He asked the Nigerian people
to come out en-masse to vote to
remove the incompetent Government from office
The former President Goodluck
Jonathan promised to tackle corruption and armed insurgency – none of this has
he done
Boko Haram has been his
greatest failing together with the abduction of some 276 school girls
Many of whom have now been
married off to Boko Haram rebels
Goodluck Jonathan vowed to
find and release them
Jonathan was given
international aid and support militarily, but still failed to achieve his
objective of their safe return to their parents
The opposition, All
Progressive Congress (APC) party, has won a bitterly contested Presidential Election
Muhammadu Buhari is a former
military ruler
This victory marks the first
time in Nigeria’s history…
…that an opposition party has
been democratically elected to take over from a ruling party
Mr Buhari knows the scale of
work he needs to do and the effective ways in which he needs to accomplish such
a task
Muhammadu Buhari is more
ruthless in his approach to doing what is right and just
He will be able to speed
matters up regarding the overthrowing of Boko Haram, which has plagued this
country for so long now
Mr Buhari will be able to
bring about stability to Nigeria that Goodluck Jonathan had no idea of bringing
about
There will be a complete
overhaul of management and where competence will be high on his agenda
Muhammadu Buhari is no fool
and will be able to oust those who have been swinging the lead for their own
means
He is nevertheless a cautious
man and he loves his people
Muhammadu Buhari will listen
to reason and adopt policies, which he knows he can implement without going in
over his head
A sound ruler, who has learnt
from the mistakes of his predecessors how to rule and not be complacent, as
others have been
Nigeria will be a safer place
in his hands
The parents of a five year
old rape victim have called for a new police investigation into her case
Essex police have apologised
for the dreadful handling of the inquiry into the rape by a twelve year old boy
in 2011
The boy was only given a
caution and the case was not referred to the Crown Prosecution Services
Essex police admitted they
got it wrong
The girl’s mother has said it
was shocking that her daughter had been failed so significantly
The force have found numerous
failures during its subsequent investigations
They were overseen by the
Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) into actions of the detectives
The girl’s parents are
bringing in their own case, which is being looked at by an outside force
They are very angry over the
multiple failures
These included one detective
telling the twelve year old boy “to do it
to someone older next time”
The officer concerned was
only given a written warning
Three officers have been
subjected to misconduct proceedings
The girl’s parents believe
the investigation was insufficient and that its conclusions were watered down
to protect police officers
The enormity of the failings
by our present police force, up and down the country is appalling
With so many rapes and other
atrocious incidents occurring, the public have been repeatedly failed by the
police
It leaves a lot to be desired
and heads must roll for their actions
Until personal responsibility
is put on the heads of the police force, we will continue to employ second rate
people for this important job
There are too many incidents
that have been reported throughout the country, where the police have failed
the public
They are leaving devastating consequences
More than 800,000 or one in
five of all crimes reported to the police each year are not recorded by
officers or dealt with
The greatest problems for
victims are violent crimes with one in three going unrecorded
Regarding sexual offences, the
Office of National Statistics said there were 22,116 recorded rapes last year –
a rise of 29%
Of these 26% were unrecorded
– they were not recorded as a crime!
For 3,842 reported crimes,
offenders were given a caution or a penalty notice only
Inspectors of these crimes
said there should have been a charge or a heavier penalty given
The general public have been
too lenient
They have a right to have in
place a police force that will come up to the job for which the public are
paying
There have been too many
cover ups within the police force as a whole
It now needs to be rid of
these incompetent people and a new breed of responsible officers employed
The public deserve it and no
longer should they have to put up with this shoddy behaviour and attitude
It is too rotten from the top
down and should be overhauled with their pensions removed for bad service and
incompetence
Too often the public have to
put up with apologies that quite frankly do not hold water
They are just pie in the sky
Nothing has changed and it is
high time the people of this country got a better deal rather than what they
are currently receiving!
The Arab League Summit has
convened to deal with instability, division and violence
This is as a result of the
actions of many of the Middle East leaders
Don’t expect the Arab leaders
to take responsibility for the dreadful situation they have helped to bring
about
The Arab League is instead
placing the blame, unsurprisingly on external forces, which are the extremists
and terrorists such as IS
It is primarily the short
comings and the exploitation of Arab governance that has led to this situation
in the Middle East
The Yemeni Government did not
include all the factions in their national agenda
Instead they gave all the
advantages to the Sunni population
At the same time alienating
the Shia Houthi tribes and the other factions in Yemen
One cannot deal exclusively
with only one aspect of the population, because it suits them to do so, without
upsetting the others
Democracy is about dealing
with all the people, not just the few
That is why there is so much
unrest in the Middle East, as they only have one agenda and that is
authoritarianism and not democracy
The Arab contingent have
blatantly ignored democracy
They need to involve all the
people in all their lands, which is what they are so frightened to do for fear
of losing their power
The Arab Summit is now
calling for an established joint Arab military force
The whole region is suffering
already from the excessive violence, which has affected and destroyed countless
people’s lives
What is clear here, is that
the Arabs have not got the experience or the expertise in mounting such an
operation
They grossly lack the
sophisticated logistical and operational plans that allow for different
militaries to work jointly together
Even the UN forces have
difficulty in mustering forces together and they are experienced and used to
it!
The Arab force will never be
able to confront the bigger issues, such as Syria and Israel
They rely on other nations to
fight their battles for them
So they will only intervene
in small wars, such as Yemen and Libya
This is where President Abdel
Fattah el-Sisi is keen to exercise his power!
The Arab Summit has lent its
support to Saudi Arabia in an effort to stem the tide of unrest on its boarders
The clash of big opponents,
which is Saudi Arabia and Iran, they will not want to confront head on, so a
backing off will occur
Then a compromise deal with
the issues that face them jointly regarding IS will generate a positive outcome
Africa’s two female
Presidents have joined forces for women
The only two female heads of
states in Africa are Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian
President Joyce Banda
They have just committed to
using their positions to improve the lives of women across the continent
Both Sirleaf and Banda have
long championed women’s rights
On April 29 in Monrovia, two
years into what the African Union (AU) has declared the “Women’s Decade”…
…they pledge to work together
to accelerate their efforts
Sirleaf and Banda stood side
by side and said, “This is our year and
this is our decade”
These Presidents are out to
empower women. Both have the strength and commitment to ensure women’s role in
society is enhanced
Banda said, “There has never been a better time to
advance women’s rights in Africa”
Sirleaf is a Nobel Peace
Prize winner, she was elected as Africa’s first female President in 2005 and
was re-elected in 2011
Her first term of office
focussed on reconstructing the country devastated by two Civil Wars, one
1989-1996, and the second 1999-2003
Sirleaf set out on her second
term as President by making women’s health a national priority
So devastating were Liberia’s
civil wars that nearly a decade since the end of the conflict…
…the country is still in a
state of reconciliation and reconstruction
In Malawi the male President
Muthanika’s last year in office saw an economy crumbling under Government
mismanagement
This was compounded by the
withdrawal of donor aid because of human rights abuses
Now Banda, who took over, is
barely one month into her time as President
Already there is concrete
evidence that women’s advancement have been put on the agenda
The ratio of girls in
education is almost equal to that of boys
Women’s health policies in
Liberia will now half the high rate of maternal and new born deaths
There are more skilled birth
attendants on all levels of health care
Banda has strengthened the
voice of women in Government by appointing eight women in senior Cabinet
There are women in positions
of Deputy Chief Secretary to the Government and also a Deputy Director
Inspector General of Police
There is an advanced women’s
economic empowerment with the introduction of an agricultural programme and
market initiative
Maternal health and safe
motherhood is still to be launched. Banda admits she is following in the
footsteps of Sirleaf
Both Presidents have
prioritised African Women’s Decade and they have agreed to accomplish these
goals for the AU Women’s Decade
They know that women in
Africa still face many challenges due to HIV and AIDS, poverty, conflict and
harmful cultural practices
They believe they will work
tirelessly together
These two ladies are no
longer lonely among men anymore. They have each other for support
The more women that are in
power the more society will advance, as they will not be drawn into hot-headed
masculine wars
They will be the nurturers of
society and the bringing back love and harmony that this world so badly needs
It is men’s aggressive nature
that has brought this world to its knees
It is high time that women
brought back balance in this world and repaired the damage caused by men!
