I asked HMG whether they will accelerate the conclusion of requests for resettlement by Afghan interpreters and other personnel employed by the UK, either by offering refugee states in the UK, or by assisted resettlement in other countries. Lord Astor of Hever gave me the following reply :” The ex-gratia redundancy scheme includes an offer…
The English word comes from the Latin “adventus” meaning coming, as in the coming of the Anglo-Saxons to England. Advent calendars are now fashionable. Is the opening of their little windows just something to increase children’s anticipation of exciting Christmas presents? Or could it be something more? The Good-news is that God so loved the…
My grandfather, Raymond Asquith, was killed in 1916 in the battles on the Somme. His three brothers survived the war, though one was shell-shocked. Other members of my family served at home and abroad during World War II. I therefore joined the many thousands who went to see the Tower moat, turned crimson red. Mass…
A long-standing friend of mine is standing for UKIP in a Yorkshire constituency at the coming general election. He views current politics in 18th century terms as the country versus the court parties, with UKIP in the country role. It seems to me that he and his fellow candidates will attract not only nationalist and populist…
Hamas began as an off-shoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, when Egypt administered the Gaza Strip after 1948. It has developed in three ways, first as a social service and welfare organization, secondly as a political movement, and thirdly as a form of national resistance against occupation and colonization by Israel. The last role caused…
