Celebrations right across Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union marking Victory Day in Europe were marred by violence as nationalists in western Ukraine protested against the festivities commemorating the Red Army’s defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.
Archive for May, 2011
Government ‘creates stagflation and call it a recovery’
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, May 20th, 2011Household incomes continued to be squeezed downwards as inflation rose again in April and wages continued to trail behind the true cost of living.
250,000 civil servants to vote on strike action as 60,000 public sector workers face the sack
By David Hencke /Friday, May 20th, 2011The prospect of a national strike hardened as a quarter of a million civil servants prepared to vote for strike action in protest against imminent cuts in jobs, services and pensions.
Dangers of channel tunnel vision
By Richard Howitt /Friday, May 20th, 2011Richard Howitt argues that its 2010 Scottish defeat shows it is vital Labour does not contest the next Euro elections as any sort of dress rehearsal
Cameron on the turn and doing the dirty
By Jon Craig /Friday, May 20th, 2011There are more and more examples of the Prime Minister hanging his senior colleagues out to dry
Block booking for an alien invasion
By Patrick Mulcahy /Friday, May 20th, 2011Attack the Block
Director: Joe Cornish
L’Affaire FarewellDirector: Christian Carion
Fiesta fun and the joint is jumping
By Cary Gee /Friday, May 20th, 2011Mano de Dios
Madame Jo Jo’s, Brewer Street, London
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, May 20th, 2011
Cartoon by John Jensen. More at www.tribunecartoons.com
Security alerts and a few protests but Queen’s historic four-day visit is hailed a great success
By Bernard Purcell /Friday, May 20th, 2011In one of the most high-profile and personally significant state visits of her reign, Queen Elizabeth formally acknowledged the reality of the closeness of Britain and Ireland during an unprecedented four-day visit to the United Kingdom’s nearest neighbour.