Prisons in Myanmar have been ordered to clean the gallows, in an apparent preparation for the execution of 101 political prisoners who have been sentenced to death since the military coup one year ago. These would be the first official executions in the country in over three decades. It isContinue Reading
Frogella/Shutterstock Blame is a common strategy in life. It allows us to escape responsibility for mistakes. During a global pandemic, though, placing blame can be a dangerous strategy. Former US President Donald Trump famously called COVID-19 “the China virus” while facing criticism for his pandemic response. In India, members ofContinue Reading
A password manager is a vital upgrade to your online security. Here’s your guide to the best choices for every kind of userContinue Reading
Hundreds of people have attended a commemoration event in Derry to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Thirteen civil rights protesters were shot dead by British soldiers on January 30th, 1972 in the city. Another man shot by paratroopers on the day died four months later. Family members holdingContinue Reading
2022 is the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. 40 years ago Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Army units were deployed at pace from Devonport and Plymouth as part of British efforts to liberate the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. Plymouth-based units were involved in some of the fiercest fightingContinue Reading
Luke Pollard has been unanimously reselected as the Labour candidate for the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport constituency for the next General Election. He was confirmed at a meeting of the Plymouth Sutton and Devonport Constituency Labour Party General Committee last night [27/01/22], receiving the unanimous support of Labour members, tradeContinue Reading
In Prime Minister’s Questions on January 19 the SNP leader, Ian Blackford, mispronounced the word haemorrhaging as “hae-ma-ge-ring” instead of “hae-ma-re-ging”. To be fair to Blackford, this is actually a surprisingly common slip of the tongue and his meaning was perfectly clear. But why did those two syllables switch placesContinue Reading
A group of lawyers found that at least 464 people have had their citizenship removed by the government over the last 15 years. They pieced together the data using freedom of information requests and other publications – a challenge, because the Home Office does not publish the information regularly. Citizenship-strippingContinue Reading
At its heart, Bloody Sunday was a devastating personal tragedy involving the deaths of 13 men and boys, six of whom were only 17 years old. The victims were taking part in a civil rights protest march against internment. In 30 minutes, 21 soldiers from the British Army’s parachute regimentContinue Reading
Sanctions: effective weapon or token gesture? Anton Watman via Shutterstock Faced with the imminent possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine and what appears to be a deteriorating diplomatic stand-off, NATO and other western allies are again turning to sanctions in the absense of other viable options. Since the secondContinue Reading