China has an endangered
animal called the “magic bunny.” It is the cutest endangered animal that you
have ever heard of
A retired Chinese
conservationist, Li Weidong, has been on this mission for over 30 years to
document, film and protect it
The “magic bunny” is called
Ili Pika and is named from the area it inhabits
It is a mysterious rabbit
like mammal only found in China
With less than 1,000 left in
the country, they are rarer than pandas
Mr Li first spotted the
“magic bunny” in 1983 while he was mountain climbing
While sitting down on a rock,
suddenly two bunny ears emerged from the crack in a nearby rock
The little thing was staring
at him and Mr Li thought it was the most beautiful and bizarre creature he had
ever seen
The Ili Pika live in holes
between bare rocks at an altitude of 4,000 meters
They are used to living on
these extremely cold plateaus and feed on herbs found in the mountains
In the past 30 years their
habitat has shrunk by 71%. This is partly due to Climate Change and…
…partly because their grazing
area has been taken over by the growing population at the bottom of the
mountain
Mr Li has seen the mysterious
Pika a few more times in 1990, but then he did not see one again for 24 years
There are many people who
wish to protect this species, but with more attention put on it, it could endanger
it still further
The Ili Pika is an ancient
species and has been around for decades, we cannot allow it to disappear in
front of our eyes
Conservationists, like Li
Weidong, are doing their best to try to secure its future
However its delicate habitat
must be maintained from being further eroded
After all, we all deserve to
live on this planet
That is why we have such
amazing creatures, all ‘God-given’ to survive with us together
Let us hope and pray they can
maintain this amazing species!
For many years now women all
over the world have been trying to stand up for the rights of women in all
aspects of life
The American Elizabeth Cady
Stanton was one of the foremost leaders of the women’s rights activists and
philosophers of the 19th Century
She organised the first
women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York
She spoke out that women were
equal to men and had the right to vote
In 1920 on Election Day
millions of women exercised their right to vote
Emmeline Pankhurst born in
Manchester, England was a huge supporter of women’s suffrage movement
She fought for women to keep
their earnings and property acquired before and after marriage as well as
getting the vote for women
Women have fought for their
rights as equal citizens in this world
Campaigns are for the reforms
for marriage and divorce laws, together with the expansion of education
opportunities for girls
Today the fight for women is
a constant battle against the laws and prejudice that prevent women from being
equal
Throughout the world,
discrimination against women is rampant and in some areas getting worse
It is all about ownership,
which is how men see women – they are their property to do with as they like
Next year will mark the 20th
Anniversary of the landmark World Conference on Women
The Beijing Declaration and
the Platform for Action, was adopted unanimously by 189 countries
It is considered the key
global policy document on gender equality
It will address critical
areas such as women and poverty, violence against women and human rights of
women
Women suffer from domestic
violence in 70% in the world and it is slow to be dealt with
In Thailand police now are
40% women. Both women and male police are trained to deal with domestic
violence
They wish to change the culture
and to provide a safe area for women to come forth with their grievances
There are many highly
influential women, who are trying to advocate raising awareness and to end the
violence against women
Violence against women and
girls is endemic in conflict zones. Its consequences are both devastating and
lasting
Sexual and gender based
violence are not just a product of war, but they are a strategy of combat. It
is used to terrorise and humiliate
There are organisations which
are working towards healing these survivors
For women to become equal
& to be taken seriously, it needs for them to band together collectively
& stand for what is right and just
It is only by standing up as
a united force and demanding that violence and abuse will no longer be
tolerated
Situations will eventually
change
It is an uphill battle, but
not impossible. Our ancestors did much for us
It is now up to women to
continue and, with a united global voice, they will be heard!
The sequel to Nelson
Mandela’s 1995 autobiography ‘Long Walk
to Freedom’ will be published next year
This sequel Nelson Mandela
began writing in 1998 towards the end of his five year presidential term
The book will give a candid
and clear-eyed view of the many difficulties he faced while in office
The ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ covered Nelson Mandela’s early years, his
political struggle against South Africa’s apartheid regime
It also contains the twenty
seven years he spent in prison
The new book will be based on
material from the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s archives
It will remind readers
everywhere what he stood for!
Nelson Mandela was released
from prison in 1990. He went on to win the presidency in South Africa’s first
all-race election in 1994
He also won the Nobel Peace
Prize alongside former South African President Frederick W de Klerk in 1993
This was for negotiating the
end of white-minority rule
In 1999 Nelson Mandela
stepped down from his presidency to concentrate on his various charity works
What will be so important
about this book is the transition from freedom to power
This information will be very
inspiring, because it tells you what to do when you have power
Nelson Mandela is one to the
world’s greatest men
He was prepared to sacrificed
his life to do what he felt was right for the good of all his people
Never once did he shirk from
his responsibility and he always said it how it was
Truth and justice was what he
believed in, never ever thinking, What is
in it for me!
You have here a man of
exceptional courage and conviction, who knew, like Winston Churchill, his place
in history
Neither failed, but both have
risen to the plate to do what is right and honourable
There are very few people in
our world today that are able to match up to what they have achieved
The reason quite plainly is
that they put themselves last and concentrated on doing the right thing for the
Greater Good
The world now looks to see
who else is able to fill these souls’ shoes that have the integrity and the
willpower to do what is right?
With so many wars going on,
there is no one to stand up and take charge
All have their own petty
vested interests, which are not for the wellbeing of the people as a whole
History will judge them, they
who have let their people down. So many in power had the chance to make
something good happen!
