Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Republicans Largely Silent after Trump's Attacks on Baltimore and Cummings | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Could a No-deal Brexit Push Wales towards Independence?
In Wales, where he was today, the Tories are out in front in the latest opinion poll. But many in the Welsh independence movement see his premiership as the perfect gift for their campaign.
A no-deal Brexit puts new pressures on Scotland and Northern Ireland, could it change the game in Wales too? Just this weekend thousands gathered to march for independence, so how indy-curious is Wales?
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Hamed Abdel-Samad | Islam und Islamkritik | NZZ Standpunkte (2017)
Mit Hamed Abdel-Samad unterhalten sich «NZZ»-Chefredaktor Eric Gujer und die Politikphilosophin Katja Gentinetta über seinen «Abschied vom Himmel» des Glaubens, seine Kritik der Lehren des Propheten sowie die Möglichkeiten, den Islam für die heutige Zeit zu reformieren.
Helmut Schmidt | Erfahrungen und Einsichten | NZZ Standpunkte (2009)
Johnson and Varadkar Clash over Irish Backstop in Phone Call
Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar have clashed over the Irish backstop in their first phone call, with the Irish taoiseach saying the EU is united in the view that it cannot be scrapped and the withdrawal agreement will not be reopened.
Johnson finally spoke to Varadkar almost a week after becoming prime minister, telling him the UK would never put physical checks or infrastructure at the border with Northern Ireland after Brexit but demanding the backstop be scrapped.
The British prime minister had been accused of snubbing Varadkar by leaving it so long to speak to him, even though the Irish leader will be central to whether he can agree a new withdrawal deal with the EU.
A spokesman for Varadkar said: “The taoiseach emphasised to the prime minister that the backstop was necessary as a consequence of decisions taken in the UK and by the UK government. » | Rowena Mason, Deputy political editor | Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Monday, July 29, 2019
Boris Johnson et sa compagne emménagent à Downing Street
Le nouveau Premier ministre britannique Boris Johnson emménage lundi dans sa résidence de Downing Street à Londres, où il vivra avec sa compagne Carrie Symonds, a annoncé l'exécutif britannique. «Le Premier ministre emménage officiellement aujourd'hui et, oui, sa partenaire y vivra», a déclaré à la presse un porte-parole du dirigeant conservateur de 55 ans, qui a pris le 24 juillet la succession de Theresa May. » | La Rédaction avec AFP | lundi 29. juillet 2019
The Guardian View on Boris Johnson and Scotland: State of Disunion
Boris Johnson is insouciantly reluctant to be seen travelling cap in hand to Berlin, Paris or Brussels in pursuit of new Brexit terms. He has not even bothered to make a phone call to the Irish taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, even though the Irish border is the crunch Brexit issue. His attitude to the European Union is to try to make the foreigners sweat, even if the result is a slump in the value of sterling, as it was on Monday. And yet, like Theresa May before him, Mr Johnson felt the need to go to Scotland at the very start of his prime ministership.
Why did he come? Why the exception? It is, after all, improbable that the prime minister will get a political dividend from his meetings in Edinburgh. The first, with the Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, was at best an exercise in damage limitation. Mr Johnson’s casual embrace of a possible no-deal Brexit (which he just as casually denied in an interview) has undermined both Ms Davidson and Tory credibility on the issue in Scotland. Meanwhile, although the brutal sacking of the former Scottish secretary, David Mundell, last week may not have received much attention in England, it has been widely seen in Scotland as an act that pulls the rug from under Ms Davidson. » | Editorial | Monday, July 29, 2019
'Dangerous' UK Government Intent on Forcing No Deal, Says Sturgeon
Boris Johnson is pursuing a dangerous hardline strategy with EU leaders, with the intention of forcing a no-deal Brexit, Nicola Sturgeon has said following her first face-to-face meeting with the prime minister.
Speaking to reporters immediately after Johnson had left her official residence in Edinburgh, Scotland’s first minister said: “This is a government that is pursing a no-deal strategy, however much they might deny that in public.”
“Behind all of the bluff and bluster, this is a government that is dangerous. The path that it is pursuing is a dangerous one, for Scotland but for all of the UK. He says that he wants a deal with EU but there is no clarity whatsoever about how he thinks he can get from the position now, where he’s taking a very hard line … to a deal.”
Johnson was greeted by boos and heckles from an assembled crowd of pro-independence and anti-Brexit protesters as he arrived at Bute House on Monday afternoon, and chose to leave after the hour-long meeting by an alternative back entrance. » | Libby Brooks | Monday, July 29, 2019
Nine Years On, Greek MPs Agree to Abide by Own Anti-smoking Law
Until not so very long ago Greek MPs thought nothing of lighting up in the august halls of the Athens parliament.
So common was the habit that a thick fog of cigarette smoke often hovered over the building’s cafe, a few metres from the legislative chamber where deputies had once voted to ban smoking in all public spaces, including the 300-seat House.
Nine years, 10 months and 26 days after that ban came into effect, lawmakers are finally being forced to abide by it too.
“There’s definitely been a change,” said Dimitris Tarantsas, who has waited on MPs from behind the cafe’s bench-top bar for the past 18 years. “The law, for the first time, is being upheld.”
By Monday, he says, even the metal ashtrays still gracing the one place where smoking is allowed – a vestibule off the cafe – will have been relocated to the dustbin of history as the building officially becomes a smoke-free zone. » | Helena Smith in Athens | Monday, July 29, 2019
CrossTalk on Boris Johnson: PM BoJo
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CrossTalk
Boris Johnson in Scotland as Pound Falls amid No Deal Brexit Fears
Pat Buchanan: 300 Nukes in Israel Yet Iran a Threat? (20120
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Iran,
Israel,
nuclear arms,
Pat Buchanan
Glyphosate Banned in Austria as More Countries Become Aware of Weed Killer Poison
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glyphosate,
Roundup
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Says 'Nothing Is Inevitable' with US and Iran (July 19, 2019)
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Javad Zarif,
PBS NewsHour,
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Todesstrafe auf Wunsch des Präsidenten
Die Liste der nach amerikanischem Bundesrecht zum Tode verurteilten umfasst im Moment 62 Personen. Sie ist in den vergangenen 16 Jahren stetig länger geworden, weil zwar weiter Todesurteile gefällt, aber nicht mehr vollstreckt wurden. Am Donnerstag teilte die Bundesverwaltung der Justizvollzugsanstalten mit, dass sie fünf Exekutionen für Dezember und Januar in einer Haftanstalt in Indiana angesetzt hat. Die fünf Männer waren in getrennten Fällen verurteilt worden, weil sie Kinder ermordet hatten. » | Von Majid Sattar, Washington | Samstag, 27. Juli 2019
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USA
Un Brexit sans accord pourrait mener à une réunification de l'Irlande
Un Brexit sans accord pourrait mener à une réunification de l'Irlande du Nord et mettre à mal le Royaume-Uni, a déclaré le Premier ministre irlandais Leo Varadkar. "L'une des choses qui pourrait vraiment nuire (au Royaume-Uni), paradoxalement, c'est un Brexit dur, tant pour l'Irlande du Nord que pour l'Ecosse", a déclaré M. Varadkar vendredi lors d'une université d'été dans le comté de Donegal. "C'est un problème qu'il leur faudra affronter", a-t-il ajouté, cité samedi par plusieurs médias dont le quotidien The Irish Independent. » | La Rédaction avec AFP | samedi 27 juillet 2019
Tommy Sheridan: "Don't Unpack Your Bags Boris!"
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Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted | French Resistance Documentary | Timeline
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