Category: Politics
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Gun crime: Society’s big problem
Reuters reports some interesting figures from the Small Arms Survey 2007 on the availability of guns around the world. The UK doesn’t get a mention anywhere in Reuters’ report. Well, you wouldn’t expect it too, really, would you? The UK…
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David Miliband’s potential interactive platform
So, will new Foreign Secretary David Miliband continue the blog he started early last year while at DEFRA? According to political blogger Ellee Seymour: There is a chance that David Miliband might write a Foreign Office blog once he has…
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The Foreign Secretary who blogs
So the change has begun, following yesterday’s handover of power from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, with the announcement this morning of the new Cabinet that Prime Minister Brown is forming. A huge change, it seems, in personalities and styles…
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Understanding climate change and what to do about it
Climate change is a hot topic much in the news these days with increasing messages from our governments telling us we need to act now to save the planet. We’re hearing new phrases like ‘carbon neutrality,’ ‘carbon footprint,’ ‘personal CO2…






