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NOT ISLAMIC & IN NO STATE FOR ANYTHING
What’s in a name? Quite a lot, actually. Ask any brand manager. Like the one who famously decided that you’re “never alone” with a Strand cigarette actually left you utterly alone and possibly suicidal beside the Thames. Or the Pinto car that...
THE LIKELY PLIGHT OF AIRASIA 8501
Contributed by Starkey Ward (N D MacCartan-Ward DSC AFC Commander RN) AirAsia Flight 8501 was at about 38,000 feet when the pilots reportedly asked to be allowed to climb over "bad weather" - which to all intents and purposes meant over a...
WEST ON ISLAMIC STATE: Damned if it does or doesn’t!
It's been a very tough call in Parliament today. Everybody loathes Islamic State (IS) and what it stands for. The need and desire to stop them in their tracks by all in the civilised world is understandable. Airstrikes may blunt their activities...