There is coming again a
saviour, who is prepared to take up the mantle and do what is right
For this person to succeed
they cannot be exposed to any bribery, coercion or corruption
It is these traits which have
tarnished so many, who were potentially good, but quite clearly not good enough
We all wait in anticipation,
as the world now needs a new leader, who is both wise and loving
He will be able to steer this
world into a better way of living for all
The fiasco of Netanyahu and
his remarks that should he be elected, he would not entertain a two-state
agreement with the Palestinians
This has gone down very badly
and Netanyahu has been forced to retract his statement with an apology
His apology has been rejected
Let us now look at the
situation: President Obama was not able to stop Netanyahu coming to Washington
and humiliating him before Congress
President Obama will not
force Israel and 650,000 armed settlers out of the West Bank
Israel and its American
advocates control Congress, the Republicans and the Democratic parties and
Hillary Clinton
The late Israeli PM Ariel
Sharon reportedly said to an aide concerned about a negative US response
“Don’t worry about the US. I control the US.”
Israel’s partisans hold
important influence over France’s Government and ruling Socialist Party
France secretly supplied
Israel with the nuclear weapons capability in the 1950’s
Yet Israel fights hard to
prevent Iran having any nuclear facilities for fear that they could make
nuclear weapons
Both of Britain’s parties are
similarly beholden to pro-Israel donors
Germany has supplied Israel
with submarines to carry nuclear-tipped cruise missiles
Even Vladimir Putin is
pro-Israel with one million Russians now living in Israel
After the Israeli election,
polls have shown that 75% of Israelis oppose the creation of a Palestinian
state
They don’t want to live near
Arabs, whom they call “Wild Animals”, which is an absolute disgrace!
Although Israelis moan about
their economic woes, they are given $3 billion in annual US aid
Israel’s military and high
tech industries are now world leaders
As it now stands, Israel’s
military might could conquer the central Middle East, including Egypt and Saudi
Arabia in a week
With over 200 nuclear
weapons, why do you think that Israel thinks it is unassailable?
Israel controls the flow of
US aid that keeps Egypt from starving, thanks to its hammerlock on Congress
As for the Palestinians,
there appears no hope
Netanyahu has declared no
Palestinian state at the end of this election
He will of course continue
flirting with the US and EU over this worn-out question
He will make small
concessions to allow western allies to continue with this charade that peace
talks are still alive
The UN Human Rights Council
in Geneva have criticised Israel’s conduct in the July-August conflict and the
ferocity of destruction
The devastation on Gaza was
highly disproportional to warrant such attacks
It has criticised Israel’s
blockade on Gaza as a stranglehold on Palestinians, yet they will do nothing!
Israelis have shown they do
not want to be a part of the Arab world any more than White South Africans
wanted to join black Africa
They want to be alone behind
their high walls and for the Arab population to be locked away in tribal
reservations
Israel has it all – the land,
the water and the power to control everything that is within their grasp
They will stop at nothing to
maintain it
The only thing that can bring
down their power to control the world is for a Higher Power than them, which
will be shown to them yet again
They think they are
invincible and, on the surface having everybody in their pockets, it certainly
looks that way
Never should one
underestimate a Supreme Power that can change situations and where the right to
control is taken away from them for good!
Great Britain is one of the
most tolerate of societies anywhere in the world
From the Second World War
Great Britain has allowed immigrants in from all four corners of the globe
Today we enjoy one of the
most diverse societies and our culture has been enriched by its diversity and
our citizens have all benefitted
It is now that our tolerant
society, praised and admired throughout the globe, is under threat from
extremists factions
They see our generosity of
spirit as a weakness, as opposed to their own hard-line agenda
Home Secretary Theresa May
has now made the stance that this country will no longer tolerate this
behaviour of Islamic extremists
It is they who wish to
destroy this country and its tolerant way of life
Mrs May will no longer
tolerate their behaviour, which rejects British values and our way of living
Enough is now enough!
Theresa May has stated that
Britain has responsibilities as well as rights, all must respect the laws,
institutions & the rights of others
No one holds a gun to another
person’s head and says they must remain in this country
If you cannot abide by the
laws and respect all who wish to live here – then leave!
Leave this pleasant land and
go to another which suits your purpose – if they will have you
There is a plan of action to
ban hate preachers, who purposely incite violence and hatred and wish to ignore
British values
Islamic extremists have been
ousted out from other countries, including Arab ones
Their intolerance caused
pain, suffering and the killings of innocent people
All this because those souls
did not accept this extremist warped ideology
These extremist hateful
beliefs will now be exposed
It is a tragedy that these
small bands of extremists are British born and who now reject our values
Again if they feel they can
do better, then go elsewhere
This country does not want or
need you. You are all free to go!
These extremists will find
that it is not so easy to express their views in other countries
Their behaviour will not be
tolerated and in a much more rigid way imprisonment is their likely outcome
As it was in the post war
days in the 1950’s…
…it was far easier to be a
Communist in a British tolerant society than it was to be a Communist in a
Communist country
In Communist countries there
were restrictions and losses of privileges
Those who left Britain at
that time to experience their ideology found hardships of a very constrictive
life
Their liberties were
restricted and life was not that rosy existence they imagined it would be
They realised they had made a
mistake and should have remained in Britain to continue enjoying freedom of
speech
All these liberties they took
so much for granted
The grass always seems
greener on the other side of the fence in one’s imagination, but not when
reality strikes
Extremists, in all their
forms, need to be defeated for the sake of the Greater Good
This is for all the people,
who view Britain as a great country, which embraces all creeds to live and work
together for a better society
It is the extremists who are
selfish and devoid of love and compassion. That is the damaging element which
will be defeated!
At last something good has
come out of India!
An award known as the “Nobel
Prize for Water” has been given to an Indian campaigner, who brought water to
1,000 villages
The judges of the Stockholm
Water Prize say his methods have prevented floods, restored soil and rivers and
brought back wildlife
The prize winner, Rajendra
Singh, is dubbed the “Water Man of India”
Mr Singh’s methods are cheap,
simple and effective and his ideas should be followed worldwide
Mr Singh uses a modern
version and ancient Indian techniques of harvesting rainwater
This is done by building low
level banks of earth to hold back the flow of water in the wet rainy season
This then allows for the
water to seep into the dry ground for future use
Mr Singh first trained as a
medic, but his local villagers said their greatest need over health care was
drinking water
What ground water there was
from the rainy season had been sucked dry by farmers, which caused the water to
disappear very quickly
This then made the crops fail
– rivers, forests and wildlife also disappeared and the people left to go to
the cities
Mr Singh has stated that this
century of exploitation, pollution and encroachment has caused so many problems
To stop this, one has to
convert the war on water into peace – that is his life’s goal
The Stockholm International
Water Institute, who presented this prize, said his lessons will be essential
Climate Change is altering
weather patterns around the world
As the world demand for water
ever increases, humanity must learn to take better care of our water
It is today’s water that
cannot be solved by science and technology alone
This is a human problem
It is only by right
governance and leadership from those in the know, together with social
cohesion, that these matters can be solved
Rajendra Singh’s lifetime
work has been in building up social capacity to solve local water problems
This has been done through
human participation, action and the empowerment of women
He has also linked in with
the indigenous knowhow, assisted with scientific and technical skills
This award was equally
applauded by Katherine Pygott, who is a leading UK water engineer
She has already drawn on Mr
Singh’s work to prevent flooding in the UK
It is only by having people
who have the vision to save, not only Mankind, but the environment as well,
that this planet will be saved
There is too much destruction
to life and the environment by ruthless greedy people
It is their intention to
destroy forever what is both sacred and holy
God gave this world with all
its goodness to support life in every capacity and Mankind has tried to
obliterate all that is good
Until humanity starts to see
what is right and how we can resolve important issues, we are not fit to remain
on this earth
We will continue to leave a
world of desolation for future generations to be hurt by
Have we no conscience?
