On the verge of another global financial crisis

” More than £42 billion pounds has been wiped off the value of the FTSE  100 banks this year amid a sector-wide exodus.  Most of them have fallen more than 20% since the New Year, with investors concerned that we are on the verge of another global financial crisis.” Jamie Nimmo, Evening Standard 3 Feb 2016

Creeping towards the White House

Trophy women are undoubtedly important to Trump and there would have been no bigger trophy than Princess Diana. He told friends he might have had a ‘shot’ at her, describing her as his ‘dream lady’. In his 1997 book, The Art Of The Comeback, he wrote: ‘I only have one regret in the woman department, … Read more

The use of force

  Mark Urban, BBC correspondent, writing in his book about SAS operations in Iraq: “…in a UK context, for example, there are obvious political and legal reasons why the SAS could not have adopted a similar strategy against the Irish Republicans in the 1980’s. While applying Iraqi levels of force to the Irish counter-terrorism scene … Read more