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Grant Shapps giving a speech at London's Lancaster House, where he announced that Britain will send 20,000 service personnel to one of Nato's largest military exercises since the Cold War

COMMENT Stuart Nicolson: The UK's language on defence is as absurd as it is irresponsible

WE can expect to be at war with China within the next five years, apparently. As if that prospect isn’t troubling enough in itself, you can also add Russia, Iran and North Korea to the mix.

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It's not right for state-backed violence to be above the law, writes Stuart Nicolson

COMMENT Irish court case against UK shows state killing can never be brushed under the carpet

As Ireland takes the UK Government to court over new legislation, Stuart Nicolson on why the issue matters

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The UK should take a leaf out of Germany’s book – with cities all over the country, such as Hamburg, given chances to shine instead of just the capital

COMMENT Germany shows what is possible while London drains people and resources
HAMBURG was the picturesque venue for the draw for next summer’s footballing extravaganza in Germany.

JFK was assassinated sixty years ago

COMMENT How JFK's assassination marked the start of the age of cynicism
FOR those who feel so inclined, the wonders of the web can afford you the same view that Lee Harvey Oswald had 60 years ago as he perched in a corner of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas.

Instead of turning the poppy and Remembrance Sunday into a nationalistic trend, we should be spending the day listening to those who actually fought in wars

COMMENT Stuart Nicolson: Fetishisation of the military and the cult of the poppy

TODAY is Remembrance Sunday. It is worth pondering that word, remembrance, and considering just how close to its true meaning and original intent the various acts of commemoration we see now in the early 21st-century UK actually are.

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