It is high time that a person
like Rajendra Singh was hailed as a saviour
Others, whose lives have been
dedicated to saving us all, must also be acclaimed
We need to redress the
balance to proclaim those who do good deeds instead of continually advertising
those who wish to destroy
The media has to rectify and
not to glorify wrong doings as sensational news
They need to pronounce to the
highest those who do right, as a permanent example to us all!
They too have an obligation
to save society and not wish its downfall!
New evidence has been
uncovered over the disgraceful behaviour of a British Airways pilot, who
sexually assaulted at least 50 children
These assaults occurred in
Kenya and Uganda between 2001 and 2013
It has now come to light that
BA staff were told of concerns about Simon Wood’s behaviour during that time
The airline are said to be
shocked and horrified by these statements and so they should be
Neglect on their part to
follow up concerns has led to the destruction of so many lives
A number of victims are now
suing the airline for compensation
One could argue this is
rather harsh
But until institutions start
to take a more proactive approach to paedophilia, then these kinds of
situations continue
The public & institutions
need to wake up to the fact that these predatory people are out there & are
more prevalent than one imagines
These people destroy lives,
far worse than killing as these violations damage a person for the rest of
their lives
They become the living dead,
alive but dead inside, not ever able to function
These paedophiles are in
every walk of society, they are the uncles, the husbands, the grandfathers and
fathers of our societies
They are the judges, the
police, the doctors, the priests. They are in every spectrum of life and they
are all sick
They all need professional
help so that this disease can be curbed. They all know it is wrong, but cannot
control their sickness
So to protect our young
children, both female and male alike, we all must be diligent
When a concern is brought to
our attention then it must be taken very seriously
We can no longer afford to do
nothing and to say it never happened
We need to be alerted to the
possibility that it can even be in our own family
In the case of Simon Woods,
aged 54, he flew regularly on these routes to Kenya and Uganda for more than a
decade
He even volunteered at
several charities including an AIDS orphanage. Doesn’t this modus operandi sound familiar?
Finally Wood was arrested in
July 2013 by police who were given an anonymous tip-off
He was charged with indecent
assault and possessing indecent images
In August, shortly before he
was due in court, he killed himself
It has now emerged that he
was first arrested over an indecent assault allegation in the UK in 2001
Prosecutors ruled that there
was insufficient evidence to charge him
The fact that he was already
arrested should have been flagged up
Could there be other victims,
as these things are never in isolation?
Until the right
investigations take place then nothing can really be achieved
By dealing with matters
properly, so many other lives would have been saved
The very high costs of
running the European Parliament has soared to £1,332 billion per year
This is £838 million more
than Westminster
This appallingly high running
cost for the European Parliament has been exposed
The British Government was
asked for comparative costs between the European Parliament and Westminster
Lord Sassoon, the Commercial
Secretary to the Treasury, confirmed in 2011-2012 that the cost was £1,332
billion
This compared with £494
million for Westminster, which included both the House of Commons and House of
Lords
The cost for an MEP was £1.79
million each, compared with just £0.59 million per member of the House of
Commons
Peers cost a mere £0.13
million
Lord Stoddart, an independent
Labour Peer, said these are eye watering figures and it makes Westminster look
very good value for money
The European Parliament costs
£838 million per annum more than the combined costs of the Houses of Parliament
and the House of Lords
The British Government is
constantly on the lookout for ways to save money to reduce the deficit
It should now take a serious
look at the contributions to the cost of running the European Parliament
This institution does not
hold proper debates and its members cannot even introduce a Private Members
Bill
It merely acts as a rubber
stamp for the unelected European Commission’s legislative proposals
The number of MEP’s has now
risen from 736 to 754 since these figures were produced, so even these figures
fall short of the real costs
This is an absolute disgrace
and when countries in the European Market are struggling to balance their books
for their countries…
…this Parliament can keep
expanding and asking for more money to feed their greedy little ways
Until the European Parliament
is overhauled, it becomes a runaway train on very expensive tracks. No wonder
they call it the gravy train
Expensive luncheons and
hotels all expenses paid for, for doing next to nothing
What a disgrace! Will anybody
do anything about it?
We don’t think so. Who would
wish to end such a lucrative social club?
At last, a Government
Minister in Argentina has the guts to do something positive in this world
Esteban Bullrich is an
Education Minister, who has stopped waves of teachers’ strikes
By giving every teacher his
mobile number he has invited teachers to phone him if they have any questions,
comments or complaints for him
He is the Minister in charge
of all the schools in Buenos Aires and had inherited a system plagued by
teaching union walk outs
He came into office as the
third Education Minister in twelve days
He decided to publish his
personal mobile number as a way of opening a direct dialogue
This direct action brought
down the number of strikes from fourteen a year to none in the past four years
Mr Bullrich decided to hand
out his number as a way of breaking a culture of distrust and confrontations
These were between
politicians and teachers’ representatives
The teachers’ strikes had
become a chronic problem, with ministers only lasting a short time in office
Mr Bullrich was able to
negotiate deals with seventeen separate teacher unions in Buenos Aires
It meant that staff of 1,200
schools has his number
He told teachers if you have
a problem then just ring me and it will get sorted out and it was
This man can show the world
that always doing the right thing & listening to people’s legitimate
problems, solutions can always be found
It is always about courage
and doing what is right in the face of what seems like impossible odds
All one needs is the will and
open-mindedness to take on these challenges, which others are not prepared to
do!
Perhaps Mr Bullrich should
enrol in the UN. He might actually get something done and do a better job?
