The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Lib Dem Ramadan: a festival of virtue signalling
The sight of Lib Dem politicians engaging in a patronising gesture to Muslim voters by jumping on the Ramadan fast really hollows out the meaning and content of the term ‘solidarity', observes JAMES CROSSLEY
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
THE Lib Dem MP for Kingston & Surbiton, Ed Davey, announced on Twitter on April 25 that he was preparing for his “first ever fast in the holy month of Ramadan.” The reason was to show that “Muslims doing Ramadan in isolation” were not alone.
The accompanying video explained that in the evening there would be a Lib Dem Iftar where they would share a virtual community meal together. He finished by telling his audience “Ramadan Mubarak.”
He later added that he would be raising money from this for the Kingston Foodbank as the hashtag #LibDemIftar went into use among fellow Lib Dems.
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