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McElhinney: What I Know about Margaret Thatcher
Blog Post, April, 18 2013
Phil McElhinney
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A few things I remember about Margaret Thatcher
McElhinney: Nuclear Weapons: Israel & North Korea
Blog Post, February, 27 2013
Phil McElhinney
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The different reactions to Iran possibly getting nuclear weapons (although Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful energy purposes) and North Korea which is already a de facto nuclear state and makes no secret of its nuclear ambitions.
McElhinney: The Army Reserves, patriotism & JK Rowling
Blog Post, November, 17 2012
Phil McElhinney
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British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond considers a "League of Patriotic Employers" for companies who employ army reservists. What is really needed is for companies to display their patriotism by paying their share of taxes as Harry Potter author...
McElhinney: England v Serbia Racism & European football
Blog Post, October, 21 2012
Phil McElhinney
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Despite racist abuse of England footballers tackling racism is not a priority for UEFA the governing body of European football.
McElhinney: Martin McGuinness & The Queen
Blog Post, June, 30 2012
Phil McElhinney
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The Queen receives credit for her forgiving nature as she shakes hands with former IRA man Martin McGuinness but few people look at the meeting from McGuinness' point of view
McElhinney: John Carlos & The 'Black Power Salute' 1968
Blog Post, June, 20 2012
Phil McElhinney
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At the 1968 Olympics John Carlos and Tommie Smith were vilified for raising clenched fist after receiving their medals and giving what became known as a 'Black Power Salute'. Carlos has just completed a speaking tour of the UK where he talked abou...
McElhinney: Bombing Auschwitz
Blog Post, March, 26 2012
Phil McElhinney
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Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu equates America's refusal to sanction an attack on Iran with the allies refusal to bomb Auschwitz during the second world war. But would an attack on Auschwitz have stopped the mass murder or even been fe...
McElhinney: Don't say prayers in public, Jesus said so.
Blog Post, February, 22 2012
Phil McElhinney
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The National Secular Society win a High court ruling banning Prayers before Council meetings. The British government then overturns the ban despite the fact that praying in public goes against what Jesus taught in the sermon on the mount.
McElhinney: Russia, China (and the US) Isolated at the UN
Blog Post, February, 07 2012
Phil McElhinney
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Hilary Clinton criticises Russia and China for vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence against protesters in Syria, but the US is often alone in vetoing resolutions criticising Israel
McElhinney: Stephen Lawrence and the Daily Mail
Blog Post, January, 06 2012
Phil McElhinney
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The Daily Mail receives great praise for its coverage of the Stephen lawrence investigation but at first like much of the media it was not particularly interested in the murder of a black teenager
McElhinney: Who loves Israel the most, Obama or the Republicans?
Blog Post, December, 30 2011
Phil McElhinney
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With the Presidential election approaching candidates for the Whitehouse and the President himself want to prove that they love Israel more then their rivals and why Rick perry is wrong on the "heroes of Masada"
McElhinney: The UK Economy & Public Spending Cuts
Blog Post, December, 22 2011
Phil McElhinney
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As UK Unemployment rises and the governments hopes of a private sector led recovery aren't working was there an alternative to the governments cutbacks?
McElhinney: Why Insurance companies and Western Navies Love Somali Pirates
Blog Post, October, 31 2011
Phil McElhinney
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Western companies profiting from Somali piracy and navies who will not stop piracy but still claim 'success`
McElhinney: Twitter, FillyStein & Me
Blog Post, October, 12 2011
Phil McElhinney
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A debate on twitter I've had with a pro Israel tweeter.
McElhinney: British progress in Afghanistan
Blog Post, March, 12 2011
Phil McElhinney
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British Defence secretary Liam Fox gives an unduly optimistic view of British progress in Afghanistan
McElhinney: British support of the Libyan military
Blog Post, February, 28 2011
Phil McElhinney
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How in recent years the British Government has armed and trained the Libyan army.
McElhinney: Somalia the US & the Islamic Courts Union
Blog Post, February, 03 2011
Phil McElhinney
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Since 2007 the fragile US & UN backed government in Somalia the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has been involved in a civil war against the al-Shabab militia who want to impose an extreme form of sharia law on Somalia.
