Opinion and feature articles.
A London resident questions whether the capital has become a narcotics epicentre against a daily backdrop of violence and drugs raids… Last night I was again woken by police sirens in my neighbourhood as another house in my street was raided for drugs. It will be at least the ninth one since I moved into […]
Continue ReadingProfessor Noam Chomsky casts a cold eye on world affairs, the Danish cartoon issue, Iran and the war in Iraq, and the dangers of living in a nuclear age… The anti-war critic, Noam Chomsky, recently said the Danish cartoon issue wasn’t a matter of press freedom, nor indeed a conflict between the West and the […]
Continue ReadingThe job of the journalist has never been an easy one, but governments threaten to make it all but impossible if they remove reporters' privilege… They must seek information that no-one wants to give, endanger themselves and their families by going into war zones and areas of violent conflict, publish stories that reveal injustices or […]
Continue ReadingWho has the right to refuse two partners marriage? Someone who has never even met the couples concerned: enter President Bush… Apparently a religious man, US President George W Bush moved last month to put a constitutional ban on same sex marriages. Mr Bush used his weekly radio address to deliver a plea for the […]
Continue ReadingWith the help of BSkyB’s new gimmick, HDTV, it has been discovered that Geoff Hurst’s controversial second goal of the ’66 cup final never crossed the line… In view of this, it is seen that England’s solitary, distant and oft criticised major honour was not won on merit, but on fortune. Fortune! England? The two […]
Continue ReadingPublic perceptions in developed countries of migrants taking jobs, lowering wages and being a burden on social services are untrue… According to reports such as the International Organization for Migration’s World Migration Report 2005, competition for low skill jobs is largely between migrant communities themselves; migrants have negligible if any impact on lowering wages while […]
Continue ReadingWas the legendary writer and a thorn in the side of the US government pushed by government agents, or did he jump when he felt his time was up? The beauty of the American system of government is that, unlike a monarchy or dictatorship, one administration or president cannot be held accountable for the failings of […]
Continue ReadingIf any single topic best demonstrates the irrelevance of televised political punditry, it is the artificial buzz about a 2008 presidential race between Hilary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice… Deeper issues are often submerged in the media, but the after-dinner politics surrounding the 08 elections have regularly been mooted in public time. So it might […]
Continue ReadingIf any single topic best demonstrates the irrelevance of televised political punditry, it is the artificial buzz about a 2008 presidential race between Hilary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice… Deeper issues are often submerged in the media, but the after-dinner politics surrounding the 08 elections have regularly been mooted in public time. So it might […]
Continue ReadingPublic Relations guru Max Clifford tells greatreporter.com how he became as knowledgeable as he is notorious in the British press… Power-mongering Clifford says his reputation as an all-powerful story-broker who governs the lives of the powerful through the press is largely unfounded. "I wish I had half the control and power I keep being told […]
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