Hetty Litjens: PoliticsNews and views about politics (or what Bush has left of it).CALAMITY JOURNALISM- February 6, 2007 Guardian: "The government was last night investigating possible links between the discovery of H5N1 avian bird flu at a Bernard Matthews turkey farm in Suffolk and recent outbreaks of the disease in Hungary." It has always surprised me that in cases of catastrophe or serious trouble the media crews are often the first to arrive on the premises. In the case of birdflu it is really outrageous. Television crews are flocking to the area, tv helicopters are hovering above the site of the culling....http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/categories/politics/2007/02/06.html#a5060 BRITISH JEWS REVOLT AGAINST ISRAEL- February 6, 2007 Guardian: "A group of prominent British Jews will today declare independence from the country's Jewish establishment, arguing that it puts support for Israel above the human rights of Palestinians. Independent Jewish Voices will publish an open letter on the Guardian's Comment is Free website calling for a freer debate about the Middle East within the Jewish community. Among the more than 130 signatories are Stephen Fry, Harold Pinter, Mike Leigh, Jenny Diski and Nicole Farhi, as well as...http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/categories/politics/2007/02/06.html#a5058 THE TRIAL OF BLAIR- February 2, 2007 Watch the videos of The Trial of Tony Blair. NewStatesman: "The conflation of two tawdry stories on the same day has become a habit for this administration. It happened again shortly before Christmas - Blair was questioned in the loans-for-honours inquiry; on the same day came the hideous announcement that the government had stopped the Serious Fraud Office investigation into alleged bribes involving BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia." BBC: "Prime Minister Tony Blair was questioned for a second time.http://radio.weblogs.com/0116902/categories/politics/2007/02/02.html#a5048 |