Month: July 2015

Bombing Syria

July 3, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The last time this came before the House of Commons the proposal was to bomb Assad military assets because he was said to be using chemical weapons; a fact that was in doubt because of a good deal of evidence that it was a rebel set up. The vote was No, not least because it […]

Greece: Future Unknown

July 2, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

Yesterday was one of speculation and false hopes, rumour and wishful thinking. It ended without any actual change. The referendum will proceed on Sunday and the Tsipras government urges Greeks to vote No. The IMF and the Euro Group declared that there could be no more talks until after the referendum and that existing arrangements […]