Entries Tagged as 'News'
Aspects for the week beginning 7 December 2014
Gordon Brown Gordon Brown announced this week that he would be standing down as an M.P. This prompted an evaluation of his premiership, and speculation as to his place in history. Speaking on Question Time, Lib Dem M.P. Shirley Williams gave a spirited defence of Gordon Brown, revealing at the same time a great deal […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 26 October 2014
Johann Lamont The resignation on Friday of the Scottish Labour Leader Johann Lamont has thrown the Labour Party into greater disarray and into an ever deepening crisis. As if it were not enough that Ed Miliband cannot find his inner Charismatic Leader, and that UKIP are on the rise and rise, that Alan Johnson will […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 12 October 2014
The Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is probably the greatest of all the Nobel Prizes. It encompasses a wide variety of achievements, and in the past some prizes have been contentious. This year, and this week, it was awarded jointly to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi. Malala had been tipped to win last […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 14 September 2014
Scottish Referendum The Scots go to the polls on Thursday 18/9/14 to determine whether they stay united with the rest of the British Isles, or go it alone. The polls currently are neck and neck. Time to nail my colours to the mast: I am always in favour of Union, or Unity, (equally for instance […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 24 August 2014
David Cameron and the United Kingdom With David Cameron returning from a long holiday, and the Scottish Referendum a dead cert for a blog in three weeks’ time, and the possibility that we might not be a United Kingdom any more, I thought I would take a look at home affairs as they are now. […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 27 July 2014
POSITIONALITY – “That which orchestrates our perception. What we perceive through the filter of our positionality is our repertoire, which is limited to what we allow in, according to the responses of the emotional body.” ~ Chris Griscom: “Ecstasy is a New Frequency” Israel and Gaza In any conflict, karma will not be eradicated by […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 20 July 2014
Another Malaysian Airline Tragedy In March, a Boeing 777 from Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia disappeared on its way to Beijing. The airplane and its passengers were never recovered. This week, a Boeing 777 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur flew over war-torn Ukrainian airspace and was shot down, much of the debris scattered over a wide […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 15 June 2014
Iraq (Update) Iraq is arguably at its worst low ever, having been taken over by the extremist Islamist group i.S.I.S. Next door, Syria too is also arguably at its worst low ever, with Assad newly “elected” while continuing to slaughter his own subjects. The Guardian reported: “The UN has warned that the Isis fighters have […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 8 June 2014
Theresa May vs Michael Gove I had hoped to steer clear of British politics for a little longer, but the spat between Home Secretary Theresa May and Education Minister Michael Gove has dominated the headlines since Wednesday, when a letter written by Theresa May was made public, criticizing lack of action by Michael Gove on […]
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Aspects for the week beginning 25 May 2014
Pope Francis (Update) I found it interesting that Pope Francis launched his latest middle eastern initiative at the constructive trine between Jupiter and Saturn. It is as though he has been raiding the astrological archives in the Vatican to best use. I last looked at his chart when he became Pope, and he certainly seems […]
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