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British Foreign Office told Tony Blair not to use force to get rid of Robert Mugabe
Until his overthrow in November 2017 Zimbabweans were told to hang pictures of Mugabe in their offices and have pictures of him hanging from their walls at home and wear… Read more >
Mitford Misfits – TV drama shows ‘gels’ like Diana and Unity just wanna have fun. Pity about the Nazis.
Unity Mitford and Diana Mosley with the Nazis they believed would protect them, and their class, from Communism The literary critic Erica Wagner said in The Observer ( June… Read more >
Time for action as Jew and Muslim hate spreads like wildfire
On-line race hate is spreading throughout the world and scenes like this becoming more and more common. Bondi Beach last Sunday has made comforting words about how we must… Read more >
New Archbishop of Canterbury must deal with another possible abuse case in scandal hit Church of England
Sarah Mullally – The first woman Bishop of London and soon to be the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury On January 28 next year the Right Rev Dame… Read more >
Monarchy after Andrew: Royal ‘watchdogs’ bark – but do any of them know how to snarl and bite?
Andrew, born with a golden spoon in his cot which, as an adult, he found hard to keep in his pocket seen here with his shopaholic ex-wife, ‘Fergie’ Ferguson. … Read more >