Mars Hill (Nothing whatsoever to do with that church) blogger. Labour Party member, moderate. Retweets do not mean endorsements
#MarsHillBlog Post On sources claiming that Putin wants to freeze the war in Ukraine #VladimirPutin #Russia #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/sour...
It’s understandable . Putin is stuck in a situation which he is finding it hard to get out of and is becoming increasingly unpopular at hom...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On John Redwood becoming the 73rd Conservative MP to stand down at the next general election #JohnRedwood #Conservatives #GE2024 #GeneralElection #Wokingham #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/john...
Granted he may feel that he just wants a change, but given the fact that it is now, and not, say, last year or in 2022, does lead one to wo...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Keir Starmer saying that there will be TV debates with Sunak #RishiSunak #Conservatives #KeirStarmer #Labour #GE2024 #GeneralElection #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/star...
Given how general elections are run now, I think Keir Starmer agreeing to TV debates was inevitable, but he is right to query the number o...
paulburgin.blogspot.comMarsHillBlog Post On Jeremy Corbyn saying he will be standing as an Independent in Islington North #JeremyCorbyn #KeirStarmer #Labour #GE2024 #GeneralElection #IslingtonNorth #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/jere...
Not really a surprise, but it does underline the horrors and difficulties of the years in which Corbyn was leader and how much the Labour ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the release of a video showing Hamas interrogating captured female Israeli soldiers #Hamas #Terrorism #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/hama...
Any decent individual who has seen these reports and film footage can fail to be horrified and disgusted by Hamas's actions here Yes, more...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post Sunak’s mistake in a brewery #RishiSunak #Conservatives #GE2024 #GeneralElection #HouseofCommons #Westminster #Wales #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/suna...
In the sort of place used as a metaphor to highlight incompetence ("Couldn't organise a **** up in a brewery"), Sunak should how out of tou...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the release of a video showing Hamas interrogating captured female Israeli soldiers #Hamas #Terrorism #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/hama...
Any decent individual who has seen these reports and film footage can fail to be horrified and disgusted by Hamas's actions here Yes, more...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Ed Dwight becoming the oldest person in Space, some sixty years after being controversially rejected by NASA #EdDwight #USA #Space paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/ed-d...
After so many years, after being controversially rejected by NASA, at last natural justice has prevailed and Ed Dwight has achieved a dream...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post A lot of Conservative MP’s standing down this election #Conservatives #GE2024 #GeneralElection #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-...
To be fair, some will be standing down for other and varied reasons, but one cannot help but get the impression that many are preferring ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post General Election for 4th July #IndependenceDay #RishiSunak #Conservatives #EdDavey #LibDems #KeirStarmer #Labour #GE2024 #GeneralElection #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/gene...
Independence Day. Well, well, well, a good enough day if the Tories are defeated. To be honest I was not expecting this until the last mom...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Ireland, Norway, and Spain recognising "State of Palestine" #Hamas #Terrorism #BenjaminNetanyahu #Ireland #Norway #Spain #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/irel...
I think I understand why they have done this this . However I think, at this time, it is a mistake with potentially serious consequences. ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the US Treasury Secretary looking into giving financial support for Ukraine via $50bn seized Russian assets #VladimirPutin #Russia #JanetYellen #USA #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/us-t...
C.S. Lewis's Cambridge. My latest Substack article #CSLewis #MagdaleneCollege #Cambridge open.substack.com/pub/paulburg...
Many, understandably, associate C.S. Lewis with Oxford. However there is another English University City with which Lewis has academic connections.
open.substack.comC.S. Lewis's Cambridge. My latest Substack article open.substack.com/pub/paulburg...
Many, understandably, associate C.S. Lewis with Oxford. However there is another English University City with which Lewis has academic connections.
open.substack.com#MarsHillBlog Post On German speaking Russians being targeted for army by Putin Regime #VladimirPutin #Russia #Germany #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/puti...
There is speculation as to why Putin is doing this , especially as the German Russians are a marginalised minority in Russia. What I suspec...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post What next for Iran? #Iran paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/what...
A difficult moment for it's government, but it is clear reading the reports on the current situation that if any change, any move away fro...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Prime Minister apologising to infected blood scandal victims #HIV #HepatitisC #KennethClarke #RishiSunak #KeirStarmer #Conservatives #Labour #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/prim...
