Selected Articles: The UK Government is Installing a Police State. Analysis and Commentary.
UK Undermining Human Rights, Contributing to a Worldwide “Culture of Impunity”: Amnesty International
By Patrick Wintour, February 25 2016
Featured image: Philip Hammond shakes hands with the Saudi king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, in Riyadh last October.
Boycotting ‘Unethical’ Companies: New Law Will Enable UK Government to “Dictate Where People Shop”
By James Wright, February 25 2016
A new law being introduced by the Tories will mean they can dictate where people can and can’t shop.
UK Government Proposes to Set Up Muslim-only Jail
By Barry Mason, February 25 2016
The UK government is considering setting up a secure prison unit solely to house convicted Islamist terrorists. The UK has 130 such prisoners, who all face being moved into the proposed secure prison.
Defence Chiefs’ Claims that EU Membership Increases Britain’s Security, Do Not Bear Scrutiny
By Anthony Bellchambers, February 25 2016
All 28 member states of the European Union, with the possible exception only of Sweden, plus another 20 non-EU states in Europe and North Africa are all now within range of Israel’s secret nuclear-armed submarine fleet in the Mediterranean…
Why Tony Blair is Baffled by Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn
By Jonathan Cook, February 24 2016
The Guardian’s interview with Tony Blair published today inadvertently offers two major insights.