British ambassador to the US Sir Nigel Sheinwald has rejected reports that he helped the son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi with his PhD thesis. This comes as the Foreign Office has confirmed Sheinwald used to meet Saif Gaddafi when he was studyin... Read more »
Britain Seeking a Deal with Kusa
Despite claims by the British http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifgovernment, that Libyan defector Musa Kusa will not be immune from court trials reports say he will be even rewarded for escaping to Britain. After what the British media called a “cl... Read more »
Anarchist Groups Planning Major Disruptions To Royal Wedding
He says they are putting together a “shock and awe” campaign. “It will involve a lot of fireworks, it will involve a lot of people dressed in black, it will involve a lot of very, very loud music to try and hack all the mainstream media broadcasts of that day.” CNN reports:
Read more »London, England (CNN) — “God Save the Queen … the fascist regime,” sang The Sex Pistols to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee in 1977. Now, Britain’s anarchists are targeting the royals again.
According to one leading anarchist protester, plans are being drawn up for a demonstration using “shock and awe” tactics to disrupt Prince William’s marriage to Kate Middleton on April 29.
Charlie Veitch, a former City banker who was made redundant during the financial crisis, heads a group of colorful protesters called the “Love Police Academy.” He says that anarchists will put on a “disruption spectacular.”
“As an anarchist, philosophical and political…
Colonialism Is Alive and Well
Today’s international conference in London "on the future of Libya" has an unmistakeable colonial ring about it. Put plainly, Britain, France and America are openly plotting the destiny of someone else’s country, which is in the midst of a civil w... Read more »
Britain Praises Ties With the Bahraini Despot
Despite the Bahraini regime's violent suppression of pro-democracy protestors, the British ambassador to the Persian Gulf kingdom is calling for even closer ties with the regime. The ambassador, Jamie Brown, introduces visitors of the website of the... Read more »
Britain Expels Libyan Diplomats
The British government has expelled five Libyan diplomats due to the possible threat they could bring for the national security of the country, Foreign Secretary says."To underline our grave concern at the regime's behaviour, I can announce ... that we... Read more »
A Peaceful Protest. The Inevitable Aftermath
There were two demonstrations in London yesterday. The first, and most enduringly important, was that by half a million people against the cuts that are falling disproportionately on vital public services and those who provide them. The other one wa... Read more »
Over 400,000 Join London Anti-Cuts March
Hundreds of thousands of British opposing to the coalition government's budget cuts are marching in London streets, chanting for an alternative to the government's austerity cuts. Tens of thousands of teachers, council staff, nurses, students, Natio... Read more »
British Police Threaten Strike Action
British police in Warwickshire have announced that their forces may go on strike in protest at the coalition government's massive cuts program. The announcement comes at a time when the biggest protest gathering is on the offing in the UK with at le... Read more »
Meet Jack Black, Rat-Catcher To The Queen
From “The Rats of London” at victoriangothic.org:
Read more »If you were a rat in mid-century London, [Jack Black] was your nemesis. “Moist as rabbits, and quite as nice,” was how he described the rats he cooked for his own consumption. Sewer rats, he insisted, were just as good as barn rats, if you gave them a few days’ chase before killing them.
Rat-catching was a regular profession among London’s poor, allowing one to leverage a childhood spent peeking under floorboards and playing with filthy animals into a full and rewarding career. Armed with quick dogs and well-trained ferrets, Black and his colleagues ’sterminated rats by the hundred, collecting their fees on a cash-only basis. It was a “peculiar and exciting” line of work, according to Ike Matthews, who wrote the book on rat-catching; one where you could be own boss and turn long sojourns into the country with your hunting animals into a remunerative business.
Like many a…
