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British foreign policy – cui bono?
Questions remain unanswered over the government-funded Integrity Initiative. What have ministers got to hide, asks CHRIS WILLIAMSON
by Roger D Harris and John Perry
VINCE MILLS says Scottish Labour has adopted better positions than its Westminster counterpart — but unless it starts to fight for them that will count for nothing
Labour MSP CAROL MOCHAN calls for Britain to follow France’s lead and recognise the Palestinian state as part of efforts to end this war
A Chilean court ruled that funds were illegally taken by the dictator to accumulate family wealth that is now disputed among his heirs, writes PABLO MERIGUET
The shock suspension of socialist MPs and Diane Abbott’s re-suspension reveals a leadership intent on crushing internal debate — but MERCEDES VILLALBA MSP warns against surrendering party democracy without a fight
WHOSE interests does British foreign policy serve? It certainly doesn’t serve the interests of the British public.
But then British foreign policy never has done. It has always been about the interests of wealthy elites and corporate capitalism, and yet we’re supposed to live in a democracy?
War, or the threat of war, is a highly profitable endeavour, and during the cold war, the British Establishment had a ready-made bogeyman.
But for the past 30 years they have been forced to invent new ones to justify Britain’s covert and military intrusions.
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