Au revoir à l’euro?
I’m not one to smugly say I told you so this time last year or pointed out problematic aspects of the Euro in an article from September 2007 which is linked to in this piece. No sireee, smug MOI?
With the passage of time the small village and walls of the fortress have begun to crumble, however much work has been done on the island over the last few years to repair its fabric and this continues. But no repairs will ever plaster over that this island is a special place and every stone speaks to you of the pathos and melancholy of those who came here to live and on the Island of the Dammed.
29th May 2012 is the 559th anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople when we remember the courage of Constantine XI Paleologus, last Emperor of Byzantium and last Roman Emperor. The event marked the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of a new epoch in Europe. Many Greek scholars moved to Italy, initiating there the development of European Humanism and the Renaissance, whilst the legal succession of Byzantium and leadership of the Orthodox Church transferred to Tsardom and the “3rd Rome’” in Moscow. By losing access to the Black Sea, Europe was deprived of the land route to India; the search for a new sea route brought about the overseas discoveries of the New World.
Whatever the truth about collusion Loyalist Paramilitaries never carried out similar attacks before or since. The area of Ulster around Glenanne bounded by Lurgan and the associated towns of Portadown and Craigavon made up what was known as the “murder triangle”; an area known for a significant number of sectarian incidents and fatalities during The Troubles.
We can never take for granted what we owe to these six ordinary labourers who stood together for the rights of workers. Nor in modern they Britain can we cease the struggle against the reactionary heirs of Squire James Frampton who constantly belittle the role of labour as the source of honest values in Society and constantly seek to attack workers hard earned rights.
There is no going back; the Arab Spring will affect the Arab World, Israel and the children of the Nakba equally. Israel and Modern Judaism will have to reflect if a people who greet each other with “Shalom” and part with the words ‘l’chayim’ are really on a sustainable path to peace and security?
Tweets across the ocean – From a humble wage slave @daithaic on Mayoral Election day in damp London Town to the illustrious Labour Peer Lord Sugar (aka Chairman Al) @Lord_Sugar in his splendido mansion in Roca Baton, Florida.Lord Sugar
The Mayor of London election tomorrow between Ken Livingstone (for Labour) and Boris Johnson (for the Tories, although he wants you to forget that) is the largest personal electoral mandate in Europe after the President of France. It is a touchstone election – here is the last word from Ken tonight on the eve of the poll.
