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INCREASING DANGER

Military Build Up
The world is becoming more dangerous. America, China and Russia are increasing their military capacities at a rapid rate. An arms race is in progress. The US is deploying increasing quantities of military personnel and equipment in E

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THE ECONOMICS OF BREXIT

Economic effects rarely happen suddenly. Usually it takes time for things to work through the system. Talk of a “cliff” is emotive, but in reality it all takes time.

The Pound & Immigration
Two main economic effects are already to be seen and their co

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MACRON CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS

There is much debate inside the EU at the moment about the rules that govern labour mobility. Macron wants to change these, the East European members want to keep present arrangements. The richer countries are finding their high wages undercut by che

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FRENCH ELECTION

Macron's Remarkable Success

What can one say? So far it is a walk over. President Macron is getting what Theresa May wanted. There is still a week for things to go wrong but all the signs are that he will get the biggest parliamentary majority of the

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QATAR

The war in the Middle East is extremely difficult to unravel or understand. Basically the region has three Muslim power centres: Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia. In addition, there is Israel which also has a very powerful military, but in the present p

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¿Qué podemos hacer?

Publicado por David Brazier el 19 de agosto de 2017 en el grupo “War and Peace” (Guerra y Paz)

¿Qué podemos hacer en respuesta al terror, a la violencia y a los peligros que hay en todo el mundo en estos días? 

Por supuesto, hay un límite en cuanto a

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UK ELECTION

Still a few results to come in but it looks as though there will be a weak and wobbly Conservative government dependent upon support from the Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party. Several different trends seem to have emerged. Governing parties

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WILL LAVROV SUCCEED PUTIN?

Lavrov (last Saturday): “Libya was bombed and its government was violently overthrown. It was turned into a backyard for terrorists and criminals. The regime was changed with the help of fighters who came from Europe. They were free to leave their co

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LAOS - A Sickening Feeling

Isn't it wonderful news that the USA has agreed to spend money on clearing up all the anti-personnel munitions that they dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War ! They are actually going to spend something like a tenth of a percent of the cost of the

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Racism & Xenophobia

It seems that xenophobia is currently a rising issue. Countries in parts of south east Europe have erected barriers to stop foreigners from the Middle east war zone entering their countries as refugees. Britain has voted for 'Brexit' and it seems tha

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Constitutional Implications

In Britain, the decision to leave the EU has been taken in what until now would normally be regarded as an unconstitutional way, namely by referendum. A slight majority of the population has over-rules the majority of MPs. This, in effect, means that

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