Mr Bullrich is commended for
his unstinting devotion to doing what is intrinsically right
Nigeria’s ex-military ruler,
Sani Abacha stole money from the state oil company and it was put overseas in
European banks for his use
Sani Abacha ruled Nigeria
with an iron fist from 1993 until his death in 1998
Soon after, Nigeria’s new
rulers asked Switzerland to recover the $2.2bn that he stashed away in European
banks
An amount of $380m has
already been seized in 2006 in Luxembourg on the request of the Swiss
authorities
In addition Switzerland has
already returned $700m following appeals from Nigeria
The safe transfer of monies
is being conducted under the supervision of the World Bank
This ends a 16 year long case
against the Abacha family
Nigeria is still plagued by
massive corruption
Until it can get its act
together and bring about transparency, nothing can proceed in the right way
Greed by politicians only
brings hardship to the people of Nigeria
Corruption breeds corruption
and fuels dissent and outrage
Extreme factions like Boko
Haram are as a result of a broken Government and people
Where there is a weak
government, this allows for militant groups to take hold
Boko Haram is fighting for
control and to form an Islamic state encompassing several states of northern
Nigeria
This violence has left more
than 13,000 people dead since 2009 and forced 1.5 million others to flee their
homes
The expense and devastation
to the country is depleted further by what corrupt politicians stash away
How can Governments around
the world support regimes that ask for help for their people when they
themselves are not honest?
In the end, no matter how
long it takes, the truth will always emerge and the horrors of corruption are
always exposed
It is high time that Nigeria
with all its natural wealth comes clean and distributes this wealth to allow
all the people to prosper
This gives the people a
chance to have a Global standing in the world today
The people deserve it and
politicians are reminded that they are there to serve the people
They are not there to line
their pockets, which in the end they will lose anyway
As has already been the case
of the Abacha family!
It is an absolute disgrace
that yet again people who are in power become a law unto themselves
Cyril Smith sexually abused
his victims and continually got away with it
It is one law for the common
man and one law for the violators of the law who have the power to do so!
The people can never have any
faith in a Police Force or Government that allows individuals to flagrantly
oppose and undermine the law
They are totally blind to the
lifetime’s injury that has been inflicted on these victims by these sexual
predators
Until a complete renewal of
the Police Force and the political system is overhauled, then no one in this
country is safe
Children were gathered up
& used for sex parties by Cyril Smith, high-ranking policemen & high
powered army officers, who need to be exposed
Until this cancer of sick
minded people is rooted out, the public and the innocent and vulnerable, have
no chance to a life
We must all understand that
victims, who have been damaged by these heinous crimes of sexual abuse, have
suffered severe pain
Their lives were completely
ruined for all time, both mentally and physically
They were scared for life,
just to satisfy some sick perverted minds
Where is our justice system
when undercover police have investigated these paedophile rings & have
obtained the evidence to put them away?
They are then forced to stop
their investigation
Threats against them were
imposed by those who had power over them, regardless of the law!
It is this sordid threat of
power & control, which opposes the law, because it suits them to abuse it,
that has to be removed at the root
This then will allow victims
to come forward knowing that they can finally believe in a judicial system
Justice must protect them and
they need a Government which actually cares
The undercover policemen,
trying to do their job to expose those paedophiles, should be heard
They must be supported by the
state as is their duty to do so
The public outcry over Jimmy
Savile and other paedophiles, together with MPs & Cyril Smith, have to be
aired publically & dealt with
It is high time that this
country sought justice and compensation for these victims, whose lives have been
damaged for all time
The public demand it!
If the Government cannot do
its business, what is the point of having a Government in power and a police
force in situ?
They cannot and in this case
will not, protect the public?
It is an absolute travesty of
justice and all should be hauled over the coals for their part in these heinous
crimes against humanity
The Government, Army and the
Police Force responsible for putting a halt to these known investigations need
to hang their heads in shame
They equally must bear the
guilt of damage on these victims, as much as the perpetrators of these crimes
All is known in the eyes of
God!
When will the right justice
ever seen to be done?
Does it need for the public
to take the law into their own hands before institutions sit up?
They must take notice and
listen. They must take the
responsibility for which they were elected
Until Climate Change is fully
addressed and strong action taken, the likes of Cyclone Pam will continue to
wipe out parts of the world
Cyclone Pam has literally
wiped out development in Vanuatu
This development had taken
years to complete and with one cyclone all has been wiped out
The storm has devastated many
parts of the country and its adjoining islands
Tragic as this is, Climate
Change is happening on a daily basis
Until something is done about
it people and countries will continue to suffer
Current data suggests we need
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developed countries by at least 80% by
2050
This is to have a chance of
staying below the average temperature rise of over 2%
Factory farming produces
greenhouse gases throughout the supply chain
Factory farmed beef requires
twice as much fossil fuel energy input as pasture-reared beef
Factory farming requires large
amounts of energy to function. This isn’t just to rear the animals, but to grow
the feed that they need
The feed alone takes up 75%
of the total energy required. The rest is needed for heating and lighting and
ventilation
Gases, such as methane and nitrous
oxide, are produced in significant quantities & these are released from
animal waste and fertiliser use
Livestock farming produces
37% and 65% respectively of our global methane and nitrous oxide. Both gases
are more potent then carbon dioxide
Forests clearance to grow
crops and rear animals releases vital carbon ‘sinks’
This releases gases
previously stored in the soil and vegetation
The effects of global Climate
Change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought and…
…an increase in the number,
duration and intensity of tropical storms
Glaciers are shrinking, ice
on rivers and lakes break up earlier
Plant and animal ranges have
shifted and trees are flowering sooner
In addition, there are higher
sea levels and longer intense heatwaves
All aspects of life are being
affected
Infrastructure, agriculture
and fisheries, together with our ecosystems are being increasingly compromised
The sea levels rise and
erosion of coastal areas are an additional concern
Oceans have more acidity,
which poses major threats to our seas
There are more insect outbreaks
and more tree disease
The declining water supplies
reduce agriculture yields
There are also health
problems in our cities due to the heat
The President of Vanuatu,
where Cyclone Pam struck, has seen the changing weather patterns of rising seas
and heavier than average rain
All over the world we have
seen these incidents happening to our own countries, yet the Governments still
continue to do precious little
It is the incompetence of
these Governments that put all our lives in jeopardy, because nobody wants to
do anything about it!
Once again India is in the
news for rape and vandalism
This time the rape was on an
elderly nun! Have the men of India no shame?
The Indian Government is not
doing enough to sort out this extreme mental intolerance of women
It is high time the culture
of abuse on women was changed. We are after all in the 21st century
These people behave like
barbarians with no conscience only violence in their minds
Six men, who gang raped an
elderly nun of 74 years old, are being searched for by police
The gang ransacked a convent
school and stole money before entering into the convent itself
Security cameras inside the
Convent of Jesus and Mary school show the faces of the six men, who carried out
the assault
There are only three sisters
in this community. One sister, who was badly molested, the other two and a
guard were tied to chairs
The men vandalised the
chapel, broke into the tabernacle on the altar and took away the chalice that
holds the holy sacrament
This attack comes at a time
of growing concern about sexual violence against women
Christian groups have been
increasingly targeted
The Indian Government needs
to take a precedent on this continuous abuse on women
Until harsher penalties are
enforced and there is a deterrent put into place then the general public will
take action
Vigilante groups will be
formed and put in place, the punishments that the local authorities are not
skilled in doing
The Government and the local
authorities will have no choice, but to act quicker if they wish to avoid this
happening
The people of India will no
longer tolerate this abuse on any females whether they are very young or old
The time has come for
extensive action to take place or India will lose its already fragile
credibility within the world forum
India will no longer be able
to brush this kind of barbarism under the carpet, as has been its policy in the
past
Now the time has come to face
up to the enormity of this problem and to set aside an agenda to deal with
their lacking cultural system
The people of India will not
wait any longer!
