Author: jimmy

UK Army Major says Afghan War Lost

‘… politicians trading soldiers lives for votes’ by Glen Owen I’m being sent out to stabilise a country I have no faith, interest or empathy in, to prop up a government the UN says is corrupt, in a war of choice already lost halfway across the world. Dr Peter Lee, a university lecturer who spent seven years as an RAF padre, […]

Lockerbie Exclusive: The Report That Could Have Cleared Megrahi

The explosive report on the man convicted of the Lockerbie atrocity …why we are publishing it after five years of secrecy by Lucy Adams and John Aston The Sunday Herald today publishes the full 800-page report detailing why the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing could have walked free. The controversial report from the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) […]

UK Government Experts Cover Up Vaccine Hazards

30 Years of Secret Official Transcripts Show UK Government Experts Cover Up Vaccine Hazards To Sell More Vaccines And Harm Your Kids by ChildHealthSafety An extraordinary new paper published by a courageous doctor and investigative medical researcher has dug the dirt on 30 years of secret official transcripts of meetings of UK government vaccine committees and the supposedly independent medical “experts” […]

I, Pet Goat II

by Heliofant   Preface I would like to start off by saying that the film came to me in its visual form, much like a painter who sees colors and forms in his mind’s eye. And I tried to be faithful to what I saw visually without necessarily understanding what the symbols were alluding to. Some of the symbols were […]

Liam Byrne’s call for a new welfare state: panel verdict

In January, 2012, BSN editor, Alison Banville joined a panel discussion in The Guardian about benefit reform: The panel discusses the shadow work and pensions secretary’s return to William Beveridge in his comments on reform Diane Abbott: ‘Benefits are just part of the picture’ My colleague Liam Byrne is absolutely right to say that we need a debate on social […]

Kuala Lumpur tribunal: Bush and Blair guilty

A war crimes tribunal in Malaysia offers a devastating critique of international criminal law institutions today by Richard Falk In Kuala Lumpur, after two years of investigation by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (KLWCC), a tribunal (the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal, or KLWCT) consisting of five judges with judicial and academic backgrounds reached a unanimous verdict that found […]

Bush, Blair Found Guilty of War Crimes

A War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia has found former US President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes for their roles in the Iraq war by PressTV The five-panel Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal decided that Bush and Blair committed genocide and crimes against humanity by leading the invasion of Iraq in 2003, […]

Don’t Do It Ria! There’s Still Time To Save Yourself!

Exchanges With a Young ITN Journalist by Alison Banville From: Alison Banville To: “RIA.CHATTERJEE@ITN.CO.UK” <RIA.CHATTERJEE@ITN.CO.UK> Cc: “NATASHA.KAPLINSKY@ITN.CO.UK” <NATASHA.KAPLINSKY@ITN.CO.UK> Sent: Friday, 21 October 2011, 18:35 Subject: occupylsx Hi Natasha and Ria, Can I ask why Ria, during your second report on the closure of St.Paul’s on this evening’s show you said ‘there are major fire safety issues’. You must have been aware […]

Britain, Qadafi and the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group

An extract from Secret Affairs on the British plot in the mid-1990s by Mark Curtis While Bin Laden was drafting his declaration of jihad in early 1996, British intelligence was plotting with al-Qaida-associated terrorists in Libya to assassinate Colonel Qadafi. Qadafi had long challenged British interests and Western hegemony in the Middle East and Africa. The revolution that brought him […]

Lockerbie Verdict a Tragedy for Scottish Justice, says Jim Swire

The verdict in the trial that convicted Ali al-Megrahi of the Lockerbie bombing is a tragedy for Scotland and Scottish justice, says Jim Swire – whose daughter Flora was among those killed in the tragedy by Staff Writers (Ekklesia) Dr Swire, who announced that in his 75th year he will be stepping back from campaigning while the Justice for Megrahi […]

Chilcot and Impartiality

an introduction to the series of videos on ‘chilcotreports’ and a look at the make-up of the chilcot inquiry team. are these people to be trusted with the question of war crimes?