Tag Archives: G20

We need a coherent National and International response to C-19


The challenge we are all facing in trying to understand the impact of Coronaviris or COVID-19 is made much more difficult by the lack of credible and consistent political leadership in a range of contexts (This piece was written on … Continue reading

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Who should pay for our freedom of speech?


On 6th September the MP for Bexhill and Battle, Huw Merriman asked a heavily loaded question of the leader of the House of Commons and Andrea Leadsom gave an equally loaded answer. Of course without the debate taking place it … Continue reading

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The G20 needs peacemakers


The images and sounds of Theresa May in Hangzhou over the last few days as she attended her first G20 summit as Prime Minister has been a reminder of how few women get the chance to speak at that level … Continue reading

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A failure to understand?


Theresa May and the other leaders of the G20 are in for a ‘treat’. Not only has the Industrial activity which usually takes place in Hangzhou been switched off for their visit which means that the accompanying pollution is being … Continue reading

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A four ring circus


When I wrote three days ago that I thought that there might be a better day ahead for Syria than the papers were predicting, I think I was being more optimistic than I dared hope. Since then we have seen … Continue reading

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