Terry Pratchett, who died on
the 12th March, was just 66 years old
He was an English author of
fantasy novels and especially comical works
His best known work was his
Discworld novel, the Colour of Magic, which was published in 1983
He sold 85 million books
worldwide in 37 languages and was the UK’s bestselling author in the 1990’s
In December 2007 he announced
he was suffering from the early onset of Alzheimer’s disease
He filmed a television
programme chronicling his experience of the disease for the BBC
The world has now lost one of
its brightest, sharpest minds. He died entirely naturally and unassisted
All who read him know
Discworld was his vehicle to satirise this world, which he did so brilliantly
He did it with great skill,
enormous humour and constant invention
He called his Alzheimer’s
disease an “embuggerance” and faced it bravely and publically
Alzheimer’s disease is a
progressive degenerative condition that involves the loss and dysfunction of
the brain cells
Four years ago, Sir Terry
featured in a film documentary about suicide
He accompanied a man with
Motor Neurone Disease to the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland to see him take the
lethal dose of barbiturates
He was asked why he made that
film and he said it was because he was appalled at the state of the law
He said the Government here
in the UK has always turned its back on it and he was ashamed
The British people had to
drag themselves to Switzerland at considerable cost in order to get the
services they were hoping for
Hilary Evans is director of
Alzheimer’s Research UK for whom Terry Pratchett was a patron
She said Sir Terry’s legacy
to Dementia Research is huge, both financially and is an enormous motivation to
our supporters and scientists
When he announced the
inaugural Terry Pratchett Research Fellowship in 2010…
…he insisted on a single word
to be engraved on the trophy, “Strive”
Our scientists continue to
act upon this powerful call
They will push forward with
the research that will eventually defeat this disease from which Sir Terry
suffered
Sarah Wootton, chief
executive of Dignity in Dying, called him a ‘committed campaigner’ for assisted
dying
Terry Pritchett was often
found saying, “It’s time we learned to be
as good at dying as we are at living”
His brave approach to
confronting issues of death, including his own, was a heartfelt demonstration
of dignity
It has been said he is a
lovely man, kind and thoughtful and took people to his heart. It was a pleasure
to know him
This man changed the way
Dementia is seen and understood. He will be sorely missed
He is now in the greatest adventure
of his life & can continue to write if he wishes, but in another dimension,
with total clarity of mind
The disgraceful failing
situation of the UN Security Council to implement solutions to the Syrian
conflict, is beyond belief
Humanitarian agencies have
tried their best under extreme hardship and opposition from Bashar al-Assad
They still have been found
wanting
The Syrian people have faced
their worse year in the many killings that continue unabated day in and day out
Bashar al-Assad still holds
the main position of power
The UN still believe they can
bring in a political solution that will sort out this war
Bashar al-Assad will never
surrender
His people are just pawns in
his struggle to maintain his power with Russia being his main backup
The naiveté of the UN
Security Council is mind-blowing and really they are not fit for purpose
They have achieved precious
little in this four year war
Until a proper strategy to
remove this President from power occurs, the country which is already destroyed,
will take decades to climb back
It is now up to the
international nations to bring about a consensus for military action, where new
strategies are formed
A greater force will be able
to push through an agenda to finally save the Syrian people
This nation has suffered
enough, while the rest of the world continues to turn a blind eye
The dysfunctional UN Security
Council should be ashamed of themselves for not dealing with these issues in a
more effective way
There needs to be solutions
for the sake of the Syrian people and not what is best for Bashar al-Assad!
It was after Jackson’s
resignation that another low-key demonstration occurred, outside Ferguson’s
police headquarters
It was when the crowds were
starting to break up that shots were heard and two officers were seriously
injured
The riots, which have
continued, show the hugely long-term frustration over a system that is
painfully slow to change
The people have had enough
and every day they suffer injustice by the biased way the police deal with them
Ferguson has now finally been
given enough rope to hang themselves
The injustice remains rife
throughout America
Until integration and
equality start to take hold then these problems will remain simmering and
finally come to the boil
There is no getting away from
it, America has never been white
It was the first nation
American Indians, who are the true Americans here and the white man has all but
tried to wipe them out
Now a role reversal is
happening and it will be other coloured skinned people, who will take the place
of the white man
They will have to revise
their thinking. They will no longer be in the majority!
Lessons here need to be
learnt and tolerance for all races is required now!
An illegal market in children
has developed in China in which babies are being sold online
The Chinese police say that
there is an estimated 20,000 children abducted each year
Chinese state media suggests
the true figure could be as high as 200,000 per year
A baby boy sells for $16,000.
This is double the price for a girl
A few days before the Chinese
New Year in February 2007, a man called Xiao Chaohua was with his young son
playing on a nearby beach
They played sandcastles and
paddled in the surf. They were so happy and his father took lots of pictures of
his son
Later that day his son asked
his father if he could buy his favourite snack from a grocery shop around the
corner
His ten year sister was to
accompany him. The children got separated and that was the last Xiao saw of his
son
Xiao looked everywhere for
his son, even the police said there is no point in looking as he had probably
been snatched
Xiao decided, after many
months looking for his son, to finally sell his shop and he bought a van
His wife works in a shoe
factory and his daughter is looked after by grandparents
Xiao has travelled the length
and breadth of China offering a reward for any information on his son
Posted pictures are all over
the country and still there is no sign of his son
Years have now gone by and there
still is no sign of his son
This family, as with so many
others, is heartbroken
Once abducted children are
sold for adoption and forced to work as beggars for criminal gangs, the vast
majority are lost forever
Child trafficking first
received wide publicity in China 12 years ago, when police discovered 28 babies
in the back of a bus
They had been drugged to keep
them quiet and put into nylon bags, where one died of suffocation
These traffickers were caught
and sentenced to death
Traffickers have become more
sophisticated now and are selling these babies online
Four criminal gangs working
in this way were caught and this led to 1,094 arrests and the rescue of 382
babies
With approximately 200,000
children and babies being captured and sold, 382 babies is nothing!
The Chinese Government has a
real problem and it is only by public outcry that more must be done to
safeguard these vulnerable children
Are they listening and do
they even care?