It is beyond horrific that 30,000 people were knowingly given blood transfusions infected with HIV and Hepatitis C. One in ten of those pe...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the ICC Chief Prosecutor seeking arrest warrants for both Hamas and Israeli leaders #YahyaSinwar #Hamas #Terrorism #BenjaminNetanyahu #KarimKhan #ICC #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/chie...
Well this this was an unexpected legal move. One suspects that it will garner a lot of support, especially from some of those who will no...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the deaths of the Iranian President and Foreign Minister in a helicopter crash #EbrahimRaisi #Iran paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/iran...
Where to begin with this ! Amidst all the condolences being paid to the Iranian government, and my thoughts and prayers are with Ebrahim Rai...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the standard of living declining in Canada #Finance #Canada paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/stan...
A reminder to the Canadian Liberal government not to get complacent. It is also a reminder for the rest of us that the Global Economy is st...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Islamic State claiming responsibility for the killing of three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan #Isis #Afghanistan #Terrorism #Spain paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/isla...
An horrific attack and I hope and pray that those responsible face justice. At the same time there are reasons why Afghanistan is deemed as...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Iranian President being caught up in a helicopter crash #EbrahimRaisi #Iran paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/iran...
Few details as of yet, as poor weather, which apparently was not only responsible for the crash, is also hampering efforts to reach the sit...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On France aiming to regain control after violence in New Caledonia #France #NewCaledonia paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/fran...
An horrific situation and hopefully things will now calm down. Whatever the causes, the violence is unjustified. One hopes that, whatever ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog On an Israeli Cabinet Minister threatening resignation #Hamas #Terrorism #BenjaminNetanyahu #YoavGallant #BennyGantz #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/isra...
Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu have a difficult relationship anyway but this highlights two things. First of all the pressures from th...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the elections in South Africa #SouthAfricanGeneralElection #SouthAfrica paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/anc-...
2024 is a year when many countries are facing elections and South Africa is no exception. One situation regarding these forthcoming elect...
paulburgin.blogspot.comMy latest Substack article #MarjorieTaylorGreene #Populism paulburgin.substack.com/p/good-behav...
Marjorie Taylor Greene's behaviour at a Congressional hearing this past week highlights not just the need for good conduct in legislatures, but also that some are keen to tear up such rules
paulburgin.substack.comFrom the archives of #MarsHillBlog On this day in 2023, the suspected poisoning of a Russian dissident #VladimirPutin #NataliaArno #Russia paulburgin.blogspot.com/2023/05/russ...
I hope and pray that Natalia Arno makes a full recovery, but doesn't this show just how insecure Vladimir Putin feels that he feels the nee...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On a Tory Peer having the Whip removed after foul mouthed drunken outburst in Lords bar #KulveerRanger #Conservatives #HouseofLords #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/tory...
I am glad to see that action has been taken and will be taken, and that Lord Ranger has apologised. I hope he receives the help that he nee...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Marjorie Taylor Greene leading personal insults at a US Congressional hearing, which then degenerates into chaos #DonaldTrump #MarjorieTaylorGreene #Republicans #Democrats #USHouseOfRepresentatives #USCongress #USA paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/marj...
There is the accusation that several Republicans skipped votes in the House of Representatives, so that they could go to New York to watch ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Irish Taoiseach raising concerns over Rafah to Israel's President #Hamas #Terrorism #SimonHarris #Ireland #BenjaminNetanyahu #IssacHerzog #Rafah #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/iris...
It was, from what one can gather, a constructive conversation , but one also hopes that the way forward here is to work with Israel's Presi...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Irish Taoiseach raising concerns over Rafah to Israel's President #Hamas #Terrorism #SimonHarris #Ireland #BenjaminNetanyahu #IssacHerzog #Rafah #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/iris...
It was, from what one can gather, a constructive conversation , but one also hopes that the way forward here is to work with Israel's Presi...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On French police shooting dead a suspect believed to have been caught trying to set fire to a synagogue #antiSemitism #Rouen #France paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/fren...
