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Author Archives: Nigel Jones

Chilcot: Why I knew Tony Blair was wrong

By Nigel Jones | Tue 12th July 2016 - 4:15 pm

In the late 1980s I worked in Iraq, developing personnel and timetable software systems for Baghdad University.

The second day I was there, I was called in by the head of the university’s IT department to meet a uniformed major in the Iraqi army. He had a computer system which was not working properly.

I was asked if I would like to go with him to sort it out. I readily agreed. We drove for an hour through areas of very poor housing. People looked sad and children were running around with no shoes.

We arrived …

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MP security – we must keep access for the public

By Nigel Jones | Tue 21st June 2016 - 8:58 am

I never met Jo Cox. All I have heard about her tragic and pointless death is that she was the right sort of MP that entered Parliament with pure motives and who is a sad loss. She cared about the people in her constituency, regardless of their background. She worked for OXFAM, and knew that life in Britain is much easier than in other parts of the world – and she believed that it is our duty to help those in need, not least those children who have fled war in Syria and are now alone. …

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Diversity, standards, and the treatment of Professor Jason Arday (BLAC Liberal Democrats)
Labour has the promise on business rates – We have the plan (Pawel Urbanski)
Redirecting the funds to the jobs Britain cannot do without (Edward Marsh)
Israel and the West Bank (Andy Daer)
Getting ready for Conference – Directory now out (Caron Lindsay)

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