Father|@UN Consultant| Political Analyst for @trtworld|International Envoy-Guinea Gvt|International Affairs|Diplomacy|Advisory Board member @AfricanBChamber
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
George Bernard Shaw.
Sir John Major makes the essential point. Parents who send children to private school save the state money.
Labour’s tax on them has failed. Now the state has 2,000 fewer teachers than when Conservatives left office.
So we will reverse this futile, vindictive policy.
The tussle to lead the @UN is widening, but the real power still sits with the Security Council’s five veto holders. With no deadline for candidates, diplomats are bracing for late entrants — or a “ghost candidate” imposed from above.
Good Friday reminds us of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice.
May this day further deepen the values of peace, compassion and forgiveness.
May hope, faith and love guide us all.
The last quarter century of US Middle East policy should have made the risks of the Iran war clear.
The US toppled regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq but failed to build stable states. Militias and rival power centers quickly filled the vacuum.