Syria – Longrider

Whut?

April 10, 2018 Longrider 12

Because intervention in Iraq and Libya worked out so well, didn’t it? Tony Blair has said Britain should support take military action against Bashar al-Assad in […]

Chutzpah

March 30, 2018 Longrider 5

Chutzpah indeed. Two surviving members of the Isis cell known as “The Beatles” have accused the government of violating international law by stripping them of British citizenship. […]

Whut?

November 5, 2017 Longrider 12

Bring our boy home? Really? The parents of a middle-class Muslim convert from Oxford who claims he has been tortured by Kurdish militia plan to […]

In Which I Agree

April 11, 2017 Longrider 8

With Paul Mason. Yes, indeed, so make the most of it while it lasts. Could Britain ever fight a just war in Syria alongside Trump? […]

Oh Dear

February 20, 2014 Longrider 0

Makes you wanna cry… A 19-year-old Briton believed to have travelled to Syria with a friend who was later killed in a gun battle, has […]

Damn Good Thing, Too.

December 30, 2013 Longrider 0

“There is now a question mark about what parliament actually will authorise military support for,” Burt said. “There is the Gibraltar and the Falklands – […]

Status Check

August 31, 2013 Longrider 7

Our status needs checking apparently. Chancellor George Osborne says he expects some “national soul searching”. Those who argue a fundamental change has taken place put […]

Good Lord!

August 30, 2013 Longrider 5

Words fail me. David Cameron was defeated in the Commons as MPs rejected a motion on the principle that military action could be required to […]

Here We Go Again…

August 28, 2013 Longrider 20

Echoes of Tiny Blur and the great invasion of Babylon are bouncing about the walls of Whitehall. Britain has a responsibility to take action to […]

And So It Goes…

August 27, 2013 Longrider 7

The bastards just can’t help themselves. The UK Parliament is to be recalled on Thursday to discuss possible responses to a suspected chemical weapons attack […]