My last four blogs have been about wars, that our media hardly mention, for example in Yemen, inside Turkey since 1984, in the Philippines against suspected drug dealers and users, or the coming health and survival crisis in Gaza. Today I would like to draw attention to the three million EU citizens living in Britain…
What was probably the first attempt at a National Dialogue took place in Sarajevo from October 28 – 30 2016. It was national in the sense that some 40 participants were people already active in civil society and voluntary organizations. There was a good male/female balance, with representation of youth groups and older people, some…
Many peers would have received today an e mail, reproduced below, from 272 UK expats working and living in the EU. No doubt similar concerns are raised from the millions of EU nationals living and working in the UK. The Tory party created this awful mess affecting millions of people’s lives as well as our own…
Rail monopoly news – 14 April 2016 Member states undermine Bulc’s plea for an open rail market – 4th RP UK, FR and DE lead the campaign to dilute the conflict of interest clauses. At the Transport Council working group meeting last week, UK, DE and FR achieved such a dilution of the conflict of interest…
This year Europe as a whole has faced its biggest challenge since the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union. Then it responded by helping the ex-communist states and by trying to do something for the people of Russia. Challenged by huge numbers coming from the Middle East, the EU…
