Causing genocide to protect us from terror

Here you can read my latest OpEdge piece for RT.com on the shocking new 'Body Count' report on the genocide unleashed in the so-called 'War on Terror'.

Brexit 2020; What are the odds and what next for Europe?

My new piece for Sputnik International.

What are the chances of Britain leaving the EU following May's General election - and what would happen to the British economy if 'Brexit' did take place?
Europhiles have long argued that if Britain did leave the EU it would be a disaster. Our trade with other EU members would decrease, and unemployment would rise steeply. Euro-sceptics on the other hand paint a picture of a thriving British economy once the country has been 'set free' from Brussels. 
A new report from Open Europe described as 'the most comprehensive study of UK withdrawal' will probably disappoint both Europhiles and Eurosceptics — as it makes it clear that the impact of withdrawal won't be as dramatic as both sides claim...

You can read the whole article  here.

Anti-Russian propaganda is ‘unconvincing’, because Western narrative is false

My latest RT.com OpEdge piece.

You really couldn’t make it up. Almost 24 million people in the EU are unemployed. The Greek debt crisis has yet to be resolved. An Islamic State terrorist attack in Tunis, just over 100 miles from Italy. The ever-worsening problem of climate change.
And what are the EU elite talking about? How best to counter‘Russia’s ongoing disinformation campaigns’. It’s good to know they’ve got their priorities right, isn‘t it?

You can read the whole piece here.

Stranger than Fiction- the life of Edgar Wallace (some UK radio coverage)

I talk about my new biography of Edgar Wallace, on the Kat Orman show on BBC Radio Oxford  here.

While here, (if you're in the UK), you can listen to a wonderful three-hour celebration of Edgar Wallace and his works on BBC Radio4Extra. There's an interview with me at around 1hr into the programme.
Here is producer's Peter McHugh's blog about the programme.
I hope you enjoy it. I still have a few signed copies of 'Stranger than Fiction' available via the paypal button on the top right of this blog if any readers would like one.

Britain’s Budget Unveiled: but will it be enough to win the election?

My analysis of the UK Budget- and its political implications-  for Sputnik International.

After a number of Budgets that benefited the well-off, the Chancellor used his last Budget before the general election to make life a little easier for those who haven't done well under the Tories - and whose votes they desperately need to hold on to power after 7 May.

You can read the whole piece here.

Power of ten: How neocons and the fake-left took over the British Establishment

My new piece for RT.com OpEdge

Forty years ago, Britain could be described as a vibrant democracy. Our parties lived up to their names: a conservative Party believed in conserving things, a Labour Party represented the interests of working people and a Liberal Party was liberal.
We had a mixed economy, in which majority interests were put first, a sensible foreign policy - we pursued detente with the Soviet Union - and didn't seek to go around the world trying to stir up conflicts. The only foreign “wars” we got involved with in those days were the so-called “Cod Wars” with Iceland.
Today, it's a very different story. Our political parties have converged around what author Tariq Ali has labelled “the extreme center.” The range of views which can be freely expressed in Britain without adverse personal consequences ensuing is narrowing by the day.

You can read the whole article here. 

The Intelligent Punter's Guide to the 2015 Cheltenham Festival

The  intelligent punter’s guide to the 2015 Cheltenham festival

Neil Clark

Four great days of jump racing start today at the Cheltenham Festival. Where should you put your money?

The Cheltenham National Hunt Festival - the Olympics of jump racing - begins today. With 27 ultra-competitive races being run over the four-day meeting, there are plenty of opportunities to win - and lose – money. But if we bear in mind three key factors before placing our bets, we can help tilt the percentages in our favour...

You can read the whole guide here.

Cash for Access: It's time for radical reform

My new piece for Sputnik International.

The latest ‘Cash for Access Scandal' to hit British politics makes the case for radical reform of the UK's current Parliamentary system an urgent priority.
Two former Foreign Secretaries, the Tory grandee Sir Malcolm Rifkind Q.C. and Labour's Jack Straw, Foreign Secretary at the time of the Iraq war, (WMDs anyone?) were caught on camera boasting about their influence — and what they could do to help a fictitious Chinese company — for the right money, of course.
Rifkind, despite receiving a £67,000 salary from British taxpayers, told the undercover reporters that 'nobody' paid him a salary and that he was 'self-employed'.

You can read the whole article  here.