Mark Thomas
Articles by Mark Thomas
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Politics
Mark Thomas wonders why we don't like children
- 01 December 2003
In northern Uganda, thousands of children are abducted and subjected to atrocities. Is this another case where the west doesn't care because there's no oil involved? Asks Mark Thomas
World Affairs
Mark Thomas has a letter for Hilary Benn
- 17 November 2003
The Secretary of State for International Development has decided to back a World Bank loan for a BP oil pipeline. News to delight chief executives across the land
Politics
Mark Thomas plans a punishing protest against Bush
- 03 November 2003
A new crop of fly-posters and stickers has started to appear on bus shelters and in public toilets, some urging the kind of non-violent direct action Gandhi would not approve of
World Affairs
Mark Thomas advises indebted Iraq to do a runner
- 20 October 2003
Iraq has debts of at least $200bn. Its best bet is to promise to pay up and then do a runner, taking all the fixtures and fittings with it and leaving not a light bulb or socket behind
Politics
Mark Thomas gives a baroness an ultimatum
- 06 October 2003
Baroness Amos has a choice: she can approve public money for the Baku oil pipeline, or she can behave like she might just give a damn about people blighted by poverty and conflict
Economy
Mark Thomas imagines a terrorist in a tutu
- 22 September 2003
Had any violence kicked off outside the arms fair, the dealers would have been straight in there, handing out business cards and flogging assault rifles labelled as machine parts
Politics
Mark Thomas - It creates jobs? So does burglary
- 08 September 2003
They say arms sales generate jobs. So does burglary. But do ministers hand out awards for Most Innovative Use of a Crowbar?
Politics
Mark Thomas can't wait to hear Archer's freedom story
- 28 July 2003
I can't wait to hear Archer's own version of how he gained his freedom, which will probably involve a maze of tunnels, a vaulting horse and hundreds of well-wishing prisoners
