UK Nick Clegg: Israel doing 'immense damage' to peace process  Jan 16, 2012

In some of the most critical language ever used by a senior European politician in government, Mr Clegg accused Israel of 

“ an act of deliberate vandalism to the basic premise on which negotiations have taken place for years and years and years,” Mr Clegg said.  "I condemn the continued illegal settlement activity in the strongest possible terms."

UK Politician Resigns After Saying Israel 'Will Not Go On Forever'  February 29, 2012
Baroness Jenny Tonge, a Liberal Democrat in the UK House of Lords-

"It will not go on for ever, it will not go on for ever. Israel will lose support and then they will reap what they have sown." Tonge has apparently refused to apologize. She remains a member of the House of Lords under its current system.

 

Trident nuclear deterrent 'at risk' if Scotland votes for independence  January 29, 2012

 

HMS Victorious leaves the Faslane naval base in Scotland. 

There is no alternative base for the UK's nuclear deterrent than its existing sites in Scotland, leaving it with the prospect of having nowhere to go should Scots vote for independence.

Defence chiefs are only now beginning to face the consequences of a possible future Scottish parliament voting to get rid of the Trident nuclear weapons bases at Coulport and Faslane.

Kate Hudson, the general secretary of CND, said: "Trident is at a dead end, strategically and economically. Now we can add 'geographically' to the list too, as Ministry of Defence sources have confirmed CND's analysis: that there 'simply isn't anywhere else' for Trident to go. 

 

I'm watching Argentina's De Kirchner and the UK Naval presence off Argentina's coast.  Is a nuclear mishap near Las Malvinas Islands on the way?

It will definitely tie-in to Scotland's Uproar for Independence.

Keep in mind, P.William is serving as rescue copilot there, until mid-march.

Prince William arrives in the Falkland Islands Feb 4, 2012 His arrival had been debated and discussed for many months in the windy Atlantic outcrop.

Mid-Point - March 21st 2013

God Bless,

Gail