Editorial: Beyond the Braeton tragedy
The Braeton Inquest has finally reached the stage of a 6-4 jury verdict that no one was criminally responsible for the deaths of seven young men, fatally shot by a police party in March last year. As was perhaps inevitable, the initial reaction to the...
Election observers - helpful or useless?
The notion of election observation, the various tasks it involves, what it ought to be and its usefulness in facilitating change in a particular political sphere, has been the subject of great discussion in international academic circles. Surprisingly...
Balance the issues dear Peter
For the last many years, I've been bemused whenever commentators have said that there was no difference between the two major political parties, and no better is either coming or can ever come. Not only is this utterly nihilistic, but it is also totally..
It never rains but it pours
I cannot recall where the headline to this piece, "It never rains but it pours" comes from, but it's a phrase that has been part of my lexicon for many years. These past weeks the phrase has been with me day and night. Before the first drop fell, my...
Free education not the issue
I have noticed that the latest political football is free education, and I imagine that it's only because it is that issue which appeals most to every voter. First of all, it should be clarified that it was Antonnette Haughton's United People's...
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