2011

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer

You may have noticed how Ed Balls has become invisible recently, he has shut up and gone into hiding. And here’s why. Ed was a member of the last, totally […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is: “an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, […]

Eurofighter Typhoon multirole combat aircraft

The Royal Air Force needs two main types of combat aircraft. Firstly those that shoot down enemy aircraft and secondly those that attack things on the ground. With the last […]

Keep your coins, I want change.

So the latest figures are out and we have nearly a million young people Not in Education Employment or Training. Yet we have well over a million recent immigrants from […]

The Liberal Democratic party in Britain come third in general elections and are fed up with this. So instead of coming up with policies and candidates that attract more votes […]

European Euro banknote

I have written here before that there is schizophrenia about what the EU really is. Have we created a free trade area or are we trying to create a superstate? […]

MP for Morley and Outwood, West Yorkshire

I was amazed this morning to hear Ed Balls on the Today programme complaining about the Government financial measures that come into force today. So let’s be very clear about […]

Britain's awful education system

Britain is the land of Eton and Harrow of Oxford and Cambridge of Professor Stephen Hawking, Sir James Dyson, Stephen Fry and Sir Richard Branson so what could be wrong? […]

War map of the coastal strip of Libya

The Libyan coastal strip is a strange place to conduct a war, the distances are vast and there is nothing there but desert and a few small towns that are […]

The burden of debt

Let your reasonable, informed, intelligent voice be heard in London starting at 11.00am on Saturday 14 May in this sensible gathering that asks the government to act firmly on the […]

English version of the Arabic-language news network. Breaking news and features plus background material including profiles and global reactions.

This morning on the Radio 4 Today programme Ed Milliband was questioned with some thoroughness by Evan Davis and you could almost hear the collective jaws of the nation hitting […]