Anyone who thinks that there is not an alarming rise in anti-Semitism is living in cloud cuckoo land. I am relieved that the suspect was s...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On further arrests and beatings of non violent protesters in Georgia #VladimirPutin #Russia #Georgia paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/furt...
Where to begin with this ? I think that this is a sign of further instability and move towards authoritarian rule that we are seeing in som...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the shooting of the Slovak Prime Minister #RobertFico #Slovakia paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/slov...
Whatever one thinks of Robert Fico's politics, there is no place in any civilised country to decide that assassinating such a man is an ans...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Tzav 9, a group of Israeli protesters, blocking aid going into Gaza #Hamas #Terrorism #Tzav9 #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/tzav...
I understand the fear that has led these protesters to take this action, but this is a humanitarian situation. There are innocent as well...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the government to give £140m aid to Yemen #UnitedKingdom #Aid #Yemen paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/gove...
Important and timely . First and foremost because there is a moral duty to help those in dire need, the second reason is that, if one lets ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Antony Blinken's visit to Kyiv #VladimirPutin #Russia #AntonyBlinken #USA #Kyiv #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/ony-...
If nothing is achieved during the visit, and plenty will be achieved, Secretary of State Blinken's presence in Kyiv is enough. It is a rem...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Antony Blinken's visit to Kyiv #VladimirPutin #Russia #AntonyBlinken #USA #Kyiv #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/ony-...
If nothing is achieved during the visit, and plenty will be achieved, Secretary of State Blinken's presence in Kyiv is enough. It is a rem...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the livestream portal between Dublin and New York temporarily being shut down for “inappropriate behaviour” #Livestream #Portal #Dublin #Ireland #NewYorkCity #NYC #NewYork #USA paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/live...
So after a few days, the large livestream portal between O’Connell Street in Dublin and Fifth Avenue in New York City was shut down temporar...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Germany considering conscription for all 18 year olds in the face of Russian aggression #VladimirPutin #Russia #Germany paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/germ...
This hits home just how far Vladimir Putin has dragged Russia into the gutter. The threat to Russia's European neighbours is real and what...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Bollywood star who says democracy is under attack across the World #ShabanaAzmi #Bollywood #India #Democracy paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/boll...
Shabana Azmi has a point . Over the past decade we have seen the rise of populism, we have seen the brutal testing in several countries of ...
paulburgin.blogspot.comMost read #MarsHillBlog Post of the week. On the Gaza conflict overshadowing Eurovision #Hamas #Terrorism #BambieThug #Ireland #Eurovision2024 #Eurovision #Malmo #Sweden #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/gaza...
I disagree with Bambie Thug, the Irish contestant regarding making political statements about the event. I appreciate the issue cannot be a...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the wildfire near Fort McMurray #Fires #FortMcMurray #AlbertaWildfires #Alberta #Canada paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/wild...
The thought of another Canadian wildfire hitting Fort McMurray, where I have some relatives, is somewhat unnerving, but it shows how vola...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Putin replacing the Russian Defence Minister #VladimirPutin #SergeiShoigu #Russia #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/puti...
They may be plenty of reasons for this , but what is clear is that Vladimir Putin is feeling frustrated with the Russian progress, or rathe...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Georgian Opposition politician being beaten by hooded thugs #VladimirPutin #Russia #DimitriChikovani #Georgia paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/geor...
Disturbing news , and it is probable that the Putin Regime, or those sympathetic to Putin are responsible. It is an horrific reminder of ho...
paulburgin.blogspot.comA blogpost I wrote in 2020 on the death of John Smith, which happened 30 years ago today #JohnSmith #Labour #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2020/05/on-t...
History is littered with What If's, one of them being what if John Smith hadn't have died? He was popular in the country, had the support of...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Olympic torch arriving in France #Olympics2024 #OlympicGames #Paris #France paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/olym...
Among those who will be bearing the Torch to Paris is an 102 year old who fought with the French Resistance during the Second World War. It...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Switzerland winning Eurovision #Nemo #Switzerland #EurovisionSongContest #Eurovision #Malmo #Sweden paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/05/swit...
To be fair I was not expecting this , and to my embarrassment I didn’t hear the entry. I went to take a breath of fresh air from the Eurovi...
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