Entries Tagged as 'News'
Aspects for the week beginning 12 March 2017
Monroe vs Hopkins Food writer and anti-austerity campaigner Jack Monroe has become a hero overnight, a champion against the hate culture as exemplified by Katie Hopkins, by winning a libel action against her. Katie has strewn destruction in her wake since her appearance in the Apprentice in 2007, and was rarely effectively opposed. Indeed, she […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 12 February 2017
John Bercow John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, has had an eventful week. On Monday, he courted controversy when he stated that in his opinion Donald Trump should not address the joint Houses on his proposed visit to the U.K., and this morning a video has been released of him revealing that […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 22 January 2017
Women’s March “I am proud to be one of thousands who will come to Washington to make clear that we will keep working for a democracy in which we are linked as human beings, not ranked by race or gender or class or any other label.” ~ Gloria Steinem The day after Donald Trump […]
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Review of the Year 2016
A Review of 2016 It wasn’t quite all Obituaries. Selections from the blog… January 17th: David Bowie (1947 – 2016) Rebel Rebel Bowie’s Ascendant was in whacky, individualistic, rebellious, innovative, revolutionary and androgynous Aquarius – just perfect for what he wanted to do with his life! So with his Sun and Ascendant, he was a […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 11 December 2016
Yemen Yemen was in the news this week from more than one angle. On Tuesday night’s BBC News it was headlined for reasons of the starvation and devastation of the country: Fergal Keane reported that babies were being born malnourished, medical systems were collapsing and aid was not getting through due to the war situation. […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 30 October 2016
Hillary Clinton “In Hillary, we have a candidate who has dedicated her life to public service, someone who has waited her turn and helped out while waiting.” ~ Michelle Obama America stands on the edge of a new Presidency, and the world is holding its breath. I wrote a blog about Trump last December, so […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 2 October 2016
Shimon Peres “Better to negotiate for peace in pain and frustration for five years than have five minutes of gunfire and bullets.” Shimon Peres, the last of the founding fathers of Israel, died this week aged 93. Like many advocates of peace, he started out as a “hawk” but undeniably worked for peace in the […]
Aspects for the week beginning 28 August 2016
Sir Richard Branson Whenever Richard Branson comes up in conversation, he seems to arouse either great admiration or great resentment. He has been in the news this week for two reasons: first his contretemps with Jeremy Corbyn about the state of his rail service, and then his accident in which he reported he “nearly died”. […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 24 July 2016
Current State of the Labour Party Since the European Referendum, the Labour Party has been tearing itself apart. The seeds of disunity were there before the Referendum, but the Brexit vote by the British public was the trigger, for first a failed coup, and now a new leadership contest. There are two existent charts for […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 17 July 2016
Theresa May Another tumultuous week: On Monday, Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the Conservative leadership contest, disrupting Angela Eagle’s Labour leadership bid (Mercury square Uranus), David Cameron stepped down as Prime Minister and Theresa May prepared to take on that mantle. Theresa May met the Queen and was asked to form a cabinet on Wednesday, […]
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