Losses in Ukraine and Russia August 2026
If by “losses” we mean military casualties—killed, wounded and missing—the precise figures are impossible to know. Both Russia and Ukraine keep their own losses secret or have strong incentives to
Matters of national or international importance
TIME FOR UK TO CUT BACK ON MILITARY SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE
Russia has been a threat to the UK for over half a century, but now Putin has singled out the UK to threaten. This is in response to hundreds of
What Russian Threat? Do we need more spending on “defence”?
Obviously Russia is a threat. But is it surprising that Russia might want to attack NATO countries when NATO encourages Ukraine with bombs, missiles and drones to attack Russian oil
NATO has become a danger to the UK
And its arms spending is out of control Picture of Nato headquarters Belgium NATO and NATO countries have strayed from their original purpose and principles over the past 25 years,
Spain takes action to discourage Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has announced that Spain is taking a number of measures to discourage the continuation of the mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza and the ongoing
Some MPs and parliaments speak out and take action against the murderous Israeli government
A Spanish MP has issued a stark warning: if Israel is not stopped in Palestine, similar actions could eventually extend beyond the region. Podemos MP Irene Montero has delivered one
Israel’s policy of flouting international law, human rights, civil rights should be confronted – Jewish historian speaks out
The outrage of Israel’s current opposition to lawful and moral behaviour is not new or confined to the present Netanyahu government in Israel. Jewish historian and political scientist, Ilan Pappe,
Unfortunately we in the UK are supporting the war against Iran in spite of the prime minister’s assurances
We, as individuals, and the whole world, are already paying for the war against Iran – and it is only going to get worse. The war is in practice against
America in big trouble with Iran – American expert view
Whilst the British media put out the story of American and Israeli success in the war against Iran which Israel and America started on 28 February 2026, there is another
No statesmen in Europe. Coalition of the bewildered
The US has supported Israel throughout its criminal destruction of homes and 70 thousand people in Gaza in 2023, 2024 and 2025 at a cost to the US tax payer
Imprisonment of Gaza medics
The ongoing cruelty committed by the Israeli government is beyond belief. This from avaaz.FROM AVAAZ ONLINE CAMPAIGN 29 NOVEMBER 2025To US, UK and EU leaders, and all government officials involved
The Gaza peace deal – In plain English
An offer to the people of Gaza from the two war criminals who have bombed Gaza to hell and made Gaza a ruin – You give us everything. We stop
I feel sorry for all you terrorists
A poem expressing the seldom heard idea that the voice of terrorists should be heard and that terrorists sometimes operate in a good cause or even a life and death
The Palestinians have a right to self defence
https://youtu.be/ELsyNTnNLps?si=5da4lWRJHocj6CF- A rare kind of interview in the British media. Congratulations to Channel 4 for interviewing Palestinian Ambassador, Husam Zomlot, who points out that Palestinians have a right to self
Freedom of speech in UK is seriously limited
Freedom of speech in the UK is limited in unacceptable ways. The result, leads to bias in the media and the misleading of the population. Selective information deprives us of
UK involvement with Israeli Arms Industry
Britain is heavily involve with the Israeli state. See my previous post on senior UK politicians involved with Israel. ISRAEL may train thousands of British soldiers at UK tax payers’
100 Aid agencies say Israel blocks aid to Gaza
“Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a single truck of lifesaving supplies
Genocide. What Starmer believes and how he dodges the question.
Everyone knows what is going on in Gaza. Starmer is fighting not to be implicated in genocide. This MP brings evidence to the UK parliament of what Starmer is doing
UK Peace Terrorists
This repressive, right wing, militarist, authoritarian, incompetent government. Look at what it has done! Arrests people like these on terrorism charges! Eighty two year old Reverand Susan Parfitt being arrested
Hamas agreed to release all hostages. It’s up to Israel now if it is interested
Israel could end the war now and get back all hostages • January 2025 Through mediators (Qatar, Egypt, and the U.S.), a three‑phase ceasefire proposal was finalized on 15 January 2025,
No humanitarian crisis in Gaza – a poem and some facts
This poem was written in 2009 when there was a previous Israeli onslaught on Gaza and an Israeli spokesperson insisted that there was “no humanitarian crisis in Gaza”. There have
Did you know that it’s all lies about starvation in Gaza?
