Tag: politics
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Iran: The Tyranny of Theology
The Iranian people have been under the iron fist of religious tyranny since 1979, replacing the autocratic rule of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who in 1953 replaced a democratically elected Prime Minister,Mohammad Mosaddegh, in a coup that was supported by the CIA and MI6. Mosaddegh’s political sin was that he, with the full…
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Apologies, My End-of-Year Rant 2025
Once again, another embarrassing and tragic year for our species has passed. Firstly, let us start off with the genocide in Gaza, where the death toll passed 70,000, which includes 20,000 children and not yet counted the many thousands who remain under 50,000 tonnes of rubble. We have a ceasefire where all the October 7…
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Public Service Broadcasters, Under Attack: It’s OUR BBC!!!!!
Let me start by saying that the daft mistake of splicing Donald Trump’s January 20 speech, in which he encouraged the overturning of a fair and free election, has now been acknowledged by the BBC, and an unreserved apology has been made to the world’s most famous narcissist and “pussy grabber”. Trump is the man…
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A War of Words: Playing Identity Politics as Rome Burns.
We, by which I mean ordinary citizens of this dysfunctional political system, have just appointed 3 people into three non-jobs, the Commissioner of the Irish Language, Pol Deed, Lee Reynolds, Commissioner for Gibberish, and Ulster British Tradition, whatever that is and finally Katy Radford as the Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression,…
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A Human Rights Professor?
Colin Harvey wrote an article in the Irish News on the 29th August 2025, to which I sent a response to the Irish News Editor, Chris Sherrard, who said it was a “well-written response” and if I was in agreement, he would publish it in its entirety, in the letters section of the paper, to…
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A Tail of Two Peace Plans
TRUMP’S PEACE PLAN SEPTEMBER 2025 1. Gaza will be a deradicalised, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours. 2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough. 3. If both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end. Israeli…
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Yes,this is antisemitic. Yes,this is anti-democratic.
On the 2nd of October, a man stabbed and killed one person and injured others at a synagogue where members of the Jewish community were celebrating Yom Kippur. This attack on the Jewish community is unjustifiable on any level, and I, as someone with no faith, unequivocally condemn it. A recent report commissioned by the…
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Transitioning from: Director of Public Prosecutions to Prime Minister
It can be said that Keir Starmer was as competent a head of the Crown Prosecution Service as the UK has had. However, in his transition to Prime Minister, his chromosomes remain the same. In his case, I am referring to the fact that he remains wired as a public prosecutor, not a Prime Minister.…
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A Three State Solution?
Let us start by quoting an optimist and a pessimist about the US OF A. George Washington, one of the founding fathers, said,” The establishment of our new government seemed to be the last great experiment for human happiness,” which excluded slaves. Sigmund Freud may have got it closer when he said, “America is the…
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A week at the Féile.
A piece published in 27/02/2025 Belfast News Letter This is the third year I have attended the debate and discussion element of the festival, and I am only speaking to this part. However, anecdotally, people I have spoken to found the community events to have been successful. The first event I attended was Nick Hayward’s…
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Gaza: It’s not a fucking War; It’s a Slaughter!!!!
Firstly, I would like all media to stop calling Gaza a war because it’s not. What it is, as described by Jonathan Sumption in his piece in the New Statesman, “Revenge visited on an entire population. It is, in short, a war crime.” A war crime which has seen any moral capital or empathy because…
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STOP THE DOPES, they are the ones looking up at the Boat.
