The British government recently announced that a national service of commemoration will take place on March 13th to mark the end of combat operations in Afghanistan (link here). Bookended by the campaigns in Iraq (the latest of which continued to be busy last weekend, see here) the last decade or so of fighting has seen the purpose and…
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The Litvinenko Inquiry – Deeper issues, deeper questions.
Days 5 to 8 – up to February 10th “In relation to any given subject, the conversation would develop into something quite far-reaching and quite complex that was really difficult to grasp…it would change from one topic to another, [leading to] deeper issues, deeper questions, deeper answers.” So said a witness to the Inquiry on…
Back to the future
Update in light of the House of Commons Report This post first went up on January 22nd. I update it now as Britain’s House of Commons Defence Select Committee has released a report today criticising Britain’s limited military involvement in the fight against Da’ish (also known as Islamic State). Reinforcing the concerns I raised in the…
The Litvinenko Inquiry – Small details, big impact.
Days 3 and 4 – February 2nd and 3rd Small details can easily be muscled aside in big stories. But it is often the little things that provide the human context, especially where the subject matter is otherwise too extraordinary to allow such mundane issues to see much daylight. Marina and Anatoly Litvinenko, widow and son…
The Litvinenko Inquiry – Confirmation and denials.
Day 2 – 28th January How easy is it to actually kill someone anonymously? I leaned into that question, albeit in a somewhat glib manner, with the post Not in front of the children. I ask it now because many commenting on the Litvinenko Inquiry have questioned why a would-be assassin might employ such a bizarre…
The Litvinenko Inquiry – Day 1
Day 1 – 27th January The Litvinenko Inquiry that started today in London’s Royal Courts of Justice is expected to take nine weeks and be complete before Easter. There will be many who will wish it could take longer. Sir Robert Owen, Chairman of the inquiry, said he will “make public the final conclusion on…
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