Mars Hill (Nothing whatsoever to do with that church) blogger. Labour Party member, moderate. Retweets do not mean endorsements
#MarsHillBlog Post On the Congressional hearing yesterday, involving Robert Hur #DonaldTrump #Republicans #RobertHur #JoeBiden #Democrats #USCongress #USA paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/robe...
Robert Hur defending his report was not a surprise, Democrats attacking Hur for the report and Republicans angry that it does not attack B...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On an ally of Alexei Navalny being attacked with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania #VladimirPutin #AlexeiNavalny #LeonidVolkov #Russia #Vilnius #Lithuania paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/nava...
This is a reminder that whilst the news cycle may have moved on from Alexei Navalny for the time being, Vladimir Putin has not. Such are ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Lord Cameron urging Israelis to open Port so that aid can flow into Gaza #Hamas #Terrorism #BenjaminNetanyahu #Jordan #LordCameron #UnitedKingdom #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/lord...
The Netanyahu government will have their reasons not to at the ready, but this aspect of the Gaza situation is not about fighting terrorism...
paulburgin.blogspot.comSometimes when people need hope, they don't want airy pie in the sky promises of hope, or even prayers for hope. They want practical hope, tangible hope, they want the hard evidence that things will improve because the rest has not shown up anything
May to December. When will the next General Election take place! My latest article for Substack #GeneralElection #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom open.substack.com/pub/paulburg...
#MarsHillBlog Post On Tories downplaying racist comments and keep donations, as Diane Abbott says she is frightened #FrankHester #Conservatives #DianeAbbott #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/tori...
This is horrific on several levels. While it is good that Frank Hester has apologised, we must not and cannot downplay the damage this has ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the UK warning against all travel to Haiti #Haiti #USA #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/uk-w...
The problem here is that Haiti has been nearly ungovernable for some while. The fact that the outgoing Prime Minister there has had virtua...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the results of the Portuguese General Election #PortugueseGeneralElection #Portugal paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/resu...
Some results have still to come in and my thoughts are with the people of Portugal, whatever their politics, but it is a reminder to all of...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the continuing fallout in Germany over Russian leak #VladimirPutin #Russia #Germany #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/fall...
An awful and regrettable state of affairs, but a reminder to everyone in positions of authority to be very careful at all times on where th...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On reports of restrictions on Ramadan in Jerusalem #Hamas #Terrorism #Ramadan #Islam #Jerusalem #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/repo...
I appreciate the importance of security and care being taken, but more care and diplomacy must surely be used in this situation. Restrict...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Tories' biggest donor and alleged racist comments about Diane Abbott #FrankHester #Conservatives #DianeAbbott #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/tori...
Even in this day and age and with all the dysfunctional behaviour around the Conservative Party, this is profoundly shocking. If true, I ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Lee Anderson defecting to Reform UK from the Conservatives #LeeAnderson #ReformUK #Conservatives #Labour #Ashfield #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/lee-...
Well this is a surprise but at the same time not a surprise. One cannot guarantee that the following will happen, but I suspect that Lee A...
paulburgin.blogspot.comMost read #MarsHillBlog Post of the week. On the defacing in Cambridge of a portrait of Arthur Balfour #ArthurBalfour #Cambridge #UnitedKingdom #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...
This was a cruel and malicious act, not least because it was in some respects, an attack on the concept of the State of Israel, let alone i...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On concerns over the issue of extremism in UK politics #Islamophobia #RishiSunak #PritiPatel #FiyazMughal #Islam #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/conc...
When you have three former Home Secretaries, all of whom are Conservative, one of them being Priti Patel, warning the Prime Minister not t...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Canada stating that it is restoring funding for UNWRA #Hamas #Terrorism #UNWRA #Canada #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/cana...
I can understand the reasoning why , and aiding Gaza is an emergency and a priority, but surely Canada, and indeed other countries, need to...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the protests around the opening of the Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, yesterday #Holocaust #HolocaustMuseum #Amsterdam #Netherlands #IssacHerzog #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/holo...
Apparently this is because the museum was being opened by the President of Israel, Issac Herzog. I am angry, saddened, and shocked that s...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On France talking with Baltic allies over aiding Ukraine against Russia #VladimirPutin #Russia #NATO #Estonia #France #Latvia #Lithuania #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/fran...
