Is Dodgy Dave heading for a Tricky Dicky sticky End?

One of the most reliable things in life is what behaviour patterns tell you about a person. If someone will knowingly lie to the readership of the Daily Telegraph about what a piece of opinion research means, then he or she is likely to do other things of equal or greater mendacity. Not being British – but being paid to lie to the British about the most important decision since June 1940 – suggests two things. First, the recipient is a mercenary whore; and second, the paymaster is a pimp.

The whore and pimp in this case are Lynton Crosby and the Conservative Party respectively….and disrespectfully. When I posted the Crosby piece last week, I’m sure most readers just thought I was a market research anorak sounding off; when the post about Cameron the parrot went up, doubtless most in…

Israel killed 2,079 Palestinian children since 2000

The same statement stated that the Israeli occupation has wounded 13,000 children during the same period According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics’ 2013 report, 4.1 per cent of Palestinian children aged 10-17 have entered the workforce. Days of Palestine, West Bank -Israeli occupation has killed 2,079 Palestinian children since 2,000, Palestinian information ministry revealed on Tuesday.

In a statement released to mark International Children’s Day, the ministry said: “Palestinian children have suffered from violations committed by the Israeli occupation and settlers all across the country.” From the beginning of Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000 to the end of May 2016, some 2,079 children were killed while over 13,000 children were injured and over 12,000 were arrested, the statement said. There are still 420 children held in Israeli prisons. –

Of those arrested, 95 per cent were subjected to torture and violations…