SOLOMON HUGHES finds the government went along with a US scheme to distract from Israel’s lethal Gaza blockade with an impractical floating pier scheme – though its own officials knew it wouldn’t work
Britain should commit itself to non-interference and peaceful co-existence
LIBERATION is keen to see that any new prime minister commits to an agenda based upon respect for human rights, support for UN development goals, no arms sales to dictatorships and opposition to British intervention in foreign conflicts
Historically the framework of that expulsion of Palestinians was predicated on the use of war as a pretext, as opposed to war as a response to Palestinian resistance, writes RAMZY BAROUD
VICTORIA HOLMES salutes the brave stand being taken by Palestine Action hunger-strikers in British prisons, and explains their demands
SYMON HILL looks at Tommy Robinson’s bid to use Christmas to spread division and hate — and reminds us that’s the opposite of Jesus’s message
CAMERON HARRISON and CJ ATKINS analyse the White House’s new strategy in detail
DENNIS BROE says media ownership is not only grossly concentrated in the US, Britain and France – new mergers are advancing the power of the rich to censor the news
THE escalation in military expenditure over recent years to maintain a commitment to Nato of defence spending at 2 per cent of the GDP, has seen Britain engaged in a range of armed conflicts such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria.
British weapons have been at the core of the bombardment of Yemen since 2015 by the Saudi-led coalition, creating one of the world’s worst ever humanitarian disasters.
The “global Britain” policy of outgoing PM Boris Johnson, has been central to the concept of British intervention beyond British borders. Deployment of aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, well outside any reasonable definition of Britain’s “sphere of interest,” potentially puts Britain in the front line in any conflict with China.
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