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On 1st August, the European Dictatorship Parliament voted through legislation which now makes it perfectly legal for all and any savings to be robbed from ANY account as and when the banks feel like...
Last Friday evening I walked down Cumhuriyet Street in the Śisli district of Istanbul. It was, unsurprisingly in a city of 14 million, very busy. I passed through the crowds, mostly young and in many ways indistinguishable from their European counterparts. As the road bends and becomes Tarlabasi Street...
Both sides in the Syrian conflict are responsible for war crimes and they should stop their playful quibbling at once, make up, shake hands and make friends make friends never ever break friends
says our Chief Diplomatic Correspondent Charles Saatchi
As the Syrian civil war drags on into its third summer,...
Across southern Europe resistance is taking on a new urgency. In Spain people are speaking of the start of ‘the real struggle’, while in Greece the term ‘civil war’ permeates the political climate. In both countries a frightening re-emergence of a dictatorship past seems to characterize the current historical...
Over 300 people have been killed in the collapse of a building in Bangladesh which housed garment factories making clothes for Primark, Matalan, Mango and other major brands.
Take action now and demand these UK high street brands to take responsibility for this tragedy by paying full compensation to the...
It's now becoming clear that members of the Boston bomb squad had advanced notice of the horrific bombing that took place at the marathon today. As an eyewitness reports, once the bombs went off, officials began announcing, "this is just a drill!" This logically means they were all informed...
After scrutiny by the magazine’s legal team, a heavily edited version of this piece was originally published by Sabotage Times in March 2013. In the interests of contributing to a much wider debate on the Catholic Church, an institution I strongly believe to be utterly rotten and corrupt to...
Dorset Eye welcomes international writer Andy Worthington to our pages. If you enjoy this article see Dorset Eye's interview with Dorset resident Clive Stafford Smith who heads the organisation Reprieve - a leading international light in defending human rights.
When is a hunger strike not a hunger strike? Apparently, when the government...
The Kabul Bank has been held up as a shining example of a successful, western institution transplanted to the war-torn country. On the evidence we have seen over the last few days this is absolutely true. By all accounts, Afghanistan’s banks and government are run by crooks, loons and...
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Reasons for optimism
A weak pound made British products cheaper, helping exporters.
A powerful stock market rally boosted confidence .
Unemployment rises have been smaller than forecast.
Markets have welcomed Coalition efforts to tackle the deficit.
Reasons for pessimism
The Government has embarked on savage public spending cuts that...
