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Should we be supporting Israel? (2)
July 28th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
I wasn’t able to attend last night’s debate between my friend Eric Lee and Sean Matgamna of the Alliance for Workers Liberty and, in any event, I confess that such far-Left fora are not my natural habitat. But I care deeply about what is happening in the Middle East and welcome Eric’s publication online of […]
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Up the Poles
July 21st, 2006 by Roger Darlington
According to the “Guardian”, following Poland’s entry to the European Union, around one million Poles have come to work in Britain. There are two living in my street and our local Asian shops advert Polish foods. Today’s G2 supplement of the newspaper is devoted entirely to the phenomenon with one article actually in Polish. I […]
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Eliminating world poverty
July 20th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
The British Government’s Department for International Development has produced an excellent liitle booklet entitled “Eliminating world poverty”. You can obtain a copy by e-mailing tellmemore@dfid.gov.uk or you can access the text online here The good news… * India lifts 12 million people out of poverty every year. * 75 million more children are in primary […]
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Happy birthday, Nelson
July 18th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Nelson Mandela is 88 today. He is the most inspirational leader of my generation and I wish him many more birthdays. I very much enjoyed reading his biography “Long Walk To Freedom” and you can read my review here.
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Should we be supporting Israel? (1)
July 16th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
My good friend Eric Lee – who, for many years, lived in Israel – has written an eloquent and passionate piece about the current situation in the Middle East. I personally feel that the Israelis have overeacted to the blatant provocation to which they have been subject and I do not believe that everything possible […]
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Would you move to Vanuatu?
July 12th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
A new global measure of progress, the Happy Planet Index, has been constructed by the New Economics Foundation (Nef) and Friends of the Earth using three factors: life expectancy, human wellbeing and damage done via a country’s “environmental footprint”. It is published today and you can find more details here. Vanuatu comes top because its […]
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