It’s Hogmanay, and it’s the Last Day of 2019. My Father said to me when I was a wee kid that the older I get, the quicker the years would travel. Said to myself at the time, what the hell does my Dad know. Aye I was a wee Smart Arse as a kid, I… Continue reading Hogmanay 2019
Month: December 2019
Dec 2019. Catalan Protests
December 2019. Spanish police and militant elements in a thousands-strong crowd of protesters clashed in the streets of Barcelona close to police headquarters late on Saturday, as a pro-independence demonstration by a direct action group turned violent. After a largely peaceful gathering of an estimated 350,000 pro-independence supporters jammed the centre of the city earlier… Continue reading Dec 2019. Catalan Protests
Dec 2019. Analysis of the Labour Defeat
December 2019. Labour has suffered one of its worst general election results in living memory with dozens of seats that the party had held on to for decades falling to the Conservatives. On Friday morning the party will begin its analysis of why this happened, with the debate likely to affect how Labour bounces back… Continue reading Dec 2019. Analysis of the Labour Defeat
Dec 2019. Hyde Park Bombing Victims win Case
December 2019. Relatives of four British soldiers killed in the Hyde Park bombing have won the first stage of a High Court damages claim against suspect John Downey. Family members of Royal Household Cavalrymen who died in the July 1982 blast brought the civil action against the convicted IRA member after a criminal case collapsed… Continue reading Dec 2019. Hyde Park Bombing Victims win Case
Aug 2015. Kids Sold for Sex in USA
August 2015. Kids sold for sex in the USA. I don’t want to do the numbers here, it kind of takes away the feelings, let’s just say the FBI state there’s hundreds of kids sold for sex every night. They rescued 600 of they kids last year. Some say it’s because of poverty, neglect and/or… Continue reading Aug 2015. Kids Sold for Sex in USA
Dec 2019. Dementia in the UK
December 2019. Dementia is a growing challenge. As the population ages and people live for longer, it has become one of the most important health and care issues facing the world. In England it is estimated that around 676,000 people have dementia. In the whole of the UK, the number of people with dementia is… Continue reading Dec 2019. Dementia in the UK
Dec 2019. UK Inquest on London Air Pollution
December 2019. A fresh inquest into the death of a nine-year-old girl who suffered a fatal asthma attack will examine the role of the government as it looks at whether air pollution caused or contributed to her death. Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after three years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital for… Continue reading Dec 2019. UK Inquest on London Air Pollution
024. Would you Mind Eating Halal
Dil Peeling of the Compassion in World Farming – “Certainly the body of the science does show that slaughtering an animal when it is still conscious is a painful process for it and it elicits a lot of anxiety with it. That’s not just me saying so. That’s the government’s most senior and influential advisory… Continue reading 024. Would you Mind Eating Halal
022. Growing Anti-Immigration in Denmark Part 7
Hamish Macdonald interviews some Immigrant Kids in Denmark, Macdonald says – “ This is Vollsmose. Officially, it’s a Ghetto, one of Twenty Nine across the country with High Migrant Populations, Low Incomes and High Crime Rates. If you commit a Crime here, you get Double the Punishment and soon a Thousand Families will be Evicted… Continue reading 022. Growing Anti-Immigration in Denmark Part 7
Jun 2015. daesh Recruiting Kids
June 2015. When many of us were a teenager we were dissillusioned, vulnerable and/or simply bored. There are many pressures for the teenager with all sorts of questions on who we are and how we fit into society. When I was a teenager I knew everything and my parents knew nothing. The grooming techniques of… Continue reading Jun 2015. daesh Recruiting Kids