Tried and tested: Trident untested

Over the last few days Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on nuclear weapons has come under increasing scrutiny, with the possibility of his being the finger on the nuclear button in the event that he becomes Prime Minister. There are several aspects to the scrutiny; his position of personal moral opposition to nuclear weapons, the friction between…

Droning on about justice

Yesterday David Cameron stood in the House of Commons and calmly explained how last month the RAF had launched an attack on a group of jihadist members of ISIS in Syria.  It would appear that the target of the attack was Reyaad Khan a twenty year Briton from Cardiff.  Mr Cameron’s explanation for the events…

Re-arranging the deck chairs

On 14th April 1912, in the North Atlantic, RMS Titanic was carrying over two thousand people from Southampton to New York on her maiden voyage.  Some of the passengers were being transported in the highest level of luxury possible, others were being treated like livestock. Just before midnight she hit a large iceberg and sank.  One thousand…