Martin's View

A blog mainly about politics, both domestic and international. For those who are seeking safe passage between the extremes.

Monday, 30 March 2015

USA & Iran - It Isn't About the Nukes

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Two articles have allowed me to understand the US-Iran dynamic and why Obama is so keen to seal the deal.  Of course, the Telegraph story re...
Friday, 27 March 2015

Germanwings 4U9525

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Tonight, French prosecutors investigating the downing of Germanwings flight 4U9525 over the Alps, announced that the aircraft containing 150...
Tuesday, 10 March 2015

The End of Top Gear?

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It seems that Jeremy Clarkson is unable to save himself.  He was suspended tonight after what the BBC described as a "fracas" .   ...
Monday, 2 March 2015

Rights and Accommodation

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In Elizabeth Longford's biography of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, there is a brief passage in the first volume where she discus...
Friday, 23 January 2015

Leadership Debate and the Smaller Parties

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I was just listening to BBC 5 Live getting in a tizz about the prospect of leadership debates with so many party leaders expected to take p...
Monday, 1 December 2014

Edinburgh is Missing an Eco-Tourist Trick

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Yesterday my daughter and I cycled from our home down to Crammond village, on the coast of the Firth of Forth.  On the way out, I had made a...
Thursday, 20 November 2014

TTIP and ISDS - one good, one bad.

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The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has hit a major stumbling block, with the announcement that France will not sign it in i...
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