There is the fear that France, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are being too quick on this issue , and I do think we have to have our red li...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Pope being criticised for urging Ukraine to talk to Russia #VladimirPutin #Russia #PopeFrancis #Vatican #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/pope...
I am disappointed with Pope Francis's comments. It would not have been so bad if he had made the same demands on Russia, and he did not. In ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Vladimir Kara-Murza's wife saying that the UK government have not been doing enough to help free her husband #VladimirPutin #VladimirKaraMurza #Russia #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/vlad...
On one hand the UK government are following policy that has been the same for decades, namely do not negotiate with kidnappers and terroris...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the continuing aid drops to refugees in Gaza #Hamas #Terrorism #BenjaminNetanyahu #Jordan #USA #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/furt...
One cannot underestimate the work both Jordan and the United States have done to help refugees in Gaza over the past few days. However, th...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the third mass kidnapping of school children in Nigeria in a week #Kidnapping #Nigeria paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/thir...
A horrifying situation and one cannot imagine the anguish that the parents and guardians of these children are going through. I hope and p...
paulburgin.blogspot.comNearly 200 Years of Photography. My latest Substack article #Photography #NicephoreNiepce #LouisDaguerre #WilliamFoxTalbot open.substack.com/pub/paulburg...
In about two years we will see the bicentenary of the oldest surviving camera photograph
open.substack.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the defacing in Cambridge of a portrait of Arthur Balfour #ArthurBalfour #Cambridge #UnitedKingdom #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...
#MarsHillBlog Post On the defacing in Cambridge of a portrait of Arthur Balfour #ArthourBalfour #Cambridge #UnitedKingdom #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...
This was a cruel and malicious act, not least because it was in some respects, an attack on the concept of the State of Israel, let alone i...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Irish Wolfhound to feature in new Irish Passports #Dogs #IrishWolfhound #Ireland paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/iris...
To be honest I have not paid much attention to this creature at all, but I like the reasoning and I like the choice. It also makes me won...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post Goldfinger and The Living Daylights, or why Calvin Dyson has made me think #JamesBond #Films #Goldfinger #TheLivingDaylights @calvindyson paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/gold...
Calvin Dyson is one of those reviewers on YouTube who tends to make me think and one of my first world concerns lately is whether I have ov...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post Why should this K-Pop star apologise? #KPop #Karina #Japan #SouthKorea paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/why-...
This reminds me of the way they tried to keep the romantic lives of pop and rock stars out of the news in the 1960s, for example John Lenn...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Theresa May standing down as MP at the next general election #TheresaMay #Maidenhead #Conservatives #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/ther...
Politics aside, as a person I have always liked Theresa May, maybe it is partly due to the fact that we spent part of our respective childh...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the deficit problem at the Ministry of Defence #Defence #MinistryofDefence #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/defi...
This is alarming, it is especially alarming given the state of the World at the moment, not least with regards to Ukraine and the fears th...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Biden's State of the Union address, regarding Ukraine #VladimirPutin #Russia #JoeBiden #StateOfTheUnion #StateOfTheUnion2024 #USCongress #USA #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/bide...
From an outside perspective it was a good speech where Ukraine is concerned. For the fight to help keep Ukraine free, we need American supp...
paulburgin.blogspot.comMy latest Substack article, a review of Nick Thomas-Symonds biography of Harold Wilson paulburgin.substack.com/p/review-of-...
#MarsHillBlog Post On yesterday's budget #JeremyHunt #Conservatives #Budget2024 #Budget #HouseofCommons #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/budg...
Not a fireworks budget , but let's be honest, Jeremy Hunt does not have much room for manoeuvre. There was nothing to excite the Conservati...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the deaths of three people on a ship attacked by Houthi rebels #Houthi #Terrorism #Barbados #Liberia #Philippines #Yemen #Israel #RedSea paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/thre...
The ship is Liberian owned and flies the flag of Barbados. One of the three was Filipino. What harm have these countries done! All they did...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Nikki Haley pulling out of the US Presidential race #DonaldTrump #NikkiHaley #Republicans #2024Elections #USElections #PresidentialElection #USA paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/nikk...
The only surprise about this is that Nikki Haley has lasted as long as she has. It is a painful moment for many Republicans who are agains...
