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Seventy years on and Camus’s The Plague still has the power to make us change our lives
Seventy years on and Camus’s The Plague still has the power disturb and change our ways By Trevor Grundy Books should be reviewed when they’re relevant, not just… Read more >
New Labour Party leader has a Jewish wife and calls himself a Zionist
New Labour Party leader has a Jewish wife and calls himself a Zionist By Trevor Grundy Sir Keith Starmer has been elected the new leader of Britain’s main opposition… Read more >
Anger builds in Britain as deaths from the Coronavirus reaches 2,352 in country’s hospitals
Anger builds in Britain as death from Coronavirus reaches 2,352 in country’s hospitals By Trevor Grundy April 1, 2020 A further 563 people have died in hospitals from… Read more >
Airline’s founder pays himself a £60 million dividend as angry customers fail to get refunds
By Trevor Grundy London, March 31, 2020 – – – Easyjet’s founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, 53, has justified his decision to pay £174 million dividend to shareholders –… Read more >
Former Supreme Court judge warns that Britain could be heading towards a police state
Former Supreme Court judge warns that Britain could be heading towards a police state By Trevor Grundy London, March 30, 2020 – – -The British public, the police, politicians and… Read more >
Boris Johnson’s handling of the Coronavirus crisis a “national scandal” says editor of The Lancet
A “national scandal” The editor of the prestigious medical journal The Lancet has hit out at Boris Johnson’s government over the way it has handled the corronavirus epidemic and condemning… Read more >
Late night applause in Britain for doctors and nurses working to save our lives
At 8pm on Thursday, as darkness fell across the UK, millions of people stood at their front doors and open windows, in gardens and on balconies, to raise a thunderous… Read more >
Cancellation of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda now seems certain
By TREVOR GRUNDY London (March 25, 2020) – – – The 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, Rwanda is expected to be postponed or cancelled within … Read more >
Gareth Jones lives again in a ground-breaking film about genocide in the Ukraine
The Polish director of “Mr Jones – 1933, The Holodomor” says that this is a film that tells the most important story you will ever watch. But some Russia-watchers argue… Read more >
Commonwealth watchers fear a race row could damage a multi-racial/cultural ‘club’ of billions
At a time when Britain is looking for friends outside the EU, leading Commonwealth countries have suspended contributions to the scandal-hit Commonwealth Secretariat, the body that shapes and guides the… Read more >