blessed britons

There was the general sense of callousness. Churchill permitted himself to make the remark that the Indian population bring it onto itself by breeding like rabbits. And there was another statement of his when he said that he was well aware that the Indian people were the beastliest in the world, next to the Germans. It cannot be said that the central government was full of sympathy.

— Amartya Sen

mad world

ActionAid said that although Britain had abandoned tied aid, at least 80% of contracts awarded by [the Department for International Development] in 2005-06 were to UK firms. A total of £101m was awarded to the so-called big five consultancy firms - PWC, KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst and Young and Accenture. Adam Smith International received contracts worth £22m, mostly for Iraq and Afghanistan.

— Larry Elliott

Aid wasted in paying for private schools, July 2006

force-feeding at guantanamo bay

Submitted by antarchi on May 17, 2007 - 22:37.

Twice a day my client, Shaker Aamer, is strapped into a torture chair and a 110 centimetre tube is forced up his nose. Occasionally, it goes into his lungs - which is excruciatingly painful and quite deliberate.

mostly nuggets

blessed britons

mad world

force-feeding at guantanamo bay