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Nikki Haley has ended her campaign, the only surprise is that it is this early.
I hope one day many Republicans who support Trump will lie in a darkened room and reflect on their actions
From the archives of #MarsHillBlog On this day in 2014. How the UK version of the House of Cards trilogy should have ended! #HouseofCards #Westminster #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2014/03/how-...
WARNING. SOME SPOILERS WITH REGARD TO UK VERSION! I have recently been watching the original UK version of House of Cards with Rachel, bef...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the Super Tuesday results #DonaldTrump #Republicans #JoeBiden #Democrats #SuperTuesday2024 #SuperTuesday #2024Elections #USElections #PresidentialElection #USA paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-...
Scarcely surprising . Donald Trump is going to be the Republican Candidate for President, and President Biden will be the Democrat Candidat...
paulburgin.blogspot.comMy Review on Substack of Harold Wilson: The Winner, by Nick Thomas-Symonds #Labour #HaroldWilson open.substack.com/pub/paulburg...
Nick Thomas-Symonds biography of Harold Wilson is perhaps the best study of one of the greatest Post-war Prime Ministers yet
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#MarsHillBlog Post On US Supreme Court allowing Trump to remain on Colorado ballot, effectively saying that Trump is not responsible for Jan 6th riots #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USSupremeCourt #2024Elections #USElections #Colorado #USA paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/us-s...
To be honest, the US Supreme Court has such a reputation for being toothless that this is scarcely a surprise. However it is potentially ve...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On France making abortion a constitutional right #Abortion #France paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/fran...
People will be reacting to this with either outrage, relief, or feeling torn between their emotions and logic. But to those who subscribe ...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the forthcoming rail strike in Germany #Railways #Transport #Germany paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/fort...
I am not going to make any judgements on this . I do not know enough about it to make a judgement, but I will say that I hope that this iss...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On the US Vice President urging a credible humanitarian plan from Israel before they move further into Rafah #Hamas #Terrorism #BenjaminNetanyahu #KamalaHarris #USA #Rafah #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/us-v...
This strikes me as basic common sense and I am very concerned if the Israeli government have not got one already. If the Netanyahu governme...
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#MarsHillBlog Post On US Supreme Court allowing Trump to remain on Colorado ballot, effectively saying that Trump is not responsible for Jan 6th riots
God help America!
#DonaldTrump #Republicans #USSupremeCourt #2024Elections #USElections #Colorado #USA paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/us-s...
To be honest, the US Supreme Court has such a reputation for being toothless that this is scarcely a surprise. However it is potentially ve...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On concerns over the fear Jewish people in London are feeling over Pro Palestinian marches #antiSemitism #Protest #JeremyHunt #TracyAnnOberman #Sheffield #London #UnitedKingdom paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/jere...
Sadly this is what I have been hearing and reading about as well. Whilst some of the protests have been peaceful, some have been intimidat...
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#MarsHillBlog Post On Nikki Haley winning the Republican Primary in Washington DC #DonaldTrump #NikkiHaley #DonaldTrump #Republicans #USElections #2024Elections #WashingtonDC #USA
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Whilst this has stopped the continual wins of Donald Trump in the Republican Primaries in it's tracks, this should be of no surprise. Wash...
paulburgin.blogspot.comMost read #MarsHillBlog Post of the week. On Yulia Navalnaya's statement to the European Parliament that Putin cannot be negotiated with #VladimirPutin #YuliaNavalnaya #Russia #EuropeanParliament #Ukraine paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/02/yuli...
An obvious truth , and if people cannot see that, then they are ignorant or wilfully blind. The way to deal with Vladimir Putin is to stand...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Israel currently boycotting Gaza talks #Hamas #Terrorism #Cairo #Egypt #Qatar #USA #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/isra...
I do hope that the issues around this are dealt with and that the talks organised by both Egypt and Qatar will happen with all parties pre...
paulburgin.blogspot.com#MarsHillBlog Post On Houthi rebels vowing to target British ships #Hamas #Houthi #Terrorism #Yemen #UnitedKingdom #Gaza #Israel paulburgin.blogspot.com/2024/03/hout...
This is highly counterproductive. The British ships will get Naval protection and the Houthi aggression will not go ignored. One has to ask...
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