Month: September 2017

Kem Sokha, key rival of three-decade ruler Hun Sen, bundled away in police raid and accused of treason and foreign conspiracy as election looms in 2018The Cambodian opposition leader, Kem Sokha, has been arrested accused of treason, according to the government, in the latest of a flurry of legal cases Read more…

A military group has emerged in Rakhine state intent on fighting back against what it sees as decades of oppression by the Buddhist majorityThe voice crackles down the phone line. Hashem, a Rohingya Muslim fighter, is getting anxious.“Nah, nah, nah, nah,” he says. His group does abduct informers, but it Read more…

'There is clearly a lot of risk involved with holding an early election – and there is a real need to nail down the 'why' for doing so now,' memo said Via: Theresa May was warned not to call snap general election by campaign guru Lynton Crosby

This week, the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice delivers a new vision for the UK economy, one that joins prosperity with justice and builds the common goodToday, the unclear prospects of Brexit loom large over our economy and our politics. The vote to leave was, by definition, a vote against Read more…

Denying access to stomach-shrinking surgery shows how little we know about obesityObesity now comes second only to smoking as a cause of premature death in Europe and North America. It’s estimated to cost the NHS around £4bn a year. Yet last week, surgeons lambasted the NHS for severely limiting access to stomach-shrinking Read more…

Downing Street says reports the UK will pay £50bn to EU as part of the deal to leave the bloc are 'not true' Via: May pleads with pro-Remain Tories not to derail Brexit repeal bill, saying it would let Corbyn in