…..an Open Letter from Israeli citizens to British MP’s…..
Some Israeli friends have sent me an open letter requesting British MPs to vote in favour of today’s Motion in the House of Commons urging the British Government to recognize the Palestinian State side...
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….Remembrance is not enough…..
In November every year we stop and take time to remember those who died as well as those who continue to suffer as a result of their service in time of war, confronting danger and protecting freedom...
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……..the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
A sermon preached before the University of Dublin in the Chapel of Trinity College Dublin by John, Lord Alderdice, on Trinity Monday, 11 April 2016. Provost, Ceann Comhairle, Senator, Chaplains,...
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….sofa government was foolish, but intentional lying to parliament was...
House of Lords Debate on Iraq – 26 Feb 2003 By late 2002 it had become clear to me, and this was confirmed from my own sources in the security world, that the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, had decided,...
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……the danger in Europe is that it will not be a ‘sham fight’…..
Have you ever heard of the ‘Sham Fight’?………. Portrait of King William III – taken in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2014 Interested outsiders to Northern Ireland will often have heard of the Orange marches...
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……the lamps are going out again…..
Ceiling lights in the Al Rasheed Hotel, Baghdad, November 2009 (Photo: Allan Leonard) Some years ago, as fathers often do, I gave a piece of advice to my three children. In fact it was more of a plea...
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……thoughts from the Vicar of Baghdad….
Canon Andrew White, the Vicar of Baghdad, is an extraordinary fellow who has done remarkable work over many years in Iraq and other parts of the deeply troubled Middle East, and there are a number of...
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…..where I stand on Brexit……
Lord Alderdice issues warning to PM during Brexit debate reported by Stephen Walker BBC News NI Political Correspondent 27 February 2017 As BBC reported, I took the opportunity to set out where I...
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Why has this Generation dropped the baton….?
On the long and winding road of the Northern Ireland Peace Process the most important lesson we learned was that such intractable, violent, political problems were a result of disturbed historic...
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…….is anything happening with the Strategy to Disband Paramilitary Groups in...
Speaking in the House of Lords on the Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (Extension of duration of non-jury trial provisions) Order 2017 on 18 July 2017, Lord Alderdice said: “My Lords,...
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