President Dilma Rousseff has
signed a new law in Brazil to enforce tough new penalties for the killing of
women and girls
Murders linked to domestic
violence will now carry sentences of between twelve and thirty years
She is sending out a clear
message to all women that the state will protect them
It is known that fifteen
women are killed daily in Brazil
In other cases, such as in
the killing of pregnant women, women who have just given birth, girls under
fourteen or women over sixty…
…the law now provides even
longer jail sentences
This new legislation alters
the criminal code to describe femicide as…
…any crime that involves
domestic violence, contempt or discrimination against women
Similar legislation has
already been introduced in another Latin American country, El Salvador
This country has the highest
murder rate of women in the world
President Rousseff has taken
this legislation further on from her predecessor
He introduced a law known as
“the Maria da Penha” law
This was done in tribute to
Maria da Penha Maia, a woman whose ex-husband beat her for fourteen years
Twice he attempted to murder
her and left her a paraplegic
She is a notable figure in
the movement for women’s rights in Brazil
Maximum sentences are imposed
with orders to remove abusers from the home
They are banned from the
proximity of women and children who were attacked
Other legislation in place
requires all public hospitals to provide treatment against sexually transmitted
diseases…
…such as HIV/Aids for rape
victims
This allows victims to be
given emergency contraception and in the case of a pregnancy they have the
right to an abortion
This is still illegal in
Brazil in most cases
Women the world over have to
join together to change the ideological climate that men constantly abuse women
Many men see it as their
right to do so
Women are not considered part
of society, but as a mere chattel that in some instances is lower than an
animal
It is only when women join
together worldwide that the message for change and women’s rights becomes more
spoken about
All is far too slow and the
rights of women have not penetrated many cultures
As we are well aware, in
India rapes occur every 20 minutes and in the USA rapes are every 6.2 minutes
It is outrageous that more in
the way of legislation is not taken up
Governments will only act
when forced to do so, because the climate by the victims is no longer silent
It is the victims who must
speak out
As in the case of Mala
Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl who was boarding her school bus
A gunman asked for her name
and then pointed a pistol to her head and fired three shots
One bullet hit the left side
of her forehead, travelled down under her skin through the length of her face
and penetrated her shoulder
She was left unconscious and
critical
Later her condition began to
improve and she was transferred to a hospital in Great Britain for delicate
reconstructive surgery
Her assassination sparked a
national and international outcry and support for Mala
As a result this incident has
ratified Pakistan’s first Right to Education Bill
Mala works now for the rights
of education and for women!
Why does it need to take such
violent happenings before Governments around the world wake up?
It is their own
responsibility to protect half of their population
The Eurozone is not viable in
its current form, which has been stated by one of the UK’s successful fund
managers Neil Woodford
A good example of the
Eurozone’s economic incompatibility can be found in the labour mobility
This represents one of the
most marked differences between the US states and the Eurozone countries
If employment rises in
Detroit because the demand for cars falls, workers can move to a state where
demands for work are needed
This eases Detroit’s
unemployment problems
America does this frequently
This is not true of Europe
with their labour markets, which they are mainly due to culture and language
There is no common language
in Europe and there would be friction if there was a common language
So if there was a shock
demand in Detroit, it would not put the dollar at risk
Washington would transfer
money to Motor City to allow for a rebalancing to occur
This does not happen in
Europe for many countries have surrendered their economic self-determination
The Germans have ignored this
pressing need for action in their shared currency
Everyone can see Germany’s
role in this tale
Either agree to a fiscal
integration, debt mutualisation and a genuine guarantee of the currency or…
…unlock the system and give
the Eurozone countries back their self-determination and bring this project to
its conclusion
No matter what the language
is that is spoken…
…the investors can see the
current crisis for what it really is, a vote of no confidence in the currency
itself
A documentary highlighting China’s
severe pollution problem has been removed from websites
The documentary called “Under the Dome” explains the social and
health costs issues of pollution
It has already been watched
by more than a 100 million people online
This has now sparked off huge
debates
Premier Li Keqiang has called
pollution a blight on their people’s lives
The newly appointed
Environment Protection Minister has praised the documentary
It is the huge popular impact
that this film has made, which has produced nervousness with the communist
authorities
At the start of the
documentary a six year old girl living in the coal mining province of Shanxi
was interviewed
This is the most polluted
place on earth
When asked, “Have you seen the stars?” The reply
was, “No!”
“Have you seen a blue sky?” The reply was, “Only little bits of blue.”
“Have you seen white clouds?” Again the answer was, “No!”
This film has already been
watched more than 100 million times
It is high time the Chinese
Government saved their citizens against the numerous diseases they are
suffering with every day
“Do they have a conscience?” The answer has to be, “No, otherwise they would have done something about this decades ago”
It is up to the people
themselves, who have to fight for their lives if they wish to live any longer
Too many have died and are
dying and nothing has changed!
The Pakistani authorities
have renamed 107 schools after the victims of last year’s massacre by the
Taliban on a school in Peshawar
Already more than 60 schools
are now bearing the names of the victims of the attack
The parents of those victims
have already given their approval
The Taliban gunmen killed
more than 150 pupils and teachers at the school on 16th December
2014
The authorities have promised
to crack down on these militants
Teachers are now being given
firearm’s training and they will be able to carry weapons in class
The re-naming of the schools
is meant as a memorial to all the victims
This sends out a message to
the militants they cannot stop education
The children and teachers
died because of wanting education and the terrorists don’t want them to have
it!
In addition to the renaming
of the schools, the central government is giving out the highest civil award
for bravery to all the victims
This is sending out a clear
message that these victims are martyrs to a cause they firmly believe in
They are prepared if
necessary to die for it
The Government has paid out
$20,000 to each of the victims’ families
It is a small but necessary
gesture for the sacrifices these young souls made
They were after all the
future of Pakistan and valuable to the community
The ancient Assyrian city of
Nimrud has been vandalised by Islamic State militants
The ancient site was founded
in the 13th Century BC and houses the royal tomb of Nimrud
The city was given the name
of Nimrud in modern times after the Biblical Nimrod, a legendary hunting hero
This city was the capital of
the Assyrian Empire for over 150 years
The city was known as Calah,
which is in the Bible
The ruins of this magnificent
city were found within 1 kilometre of the modern day Assyrian village of
Noomanea, not far from Mosul
Archaeologists have revealed
remarkable bas-reliefs, ivories and sculptures
The treasures of Nimrud were
unearthed in excavations and some 613 pieces of gold jewellery and precious
stones were collected
These treasures had been put
away during the Iraq War in bank vaults to protect them
They have been stored safely
for twelve years and have again been rediscovered
Nimrud’s various monuments
face threats of demolition
IS have already destroyed
other holy sites including the Mosque of the Prophet Jonah in Mosul
IS have announced their
intentions to destroyed pre-Islamic artefacts, as they offend their religious
views
They have already destroyed
artefacts from Nimrud
This deliberate destruction
of cultural heritage constitutes a war crime and cannot go unpunished
It is down to all religious
leaders in the region to stand up
They must remind everyone
that there is absolutely no political justification for the destruction of
humanity’s cultural heritage
This destruction continues to
demonstrate the kind of barbarians these people are!
