In 1940, Britain imprisoned all German and Austrian refugees, even the dissidents that Hitler had imprisoned.

Most were released later that year; it wasn't as bad as what the US did to the Japanese-Americans.

Two Chinese dissidents have been jailed for two years awaiting "trial" for planning dissent, which will surely be followed by long "sentences".

*Britain's failure to tackle Russian dirty money has enabled Putin’s aggression.*

British banksters serve Russian oligarchs because it is very profitable to do so.

To cease that service is something that the UK needs to do for its own future honesty, even more than as a sanction against Putin. But honesty is not the Tories' priority.

Guatemala has convicted some of the murderous officers and paramilitaries who carried out mass murder, but right-wing politicians with old military ties want to release them all.

If the US had had the vaccination rate of some European countries (around 80%), it would have had half as many Covid hospitalizations this winter.

I expect that would mean half as many deaths; that would be around 30,000 Americans who would not have died.