown on civil liberties redolent of the totalitarian … Continue reading
Posted in China, Justice, Korea, Media, Torture, UK
Tagged civil liberties, internet surveillance, Kafka, secret courts
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Another “Orwell” spotted in the garden
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 9 January 2012 Sorry, guys, we’ve clocked another “Orwell” in the political rose garden … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Politics, Turkey, UK
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Friendly fire: nuclear allies at loggerheads
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. “Nato refuses to rule out crossing into Pakistan as it targets insurgent groups”. This was … Continue reading
Europe and the European Union are not one and the same
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Two contrafactual propositions continue, as ever, to be highlighted in the coverage by pro-EU media, … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Media
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There will be no referendum in Greece
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Blog: 20h45 Paris time 1.11.11 As regards the Greek referendum announced last night by the Greek … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Greece, Media
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Guardian leader writer leaves following criticism by Antigone1984
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. Blog: Following the criticism of a pro-establishment Guardian leader in yesterday’s post by Antigone1984, the Guardian … Continue reading
Posted in Media, UK, Uncategorized
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