Even President George Bush played lip service to the idea of a ‘two state’ solution for Israel/Palestine. That, after all, is the default position of the international community. It is also the position of the Obama administration, which has nonetheless allowed the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu to run rings around it. So if the […]
Now Iran is in his sights. Why does anyone still take Tony Blair seriously?
Sep 12th, 2011 by Mark Seddon.It simply beggars belief that there are some in the British media who still take Tony Blair even vaguely seriously. On Friday, we were treated to two ‘exclusives’ featuring Blair on the front pages of The Times and the the Daily Mirror. All this in the same week that we learned that Blair had agreed […]
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The questions on Libya Tony Blair needs to answer
Sep 6th, 2011 by Mark Seddon.Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair and former Foreign Secretaries Jack Straw and David Miliband, now face some extremely tough questions as to how much they knew about the extraordinary rendition of prisoners to Libya where they were tortured. The discovery of some extraordinary archives in the ruins of the Ministry of Information in Tripoli by […]
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Ed Miliband and the unions – a losing battle?
Aug 19th, 2011 by Mark Seddon.Ed Miliband has emerged from two national crises with flying colours. He may have been a little late coming to the first – the Murdoch hacking scandal – but better late than never. As it was, he managed to sound both authoritative and urgent when turning his fire on the Prime Minister, David Cameron’s astonishing lapse of judgement […]
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Who the hell are Standard & Poors?
Aug 9th, 2011 by Mark Seddon.Amidst all of the market babble and financial gobbledegook that poured from both ‘analysts’ and ‘practitioners’ following last week’s global market meltdown, came a shaft of light. It took the form of a question and the question was posed by Robert Reich; “Pardon me”, he said “but who gave Standard & Poor’s the authority to […]
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Abusing George Orwell
Jul 26th, 2011 by Mark Seddon.No journalist worth his or her salt should rejoice in the downfall of another. There are plenty of commentators in particular that I could name who infuriate me, who have in fact infuriated for me for years, or who I have had real spats with. I would be disappointed if some of them didn’t feel […]
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The net tightens on News International
Jul 11th, 2011 by Mark Seddon.Sales of the doomed News of the World increased by 30% we are reliably informed on the day the newspaper closed, and on the day Rupert Murdoch flew in dressed in an open neck shirt and a panama hat. The ‘Dirty Digger’ as Murdoch used to be known affected not to have a care in […]
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Murdoch pays the price – News of the World to close
Jul 7th, 2011 by Mark Seddon.It was so ordained that James, rather than Rupert Murdoch, announced the closure of the News of the World, the 168 year old tabloid, after the presses roll this Sunday. He did so from New York, the city to which Rupert spirited him earlier this year, possibly already aware that leaving him in London would […]
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The Euro-zone in crisis
Jun 21st, 2011 by Mark Seddon.Neo liberalism is in crisis: Discuss… If only I were back at university and being asked this question by one of my lecturers! Neo liberalism is in deep crisis, as the prospect of economic depression on the back of the Euro-zone break down becomes more apparent. So while it would be fun to write the […]
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Will Blair, Bush and Kissinger be brought before the International Court of Justice
May 31st, 2011 by Mark Seddon.That the former Serb General Ratko Mladic was able to escape detection for sixteen years, beggars belief. The relative’s house he used as a ‘safe house’ was reportedly searched some four times – presumably with Mladic being told to take a stroll while they took place. That the butcher of Srebrenica was finally arrested this […]
