Several weeks ago, I was speaking to a former professor of mine and we touched upon the current inability of the Irish government to pass legislation due to the non-existence of a valid Seanad. This was around the time the Irish newspapers started speculating over whether Trump would hand over power peacefully should he lose […]
This week could prove to be a decisive one in the crisis over the future of Hong Kong. The Chinese National Peoples Congress is in session and will vote and approve measures to tighten Beijing’s police and intelligence powers over the heretofore semi autonomous region. The new Security Law extends Chinese powers to deal with […]
For those old enough or educated enough to remember, humanity still lives very much in the shadow of the bloody 20th century (the most murderous in human history) with its failed political ideologies and the resulting huge loss of life. It was democracy that won out, proving much more effective at protecting human life, based as it was […]
The rare case of a headline being both accurate, and misleading, but, completely entertaining: “The home secretary, Priti Patel, has defended anti-terror police for putting the Extinction Rebellion environmental protest group on a list of extremist ideologies, saying it was important to look at “a range of security risks”. While accepting that XR was not […]
Up to 800,000 people of all ages and walks of life took part in the march, seen as a show of support for the ongoing protests as the Chinese-supported government crack down hard on pro-democracy demonstrators.
Students at at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have been told by police that live bullets will be used against pro-democracy protesters who have been under siege for a week at the college. This morning, police broke through the makeshift barricades erected by students, who had held out against against tear gas, water cannon and police trucks for the […]