Category: Britain
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Police commissioners and their political masters
Faceless man replaces Andrew Scipione as NSW Police Commissioner … UK’s Theresa May delivers suicide note to EU – or is it Britain’s resurrection? … Why hardened criminals become terrorists in prison … Korea, North and South, plunges into political turmoil … Moslem baroness puts Israel’s soldiers of fortune on the spot … Festival of…
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No confidence in the major parties
Voters don’t trust Malcolm Turnbull or Bill Shorten and MPs don’t either … Who will succeed the Queen of Australia? … How Israel stole Singapore’s IT military secrets … Fascism first raised its flag in England in 1901, before Hitler was heard of …. Great Crashing Bores … Festival of Dangerous Ideas Divided polls –…
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ISIS missile building or AFP fantasy?
Malcolm Turnbull’s “terror” alert deconstructed … Why Canberra is absorbed with WA State Election … Mike Baird returns to banking vomitorium … Dr Gallop promotes laughably fatuous UK regulations … Great Crashing Bores … ISIS missile system or AFP fantasy? If you ever wondered what a home-grown piece of “fake news” looks like, turn to…
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Lambie’s Islamophobia
Jackie Lambie is Tasmania’s very own Trumpette … Cory Bernardi and Pauline Hanson become “friended” … Bob Hawke finally deserts Israeli lobby … Why Brexit will break Prime Minister Theresa May … Donald Trump’s invitation to Buck House stirs storm of protest … Brenda has always welcomed dictators in the past … Great Crashing Bores…
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Adelaide’s village idiot
Cory Bernardi embraces political oblivion … Mr Harbourside Mansion makes vitriolic attack on Mr Billionaire Poodle … The Rise of Trumpism: A lesson from history … Who wants to be a Roman Catholic? … In praise of a health crusader …Author Kate Grenville writes anti-perfume book … Adelaide’s village idiot Senator Cory Bernardi made headlines…
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Invasion Day
An Australia Day for 21st century Australians … Remembering the Bicentenary of 1988 … Britain’s PM Theresa May and Foreign Minister Boris Johnson in Brexit mess … Will Mrs Windsor’s Commonwealth survive? … Great Crashing Bores continued …. Revisiting Australia Day Everything seems to be changing in this super-charged world. As an example, I can’t…
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Changing face of global politics
Global economics and politics have just changed our world … UK, US and China at odds over globalisation … People demand safety, stability and a liveable future while global corporations and banks gouge their way ahead … At home: lessons from the demise of NSW Premier Mike Baird. UK, China and US directions Keynote speeches…
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Parliament in disrepute
How parliament and MPs have fallen into utter disrepute … Whither democracy? … Britain’s decrepit ruling class has run out of puff … Brexit marks the end of the road … Festival of Dangerous Ideas … Great Crashing Bores … Seafood giants rule the oceans – and MPs In centuries past, when MPs passed laws loyal…
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Travelling man calls it a day
Travelling man Mark Ottaway calls it a day … his brother Sir Richard Ottaway keeps campaigning … apartheid Israel loses more supporters … Liberal Party plans “cash splash” in the bush to save the Nationals … Alan Jones at Festival of Dangerous Ideas … Great Crashing Bores … Mark’s career as a traveller In his…
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Murdoch’s expanding empire
Rupert Murdoch expands his empire (again) … British PM Theresa May in Murdoch’s pocket … Aleppo and Mosul: tale of two cities … Australia drawn deeper into Middle East quicksand … Phillip Knightley’s take on war correspondents … Rupert Murdoch: local and global This week Rupert Murdoch secured full ownership of my local paper, The…