Category Archives: General

When I am out meeting constituents and helping with their day-to-day issues in Stratford-on-Avon it is sometimes hard for me to think of how differently my life could have turned out. We are products of our upbringing and I often … Continue reading →

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. This often astonishes people because it remains very vivid and even vicious in British politics. The usual historical perspective about past events hasn’t yet overcome often hysterical arguments about … Continue reading →

The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Espen Barth Eide, in a recent parliamentary debate recognised the judgement of the Iraqi High Court that Saddam Hussein’s’ Anfal campaign, including the chemical weapons attack on Halabja, constituted genocide. The debate was attended by Sabah … Continue reading →

Next year’s 10th anniversary of the Iraq war may focus on the feebleness so far of federalism and  the country possibly breaking up without having resolved the tensions between the autonomous Kurdistan Region and Baghdad that have recently put tanks … Continue reading →

The ability to love your country but face the facts and be truthful about its shortcomings is what distinguishes patriotism from chauvinism, which essentially says ‘my country right or wrong.’ Many people are critical of America or Britain but not … Continue reading →

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29 October 2012: This weekend survivors of Iraq’s genocide living in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and London took to the streets of their home cities to ask the public to support their call for the British Government to recognise the mass … Continue reading →

There was precious little discussion about foreign policy at the two main conferences. There were the usual packed receptions for friends of Israel, the Arab States and Azerbajan and keynote speeches by William Hague and his Labour counterpart, Douglas Alexander … Continue reading →

Gary Kent remembers a weekend in Baghdad and makes the case for federalism in Iraq. Four years ago I joined a Labour Friends of Iraq (LFIQ) delegation to Baghdad. We took a military flight from Kuwait and a Puma helicopter … Continue reading →

Gary Kent taks a personal look at the meaning of the Hillsborough inquiry, the notion of Bliarism and why people should recognise the genocide against the Kurds in his Rudaw column. One Saturday 23 years ago I tuned into a … Continue reading →