Spokesperson for the Israeli Government, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum has said that stories about starvation in Gaza are all lies. She stated in an interview with James Naughtie on BBC The World
Hostages, who holds the most?
Demonstration in Tel Aviv 24 May 2025. Israeli hostages251 hostages were seized by Hamas fighters on 7 October 2023. Most have been freed. 24 remain in captivity alive. 35 are
The persecution of the Palestinians – A very short history of the conflict between Israel and Palestine 1948 -2025
If you think the current onslaught on Gaza started on the 7th October 2023, think again The Catastrophe – Al-Nakba Al-Nakba is Arabic for ‘the Catastrophe’… the word Palestinians use
Pro Palestine demonstration 17 May 2025
On Saturday, 17 May 2025, a significant pro-Palestine demonstration took place in London to mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba. Attendance estimates varied considerably: Organisers’ estimates: The Palestine Solidarity
Pro Palestinian Demonstration Brighton 18 May 2025
I was pleased to be able to join this silent demonstration in Brighton on Sunday – to draw attention to the persecution of Palestinians on an enormous scale by Israel
Where are the peace-makers?
London 5 May 2025. A magnificent military display. 1300 men in colourful uniforms marching in perfect order to Buckingham Palace, the crowds cheering, remembering those who died in achieving victory
Safety of Britain at risk with mini nuclear power stations
Thank you to the i-Paper, (21 April 2025) for drawing attention to expert opinion warning about some of the dangers of the government’s nuclear power programme. Scandalous that Keir Starmer
UK MP, former Zionist, condemns Israeli aggression
Video of the late Gerald Kaufman MP condemning Israeli aggression. This aggression has increased immensely since he made the speech on 15th January 2009. Though a Jew himself he was
Israeli attacks on Gaza, since 2000
Here is a list of major Israeli military operations against Gaza in the 21st century. (Compiled by Chat GPT) Each of these operations led to significant casualties, destruction, and humanitarian crises
Another huge misspending of UK Defence Budget
Keir Starmer, big spender. Celebrating wasting billions of pounds on a replacement nuclear weapons system that has been proved not to work. See below. (And which 190 countries in the
What our media do not tell us about the Ukraine – a former US ambassador explains
This video seems to me to reveal the truth about how the war in Ukraine came about and how politicians in Europe and America have misjudged AND misrepresented what has
AGAINST ARMS SPENDING INCREASE letter to my MP
26 February 2025 Dear Alison Bennett I was dismayed to read your weekly newsletter this week, and especially to read that you support the idea of ever more spending on
UK 5th in world for arms spending
Britain is almost top of the table for big military spending in the world. It’s fifth in the world after the US, China, India and Russia. We spend more on armaments than
BBC bias for even more arms spending
My complaint to BBC interviewer, Nick Robinson who carried out an interview with a UK government minister this morning. Nick Robinson: promoter of the arms industry. Where’s your BBC impartiality?
Israel’s rights and what Israel has no right to do, A UN expert opinion.
