Today’s news comes on top of £1.3bn in tax breaks in last year’s Budget. The UK is the only G7 country to significantly increase fossil … UK BUDGET 2016: Oil tax breaksRead more
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Did Rupert Murdoch Choose Britain’s New Prime Minister?
When Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Monday that he would be moving out of 10 Downing Street quite a bit sooner than planned, not … Did Rupert Murdoch Choose Britain’s New Prime Minister?Read more
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The world now sees Blair’s moral guilt
The Iraq war was a fiasco waged on the basis of scandalous lies. My son Tom, aged 20, died serving his country in this war. … The world now sees Blair’s moral guiltRead more
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Chilcot’s jigsaw puzzle is missing a few pieces
Following the damning Chilcot report, much will be said about the decision to go to war in Iraq. But one thing will be missing: the … Chilcot’s jigsaw puzzle is missing a few piecesRead more
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International Criminal Court Investigates Human Rights Abuses by British Forces in Iraq
The long-anticipated Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq War released Wednesday contains stinging indictments of Britain’s role in the U.S.-led invasion, detailing failures starting with the … International Criminal Court Investigates Human Rights Abuses by British Forces in IraqRead more
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Anti-tax, anti-regulation sirens already emerging after Brexit
Just before the Brexit vote we quoted Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about what might happen in a post-Brexit Britain: … Anti-tax, anti-regulation sirens already emerging after BrexitRead more
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The EU’s Failed Neo-Liberal Policies and BREXIT
Andrew Ross Sorkin is back, so unintentional self-parody is again the order of the day. Wall Street’s sycophant-in-chief, introduces his column with a 98 m.p.h. … The EU’s Failed Neo-Liberal Policies and BREXITRead more
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BREXIT: Part 3: Tony Blair
Tony Blair disgraced his office as Prime Minister and continues to disgrace it as lobbyist for murderous kleptocrats. Blair’s column claims personal credit for a … BREXIT: Part 3: Tony BlairRead more
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The Brexit Silence
The media in the United States have treated the British vote against remaining in the European Union (EU) as if it is populist “Trumpism,” an … The Brexit SilenceRead more
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Tony Blair must be prosecuted
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger writes about the “paramount war crime” defined by the Nuremberg judges in 1946 and its … Tony Blair must be prosecutedRead more