Pres Barack Obama

Life is Slow Dying

September 14, 2010

Middle East Peace Talks This article by Andy Slaughter will be published in the next edition of  Al-Aqsa Journal: Trying to get a feel for how seriously the peace talks are being taken, I trawl through the international press.  There is more speculation as to why they are even happening than on their chances of [...]

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Speech Day at William Morris Sixth Form

November 14, 2008

Speech Day at William Morris Sixth Form This is a college I helped set up in 1994 in the teeth of opposition from the then Conservative government. It now ranks as “outstanding” and has superb exam results. And no allowance need be made for the fact that many of the pupils are refugees or asylum [...]

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President Obama

November 5, 2008
President Obama

Watching Barack Obama’s stunning victory in the US Presidential Election last night, and the jubilant crowds cheering him on, renewed my faith in the ability of ideals, vision and a passion for change to overcome cynicism and entrenchment. Obama has been lambasted throughout this campaign by the Republican Right as a liberal, and even a [...]

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Derrick Ashong visits Parliament

February 2, 2008
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