https://youtube.com/shorts/k12E7LuD2_4?si=3E6y7O_McaqVohSJ The Palestinians as a people have the right to exist. Israel cannot claim that it is acting in self defence when it is attacking an armed group in a
Only way to security for Israel and Palestine
Peace and security is possible for the Palestinians and and the people of Israel. The Israelis will not volunteer for what is in their best interest because they don’t think
Why the government is short of money – budget day October 2024
Rachel Reeves? We know why she is short of money. The government and the media don’t like to talk about it so the general public is probably not aware. Britain
Words are falling on Gaza
Words are falling on Gaza Introduction 2004 This poem written in 2009 is tragically relevant to today’s Israeli onslaught on Gaza (October 2024). The facts of the 2009 22 day
Bertrand Russell on Hatred
British philosopher, Bertrand Russell’s statement on hatred. “When you hate, you generate a reciprocal hate. When individuals hate each other, the harm is finite; but when great groups of nations
Middle East Violence – There are answers – The United Nations has solutions
Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, addressing the UN Security Council, presents a possible solution and calls on all countries to cause Israel to change its policy. Video
BBC allows Israel to argue for endless violence. A biased interview
Radio 4 Today programme 7 October 2024 The BBC should not give space to Israeli spokesman Tzipi Hotoveli, the Israeli Ambassador to the UK to promote her case for endless
World Leaders queue to condemn Israeli violence at UN General Assembly
As usual, the British media give little space to what the leaders of other countries say in The United Nations General Assembly. This year, at this very dangerous time, the
Former German General criticises NATO.
https://youtu.be/U21-RrB8E6Q?si=B-WMNpykK60VsnG5 General Harald Kujat explains why the US and NATO are involved in the war in Ukraine. He mentions that the war could have ended after 6 weeks when Russia
What NATO is really all about and the danger it poses
German parliamentarian, Sevim Dagdelin, discusses in detail the nature of NATO and the dangers its policies create for the world. https://youtu.be/0E0zVrGzcyw?si=-YbdPlbK6e5kkQ3J
They are trashing international law
Craig Murray is a retired British Ambassador turned activist. In this powerful message recorded in early April, he explains cogently why Israel’s systematic breaking of international law and the West’s
Israel owns a UK arms manufacturing company
The video below explains how senior UK politicians are involved in the arms industry and connected with Israel or even in the pay of Israel. https://youtu.be/6VzfSrhNI44?si=AeXVi9vXqlVTiov3
NATO has failed. NATO 75th Anniversary 4 April 2024
NATO cluster bomb used in NATO bombing of Serbia/Yugoslavia NATO 75th Anniversary, 4 April 2024 NATO has failedWhere did NATO go wrong? For the past 25 years NATO leaders and
Jewish Historian’s Understanding of the Israel/Palestinian Conflict
https://youtu.be/h5CpuPEgLJU?si=4FwmYXD778MTVQRW Professor Ilan Pappe of Exeter University, who was born and educated in Israel and was a soldier in the Israeli army, explains, in this video interview, the Israel/Palestine conflict
Speech at UN, Irish MEP Clare Daly, condemns European leaders for their support of Israel’s actions 2023/2024
Politicians around the world have condemned the action of Israel. UK politicians are, in the main, guilty of supporting the appalling destruction of the lives and livelihoods of the 2
The West’s Guilt in Gaza – Interview with former Greek Minister, Yanis Varoufakis
An intelligent and informed assessment of the situation, and background to, the Israel crushing of the people of Gaza. Interview with “Politics Joe” on YouTube https://youtu.be/w53SeU11yqs?si=vCWfHCbEq8YQlS0n
Small nuclear reactors: Big nuclear problem
Artist’s idealised image of a small nuclear reactor site The UK Chancellor’s budget statement of 6 March 2024 once again heralded the government’s backing and financing of new nuclear power
Poem – This is war
This is war What is war?In the human psycheit is the fatal flaw,a perversion of the human mindturning the morally sightedmorally blind. War isthe profoundest disrespectfor the sanctity of human
World Demands a Ceasefire
The vote in the UN General Assembly 12 December 2023 Most of the world calls for an end to the bombing and fighting in Gaza Texts from the UN website
A war poetry anthology Christmas present?
Know someone interested in war poetry? A range of popular books at exceptional prices. Great Christmas presents. I’ve been publishing war poetry for over twenty-five years and running a war
Poem – There Will Be Peace
There Will Be Peace There will be peace: when attitudes change; when self-interest is seen as part of common interest; when old wrongs, old scores, old mistakes are deleted from
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