Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of North Korea’s loopy leader Kim Jong-il, has stuck his neck out by saying he is opposed to a dynastic succession that would see the reins of power passed to his younger brother. This might be sour grapes on his part, since he was once regarded as the heir apparent himself, but was thought to have fallen from grace when he was caught trying to get into Japan with a false passport. Kim Jong-nam also said: “For my part, I am prepared to help my younger brother whenever necessary while I stay abroad.” How very David Miliband of him.
Archive for October, 2010
Time for economic democracy
By Peter Tatchell /Saturday, October 16th, 2010Peter Tatchell says democratising economic decision-making is the key to a fairer, more stable economy
Charities’ warning over benefit tests as wrongly assessed cases mount
By René Lavanchy /Saturday, October 16th, 2010Welfare charities are alarmed at a rising tide of disabled benefit claimants who turn out to be wrongly deemed fit to work under Government medical assessments. Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has estimated that 23 per cent of Britain’s 2.1 million incapacity benefit claimants are ready to work. But Citizens Advice said that [...]
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, October 16th, 2010
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Darkness at the heart of middle-class guilt
By Tribune Web Editor /Saturday, October 16th, 2010Enlightenment
Hampstead Theatre, London
One in eight British households now has an adult out of work
By Bernard Purcell /Saturday, October 16th, 2010Britain has more jobless households than any other major European country as nearly one in eight British homes – 11.5 per cent – has no adult in employment
Panoramic view of a troubled system
By Emma Kelly /Friday, October 15th, 2010Panorama: Kids in Care
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Wedding House
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Ian Aitken
By Ian Aitken /Friday, October 15th, 2010Osborne’s shadow sheds light on Miliband’s intentions
Politicians, trade unionists and artists reject ‘loyalty oath’ in Israel
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, October 15th, 2010Israeli legal experts joined many of the country’s artists, writers, politicians and trade unionists in criticising Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand that anyone seeking citizenship must swear allegiance to Israel as an exclusively Jewish state.
Kevin Maguire
By Kevin Maguire /Friday, October 15th, 2010Anger and sorrow: Labour’s twin-track attack strategy