The Duke of Cambridge has
condemned the illegal wildlife trading
On his four day tour of
China, he has been speaking out on the vicious forms of criminality that erodes
the rule of law
It fuels conflict and may
even fund terrorism
Prince William made this
speech after visiting an Elephant sanctuary in the south western province of
Yunnan
China is a huge consumer of
ivory and Prince William is trying to raise awareness of this illegal trading
He is also President of the
organisation United for Wildlife and is active in trying to save the Rhino as
well
The greatest threat to Elephants
worldwide today is not local farmers protecting their livelihoods
It is the ruthless organised
poachers and traffickers
Prince William talked about
how the world is hurtling towards Elephants becoming extinct in the wild
This would be an immeasurable
loss to humanity
On this trip he was also able
to feed a 13 year old female Asian Elephant, who was recovering from a leg
wound caused by a trap
The more international
condemnation that is given to the various countries whose demand for ivory is the
greatest…
…then hopefully China will
change
Instead of China having just
a one year ban on ivory imports, they will extend it to a complete ban
Time & international
condemnation & pressure against ivory poaching is the only way to give
these wonderful mammals a chance to survive
We owe it to them to continue
this fight!
The director of a Russian
museum, which was originally a Stalin-era prison camp, has now been taken over
by the Russian authorities
All references to Stalin’s
dictatorship crimes have been removed
This Stalin camp or Perm-36
is the only one surviving with all its buildings dating back to the Stalin
terror
The non-governmental group,
who have been running the museum, are being replaced by government officials
In its day millions of Soviet
citizens were sent to labour camps in the notorious Gulag System…
…or shot, during Stalin’s
hard-line communist rule
The worst of these
repressions took place in 1930s
Portraits of Stalin were
removed after the scales of his crimes were revealed
The memorial of the camp
won’t disappear, but the new people taking it over will change its content
It will become a museum about
a camp system and not about political prisoners
They don’t talk about the
repression or about Stalin
During the life of this camp,
there were up to 3,000 political prisoners under Stalin’s rule, about 1,000
under Leonid Brezhnev in 1970s
Many of the prisoners were
Ukraine nationals and Baltic republics
These nationalists are
vilified in today’s state media
The camp was finally closed
in 1988 and became a museum in 1996
The museum’s changeover is
less about the rehabilitation of Stalin, more in connection with the political
situation in the country today
In the days of the cold war
and before, if Russian citizens wanted to visit another town or city they would
need to apply for a permit
If the reason for wanting to
travel did not stand up to scrutiny then permission to travel was denied!
Russia is slowly returning to
this era
Know there are more Russians
with money living in London and the UK than anywhere else in the world
The freedom we all take for
granted is what they are after, so they can conduct their businesses without
Russia’s prying eyes
The world is now seeing
another creation of a Stalin-type state, where enormous power is in the hands
of one man
Under President Putin, there
is no need now for repression as they are either shot or in jail
The Russian people have
become obedient
The political system is
returning to totalitarianism and the West wants to do business with this
country?
Understand there are more
citizens trying to leave Russia then running to get in
We can all understand why!
Out of the tragedy of the
Ebola virus something constructive will finally come out of it
The IMF has pledged $187m of
financial aid to support Sierra Leone’s struggling economy
A sum of $80m will be given
immediately to help this country end the Ebola outbreak and recover from its
devastating effects
There will be a long term
programme to deal with fighting this disease from every angle
Nearly 10,000 people have
already died as a result of this disease, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia
and Sierra Leone
There is still a struggle to
battle this epidemic and so continuous hard work, not only to contain it but to
help eradicate it, is ongoing
World leaders together with
the Presidents of all three of the worst hit nations are in Brussels
They are to discuss ways of
rebuilding their economies
They will also deal with the
long term issues regarding this disease
Although there have been
nearly 10,000 deaths there were 23,913 confirmed cases
The survival rate is
increasing, as early detection goes a long way in safeguarding against future
cases materialising
Their struggle is a long and
arduous one, but help now is finally being given on a massive scale – thank
God!
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s
modus operandi is to get another term in office
With Israeli elections just
around the corner he wishes to portray himself as a State leader
He thinks he can gain much
support from the US and its many Jewish friends
He hopes by getting their
approval he will be able to win hands down
His power crazy ideas are
causing a strong detrimental effect, not only in Israel but in Washington as
well
They are sick to death of his
constant moaning and rhetoric regarding Iran’s nuclear fuel programme
These are just smokescreens
for the bigger picture of where he wants to be
This is to be a power force
and take centre stage in Israeli politics
The tide of opinion is now
turning, as I have already predicted some time ago
America, in spite of
Congress, will start to remove itself from Israel and especially Netanyahu
The US will secure its plan
of action to commit their support in Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme
They will increase helpful
relationships with their one time enemy
Good negotiations have
already taken place and a working framework is already on the table
Their strengthened ties for
peace are beginning to transform the Middle East
A better understanding between
the two countries is being established
It has already been stated
that Netanyahu’s visit to Congress has been “destructive
to the fabric” of US-Israel relationship
It will certainly distance
Israel from its allies and in the end will finally benefit Iran
Netanyahu will be frozen out
The US will play lip service
to him up to a point, but he has already overstepped his position some time ago
Many in Congress and
Washington will be glad to see the back of him!
The outgoing Namibian
President Pohamba has won the world’s most valuable individual award, the Mo
Ibrahim prize for African leadership
The sum of $5m award is given
each year to an elected leader who governs well, raises living standards and
then finally leaves office
Hifikepunye Pohamba, who fought
for his country’s independence, has served two terms as Namibian President and
now steps down
Mr Pohamba was named
recipient of the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership in a
ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya
Mo Ibrahim is a British-Sudanese
mobile communications entrepreneur and philanthropist, who made billions by
investing in Africa
He launched the prize to
encourage African leaders to leave power peacefully
The $5m prize is spread over
10 years and is followed by $200,000 a year for life
It is so good to hear of a
success story for Africa
This is proof that there are
good leaders, who wish to promote the lives of their people
The prize is just a good will
gesture
It is the person, who has the
goodness already in their heart, that does perform and govern well!
Yet another Putin
assassination – is this man unstoppable?
Will no one bring him to justice?
The climate of fear brought
on by Putin towards all his adversaries will not stop them going forwards
It will not stop them trying
to bring about justice and economic stability for all
To make a place where
ideologies can be voiced without the fear of constant reprisals
None has the right to quash
another group of people, who wish freedom from oppression and fear
Putin will see the backlash
of his actions, not only from his own countrymen, but within his own protective
guard
The world is coming to
despise Putin as they did Hitler, both are power crazy at whatever costs
Both will suffer death in a
gruesome way, where no mercy is shown as no mercies to his victims were shown
The rule of law will be
exercised
Both man’s and God’s for
these extortionate acts of violence, which has Putin’s signature on it and no
one else’s
The world and the Russian
people are not blind to Putin’s lies
He has not been believed for
years, it is only fear that holds people back
When that fear dissipates and
changes to anger & when the people have nothing to lose, the next uprising
will occur & devastate his regime
It is only a question of time
Mr Boris Nemtsov will be
hailed as a martyr of the cause and Putin will be damned as the butcher of
Russia
The eyes of Nemtsov will be
constantly bearing down on Putin’s soul until his dying day
