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What next for Gaza? Part 2

This is the second of two articles on Israel and Gaza after the war. You can read the first part here.  SO, WHY should the process of developing Gazan/Israeli peace start now, and how? The UN and a multitude of NGOs and interest groups will be trying to get in to ‘support’ Gazans and act […]

Democracy in Decay: A Tory betrayal

TUESDAY was the fourth anniversary of the 2019 General Election, when the Tories achieved a surprisingly comprehensive victory under Boris Johnson. Even the most cynical of us who had, much against our better judgment, voted Tory thought this might well herald a new beginning for Britain: the much-delayed Brexit referendum result and all that it implied […]

What next for Gaza? Part 1

This is the first of two articles on Israel and Gaza after the war. ARE miracles still possible in the Middle East? Is it possible to take two peoples with a multi-generational hatred and raise a future of lasting peace from the death and destruction of war? Eventually there will be a cessation to the war […]

That Reminds Me: Bedroom secrets

IN common with most folk of a certain age, I remember winters in unheated bedrooms where you would wake to find ice patterns on the inside of the window and wince to put foot to freezing linoleum. By contrast the inside of the bed was toasty warm, thanks to a sheet, thick woollen blankets and […]

Rwanda Bill has passed – The Conservative Woman

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill has passed through the House of Commons despite fears of a Tory rebellion, by 313 votes to 269. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ If you appreciated this article, perhaps you might consider making a donation to The Conservative Woman. Unlike most other websites, we receive no independent funding. Our editors are unpaid and work entirely voluntarily […]

What the modern world can learn from Napoleon, Part 2 – don’t just win the war, win the peace

This is the second of two essays by Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley on the lessons the modern-day world can learn from Napoleon’s successes and ultimate failure. These follow on from his review of Ridley Scott’s historically inaccurate film published on Saturday. Yesterday’s Part 1 examined strategy, past and present. Today’s focuses on the limits of power them and now. ‘IT […]

Congressional Action Alert for Israel – Keep Calling! | Women’s League for Conservative Judaism

You are here: Home » News » Congressional Action Alert for Israel – Keep Calling! December 11, 2023 Dear Friend, Last week, The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations joined our member organizations and Jewish federations in leading the American Jewish community’s National Mobilization Week. The effort was hugely successful with tens of thousands […]

Napoleon’s strategic failure – what the modern world can learn, Part 1

Ridley Scott’s film ‘Napoleon’ prompted us to ask military historian Jonathon Riley, author of two key books on Napoleon and a former commander of British forces in Bosnia, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan, for a  review. His damning and fascinating account of ‘the most historically inaccurate film I have ever seen’ is here. But what does an understanding of Napoleon’s successes and ultimate […]

Notes from the sticks: Stoat tales

This is a repeat of a post which was first published on January 17, 2021. I AM not sure if I have ever seen a stoat. Since we have been in Lancashire I have glimpsed one or two animals which could have been stoats but at a distance they could equally have been weasels. Many people […]