The summer is most certainly over. It is sometimes hard to tell in the UK but I’ve cunningly learned over time that you know for sure when the rain keeps falling but your feet start freezing. Experience is everything! The silly season of journalism was late this summer. The queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics …
Monthly Archive: September 2012
Sep 20 2012
An interview with Chris Walker
Christopher Walker had a busy summer reporting for GRNlive. What with the Queen’s Jubilee, the Olympics, and Julian Assange taking refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, we had our veteran correspondent zigzagging across London relentlessly in our schizophrenic weather, be it torrential rain pouring on the Queen’s flotilla, and stifling sun beating over the heads of …
Sep 12 2012
Missing the Spirit of the Moment
The British exhilaration over the Olympic and Para-Olympics games must have puzzled some spectators. In July they unanimously converted overnight from a grumpy and grunting “this is going to be dreadful, I’m getting out of London until it is over” kind of mood, to a state of national exhilaration which threw them back – as …
Sep 03 2012
Mind the Gaff
Politicians, especially US republican ones, are known to put their foot in it when it comes to world facts. George W Bush has broken some world records when it comes to factual gaffs and us, journalists, were the first to get on his case for it. Mitt Romney is constantly challenging Bush Junior’s title, with …
World News
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- Liam Fox suppressing damage of no deal Brexit, say SNP - HeraldScotland October 23, 2017HeraldScotlandLiam Fox suppressing damage of no deal Brexit, say SNPHeraldScotlandLIAM Fox has been accused of suppressing the truth about a no-deal Brexit, after refusing to release official impact studies in case they weaken the UK's negotiating hand with Europe. The International Trade Secretary said leaving without a deal on ...Britain not bluffing on no-deal Brexit, […]
- Palestinian Hunger Striker's Health 'Deteriorating' - malaysiandigest.com October 23, 2017malaysiandigest.comPalestinian Hunger Striker's Health 'Deteriorating'malaysiandigest.comA Palestinian prisoner's health is "rapidly deteriorating" as he enters the 12th day of his hunger strike, according to his father. Hassan Showka, from the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, was arrested on September 29 without charges for a second ...Netanyahu to go to London next week for Balfour Declaration centennialThe […]
- Japanese Prime Minister Abe wins big in national elections - Daily Mail October 23, 2017Daily MailJapanese Prime Minister Abe wins big in national electionsDaily MailTOKYO (AP) - Japan's leader has scored a major victory in national elections that returned his ruling coalition to power in decisive fashion. Japanese media said Monday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and a small coalition ...Dollar climbs to three-month high against […]
- Watch: Horror moment female railway worker shoved onto tracks in unprovoked attack - TVNZ October 23, 20179news.com.auWatch: Horror moment female railway worker shoved onto tracks in unprovoked attackTVNZA female railway station cleaner in Hong Kong has been shoved onto train tracks by a passing man in a horrific unprovoked attack. Play Video. Play. Mute. Current Time 0:00. /. Duration Time 0:00. Loaded: 0%. 0:00. Progress: 0%. 0:00. Progress: 0 ...Cleaner shoved […]
- Government backs minister who said British IS fighters 'must be killed' - ITV News October 23, 2017ITV NewsGovernment backs minister who said British IS fighters 'must be killed'ITV NewsRory Stewart: "These are people who have essentially moved away from any kind of allegiance towards the British Government.“ Photo: PA. A government spokesperson has backed comments by a minister who said "in almost every case" British Islamic State ...Killing British jihadists 'is only […]
- Johnson to say Trump has an 'absolute duty' to protect America - Sky News October 23, 2017Sky NewsJohnson to say Trump has an 'absolute duty' to protect AmericaSky NewsThe Foreign Secretary will use a keynote speech on international security to urge North Korea to reassess its nuclear aims. 02:06, UK, Monday 23 October 2017. Boris Johnson has called on Tory colleagues to turn their fire on Jeremy Corbyn. Image: Boris ...Boris Johnson […]
- Brexit: Business leaders call for swift transition deal - BBC News October 22, 2017BBC NewsBrexit: Business leaders call for swift transition dealBBC NewsBritain's five biggest business lobby groups are calling for an urgent Brexit transition deal, or they warn the UK risks losing jobs and investment. In a joint letter being sent to Brexit Secretary David Davis, the groups, including the Institute of ...Brexit transition deal needed as […]
- Briton jailed for three months in Dubai for touching man's hip - The Guardian October 22, 2017The GuardianBriton jailed for three months in Dubai for touching man's hipThe GuardianA Scottish man has been sentenced to three months in jail in Dubai for touching a man's hip as he carried a drink through a crowded bar. Jamie Harron, 27, was arrested for public indecency at the Rock Bottom bar on 15 July. […]