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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.? We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below).?

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

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2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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offsite link The Proof That Lockdown Critics Were ?Debanked? Because of Their Views Sat Jan 18, 2025 19:00 | Toby Young
PayPal has finally admitted that the reason it shut the account of UsForThem is because it disapproved of the lobby group's stance on mandatory Covid vaccines for children and school closures.
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offsite link Attorney General Fought Home Office to Help Migrants Stay in U.K. Sat Jan 18, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer's Attorney General Lord Hermer fought the Home Office in the courts to try to help migrants stay in the U.K. The Lefty lawyers are in charge now, and don't we know it.
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offsite link SNP Takes Teachers Out of School for ?Racial Microaggression? Training Sat Jan 18, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
An SNP training programme allows teachers to take the equivalent of?three days out from the classroom?to learn how to "decode racial microaggressions".
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offsite link Asda Backs Farmers Over Inheritance Tax in Blow to Starmer Sat Jan 18, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
Asda?has publicly backed farmers in their row with Labour over its?inheritance tax raid?following tractor protests outside of supermarkets in a new blow to Starmer and Reeves.
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offsite link David Lammy?s Vision is So Awful It Gives Me Hope That Something Has Got to Give Sat Jan 18, 2025 11:00 | Dr David McGrogan
Foreign Secretary David Lammy set out "the future of the U.K.'s foreign policy" this week. It's an abysmal vision, says Dr. David McGrogan, but it gives hope that the edifice of 'progressive realism' will soon collapse.
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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday July 15, 2009 - 21:03 by Sligo leftie   text 2 comments (last - thursday july 16, 2009 - 12:04)
Sligo éirígí activist Gerry Casey has described as “shameful” the silence of the north-west’s TD’s and MEP’s over continuing human rights abuses being inflicted on those opposed to the giveaway of our natural resources to Shell in County Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday April 02, 2008 - 20:52 by Rayo   text 21 comments (last - thursday april 03, 2008 - 20:27)
Normally, mayors and deputy mayors sing from the same hymnsheet but a note of disharmony has emerged in Sligo between Fianna Fail Mayor Jonathan McGoldrick and his deputy, Independant Socialist Cllr. Declan Bree, over a recent visit by the Israeli ambassador to City Hall where he was met by Mayor McGoldrick. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Friday March 14, 2008 - 20:16 by Rayo   text 34 comments (last - friday may 16, 2008 - 20:27)
THERE are now growing concerns that the green area at the racecourse in Sligo will be rezoned and sold off.
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sligo / politics / elections Monday April 23, 2007 - 15:38 by kat   text 5 comments (last - thursday may 03, 2007 - 21:26)
The newly selected Green Party election candidate in Sligo-North Leitrim Brian Scanlon has accused the Labour Party of not being representative of the working class and the underprivileged anymore. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday February 22, 2007 - 17:29 by M. M. Carroll   text 51 comments (last - tuesday march 20, 2007 - 13:01)
The war of words in the Labour Party between Clr. Jimmy McGarry and activist Brian Scanlon continues this week, says the Sligo Champion. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections Thursday December 14, 2006 - 12:52 by Pat E.   text 76 comments (last - wednesday january 03, 2007 - 14:36)
TG4 MRBI Poll indicates collapse of left in Sligo. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / housing Tuesday October 17, 2006 - 20:55 by Sligo Champ   text 39 comments (last - tuesday november 18, 2008 - 02:27)
Sligo Labour Councillor Veronica Cawley voted against the provision of 24 Corpo houses in her local area.
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sligo / anti-capitalism Friday September 22, 2006 - 14:07 by John Dunne   text 3 comments (last - saturday february 06, 2010 - 14:12)
THE Spanish Civil War veteran Mr. Bob Doyle told a public meeting organised by the Connolly Forum in Sligo this week that "the fight against those who put profit before people is just as intense today as it was 70 years ago." ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / anti-war / imperialism Friday April 21, 2006 - 23:01 by Allen   text 1 comment (last - saturday april 22, 2006 - 10:42)
The use of Shannon Airport as a gateway for U.S. troops en route to the war in Iraq is an affront to the wishes of the vast majority of the Irish people who have consistently opposed the war, said the former Mayor of Sligo, Alderman Declan Bree, when he spoke at the Connolly Forums annual Easter 1916 Commemoration Ceremony in Sligo on Easter Sunday ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections Tuesday April 11, 2006 - 21:59 by Pat   text 3 comments (last - friday april 14, 2006 - 13:24)
Internal fighting within the Labour Party in the Sligo-North Leitrim constituency has deepened with the decision of the all the members (23) of the North Leitrim branch not to renew their membership of the party. Former Sligo-Leitrim TD Declan Bree, who comes from the left of the party, has been in sharp conflict with the party leadership. Bree said he regretted the resignation of former county council candidate Gabriel McSharry. Sources in Sligo say Bree is coming under strong pressure from supporters to leave Labour and stand as an independent socialist. Also Bree and several of his supporters did not attend Labour’s annual conference last weekend.

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sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday November 24, 2005 - 17:46 by Allen   text 2 comments (last - thursday november 24, 2005 - 18:45)
A LABOUR Party decision to reject a complaint against its party leader, Mr Pat Rabbitte, has been described as "appalling" by Clr. Declan Bree, who made the complaint. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 29, 2005 - 10:04 by Rabbitte Hunter
LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte has been summoned to appear before a Complaints Committee of his own party. It is the first time in the history of the State that a party leader will be investigated by his own party. If the complaint by a councillor, which accuses him of "acting in a manner unbecoming of a Labour Party leader" is fully upheld, he could face suspension or even expulsion. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 29, 2005 - 17:34 by TM   text 2 comments (last - friday october 07, 2005 - 00:36)
The bitter internal Labour Party row in Sligo took another twist this morning with confirmation by Clr. Declan Bree that he is to lodge an official complaint against party leader, Mr. Pat Rabbitte, accusing him of bringing the party into disrepute. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / housing Tuesday June 28, 2005 - 19:36 by M. Allen   text 9 comments (last - tuesday august 09, 2005 - 12:19)
AS he prepares to face an internal disciplinary hearing into his criticism of two Labour Party colleagues over their failure to support a Traveller accommodation plan, the Mayor of Sligo, Councillor Declan Bree has indicated that he intends to stand by his controversial remarks. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Saturday June 11, 2005 - 06:56 by son of beach   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 - 07:48)
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