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The U.K. Government has announced an increase of £16.5 billion for the Ministry of Defence. The Government has already pledged to increase defence spending by 0.5% in line with inflation. On existing forecasts, this is an overall cash increase of £24.1 billion over four years compared to last year’s budget. …
Read More »Why We Should Give Asylum To Asia Bibi
After a visit, in 2015, to detention centres in Thailand, where I saw some of the thousands of escaping Pakistani Christians and Ahmadis, caged like animals, and subsequently filmed by Chris Rogers for a BBC documentary, I chaired an Inquiry under the auspices of the All Party Group on Freedom …
Read More »Unregulated, Unaccountable Corporate Megacharities Like Oxfam Are Not Fit For Purpose
I have refrained thus far from writing about the Oxfam prostitution/rape scandal as the fallout metastasises throughout the charity sector, but I’m sure that regular readers can already guess exactly what I think about a largely government-funded pseudo-charity staffed by overpaid mediocrities who seem to think that their primary job …
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