Yet again, loyalists define their “culture” through hatred, bitterness, grievance, a siege mentality and a complete lack of understanding of their history. In addition, from 1998, they have seamlessly moved from blaming one type of “F’s” for their problems to hating and blaming another type of “F” for the very same problems. The real issue…
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DOGE OR DOPE
As a second-generation British citizen of Indian descent, I don’t get Zia’s crazy anti migrant nationalism. According to him, all the problems facing the UK are down to migration, the failing health service, poor UK productivity, the lack of housing, the cost-of-living crisis and maybe the failure to deliver HS2 because it was Sunak who…
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It’s not our fault; they started it,
Danny Danon Israel’s UN Ambassador, Benjamin Netanyahu, a war criminal, Gideon Saar, Israel’s Foreign Minister, Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister and Israel Katz, Minister of Defence are all blaming the murder of two Israeli embassy members on the rise of antisemitism, which they say has been exacerbated by comments condemning…
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Kemi Kaze: taking a dive
Kemi Badenoch was supposed to be the next Maggie, though why you would appoint a new party leader to look and sound like a relic from political history is beyond me. She was elected largely because she was a breath of fresh air, which she delivered in that she has been full of fresh hot…
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Infanticide, Filicide, Democide and Genocide,
SHALOM , TO THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE The world’s democracies stand by as the Israeli government, devoid of any moral core, continues the mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza, under the pretence of caring for the remaining hostages. When Jehovah made Jews his chosen people, what he forgot to do when Netanyahu,…
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H20 ; it’s not rocket science
The shambles that is our water and sewage system have been in the press for months, and our esteemed ruling class have just issued a (it’s never our fault) consultation about how to resolve this pressing issue. The main thrust of the consultation is that the housebuilders pay for any infrastructure upgrades required to facilitate…
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Economic vandalism or Insider Trading on a global scale?
It is clear there is a case to revisit globalisation, a system of trade that was underpinned by the desire of consumers in developed economies for cheap products like the £2.00 T-shirt and industrial products like steel. Investors saw the opportunity that cheaper labour costs meant more corporate profits, more corporate profits meant more dividends,…
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The Narcissism and Madness of King Donald
What a week! Donald had a two-hour phone conversation with his soulmate Putin, which was two hours more than he has had with Melania in the last 12 months. Then aping Russian talking points he started by accusing Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, followed up by saying that Zelensky had only 4% approval…
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1down,47 to go
Firstly, let me start by saying Donald’s resounding victory was nothing of the sort, yes, he won the dysfunctional electoral college handsomely but won the popular vote by a mere 2.5 million on a 63% turnout. His new best friend is another narcissist that is Elon Musk, not because of his great political insight but…
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The Genocide in Gaza Ends, the War on Palestinians Continues.
The peace forged between Netanyahu’s far-right Messianic militia and Hamas is the first bit of respite from killing and destruction that Palestinian civilians have seen in over 400 days. The peace agreement will be in three phases: The first phase will last 42 days in which 33 hostages will be released in exchange for 2000…
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Hanukkah: Ironically, A Festival of Light
Israelis and Jews worldwide celebrated Hanukkah a festival to remember the liberation of the Temple in Jerusalem. This festival is celebrated by lighting candles in homes and synagogues right across Israel. A Jewish homeland was created when the world saw the horrors of the Holocaust, a Jewish homeland that my father often spoke about and…
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The End Of Year Rant 2024
We leave 2024 with the world in turmoil and an unpredictable geo-political environment. We have the second coming in the form of the Donald, the arrival of Keir, whose lack of political antennae is worrying, Macron in trouble, unable to keep the right or the left content, and the upcoming German Federal election, which will…
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I am happy with the 26
From a New Ireland to a Data Ireland( response to Brian Feeny’s Irish News Column) Firstly, let me say regarding Mr Feeney’s “Failing UK” article surprisingly, there were elements with which I agree. For example, the de-industrialisation of the UK and the embrace of funny finance. I agree that the UK has failed to invest…
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Jesus Rishi, Have you lost your Marbles: This is a rhetorical question
We all know that Boris was a” bollocks,” well, everyone except the DUP. Though expectations of Boris as a Prime Minister were low, Boris even limbo-danced under that. His saving grace was, you got what was clearly said on the tin. Now Rishi is a different kettle of fish, he weaselled his way to the…
