Politics is a dirty word

The Super Saturday by-elections in Perth, Fremantle, Mayo, Braddon and Longman on July 28th promise some interesting results with talk of an early election and maybe a Labor leadership spill. The results are eagerly awaited by those poor mugs who follow politics. All will become clear on Saturday night. In Tasmania, the Braddon by election could be a real surprise. The major parties are attacking the independent fisherman Craig Garland which suggests he might poll better than anyone can be comfortable with. In Perth. It could be a fun time with a swag of independent candidates and parties like the sustainable Party, The Animal Justice Party, the Mental Health Party and the People’s Party as well as the Liberal Democrats and the Western Australia Party. Thew Fremantle election is a similar bad joke. \In Mayo. South Australia, Rebekha Sharkie is expected to win while it’s wide open in Longman, Queensland with candidates for the ALP. LNP, the Australian Country Party, the Science Party, ...

Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine may have been responsible for shooting down Malaysian airliner MH 17. Many Western countries, including Australia, were quick to point their fingers and blame the Russian Federation for the action but what is the evidence? A number of Russian- made surface-to-air missiles were stolen in 1994 from an army base in Ukraine. The weapons were held at a base in the Cherkasskaya region of central Ukraine.It Was reported by the German Government that other conventional surface-to-air missiles have also been stolen by Ukraine separatists. If Governments are held liable for the misuse of weapons they supply to third parties, then the US, Britain and France are in real trouble, they, along with Russia, are the biggest arms dealers in the world.

Porton Down is the UK’s prime chemical weapons establishment near Salisbury It is understood that stores of Novichok and other nerve agents are held there for use in the Middle East and elsewhere.Novichok is part of a group of nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. It is reported to be eight times more toxic than the nerve agent VX, which was used to assassinate the brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. Novichok is usually stored as two less toxic chemical ingredients, making it easier to transport. When they’re mixed together, the chemicals react to produce a military-grade nerve agent. It can kill after being inhaled, injected or absorbed through the skin.It is the chemical used which the UK claim,s Russia used in Salisbury on a double agent and his daughter, and apparently has resulted in the death of a local women and the hospitalisation of her partner. No evidence has been revealed which shows how the Russians imported the chemical to the UK so its seems j...