Mark Thomas
Articles by Mark Thomas
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Society
Mark Thomas prefers freedom
- 01 August 2005
According to our Home Secretary, the official position is: negotiate with terrorists, no; negotiate with torturers, yes. The Third Way strikes again
Politics
They came, they talked, they left. For what?
- 18 July 2005
G8 - Geldof asked for perspective and then gave the G8 full marks on aid. Come off it
World Affairs
Mark Thomas seals his jam jars with attitude
- 04 July 2005
G8 - The International Monetary Fund's very ideology runs counter to developing nations' needs: it is in fact a nasty little cult, though dyslexics might find that word offensive
Politics
Mark Thomas looks closely at his wristband
- 20 June 2005
US foreign aid programmes give more back to the giver than to the needy and help ailing armies shoot more Palestinians. Is this a cause worth wearing a wristband for?
Politics
Mark Thomas watches aid money go down the drain
- 06 June 2005
Africa may as well stick up an enormous sign saying "Clearance sale. Everything must go", as an entire continent is reduced to the status of a pound shop
Politics
Mark Thomas compares the UK to Kimberley Quinn
- 23 May 2005
Despite the odd murmur about human rights, Britain remains the Kimberley Quinn of torturers and despots in south-east Asia
Society
Mark Thomas - assesses the threat of banner-waving
- 02 May 2005
It is now an offence to "spoil the visual aspect" of Parliament Square. Which is legal speak for telling people to clear off and take away their banners about the war
Society
Mark Thomas finds torture for sale on the web
- 28 March 2005
The NS uncovered a UK company selling torture equipment worldwide. It was advertising openly on the web - but the government had not even investigated it
Society
Mark Thomas notes it's boom time for arms dealers
- 14 March 2005
By introducing deregulation by stealth, Patricia Hewitt is prising open the gates to an arms bazaar. So much for "the toughest export regulations in the world"
Society
Mark Thomas scoffs at a meaningless apology
- 28 February 2005
Blair finally said "sorry" to some of the innocent prisoners released after years of being locked up, but if he meant it, he'd have offered money to look after their mental health
