Author: Suneil Sharma

As I watch the relentless ethnic cleansing of Gazans by the IDF and a more subtle version of the same being carried out by Ben Gavir and his settler friends in the Westbank, all overseen by Israel’s version of Voldemort in the guise of Netanyahu, my faith in humanity is at an all-time low. Firstly,…

I In November 2022 in my blog called “Mr President” when the red wave at the mid-terms failed to materialise I suggested politely, that this was the moment to start the succession planning process to find a Democrat from a younger generation to run for President in 2024, fearing neither Trump ( who is now…

My father was born in India and as a young man he fought for Indian independence but equally as importantly, he fought for India not to be partitioned and to embrace a secular constitution. He failed in the first but was proud along with his college friends to have achieved the second. My father lived…

Firstly, let me say from the outset that I have no love for a Tory, let alone a Tory Secretary of State. What I find odd, is that the current Secretary of State is being vilified for the failure of our public representatives elected by you, the electorate. At least on one issue both the…

I asked a question in a previous blog “Small Boats Small Beer” Is humanity as a collective agent an illusion? Well, the answer to that is sadly, an emphatic YES. Let us start locally, in a tiny place called Northern Ireland, where in 2023 many engaged in a backslapping event celebrating 25 years since the…

THE NEVER ENDING TRAGEDY October 7th 2023 is blazoned on my memory, the day that Hamas brutally massacred 1300 Israeli civilians and underpinned their brutality by violating women. Israel’s reaction was justified in going after Hamas and its leadership. What started as defending itself against terrorism, supported by almost all of the international community, is…

If Rishi Sunak has shown nothing else this week, he has shown that he has no grasp of what it takes to be a leader let alone a Prime Minister. He looks clueless and devoid of a vision for this country’s future highlighted by the fact he has gone back to the future, to bring…

In the previous blog, I wrote about the murderous rampage perpetrated by Hamas on 1400 Israelis, mothers, grandmothers, peace activists and children. We now see the deaths of thousands of Palestinian civilians, mothers, grandmothers, relief agency volunteers, medical volunteers, and children. To date, the death toll reported by a Hamas agency is 8000 of which…