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'Arry Kane

Peter Anderson ⚽ The star man of the weekend was, without any shadow of a doubt, Harry Kane. The City v Spurs Saturday night special was an absolute cracker and Kane was instrumental in Spurs taking the points.

He had the perfect foil in Son to play alongside him. For the first goal Kane played a superb ball around the corner to find Son in acres of space and he squared the ball to Kulusevski

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Russia And Ukraine ✑ “Militarism And Nationalism Are Lethally Dangerous Drugs”

People And Nature ☭ The danger of renewed Russian military action in Ukraine is growing. Simon Pirani29-December-2021The build-up of Russian armed forces on the border, near to the Russian-supported separatist “republics” in Donetsk and Lugansk, is alarming Ukrainians. They have already suffered more than six years of war during which 14,000 people have been killed and more than 2 million

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Thirty Eight

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Let Us At Least Be CuriousStanding up to Poppy Day75% of the vaccinated dying with Covid in US have co-morbidities, says CDCHow would a nuclear war between the US and Russia play

Bring Back The Donald To Cool Ukraine Crisis!

Dr John Coulter ✒  Former US President Donald Trump needs to convene a Singapore-style peace summit in Dublin to bring the Ukraine crisis to an end, maintains the TPQ Monday contentious political commentator.The prophets of doom already have predicted a nuclear Armageddon of Biblical proportions as the world descends into global war over Ukraine, but I am not one of those so-called ‘prophets’ who

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The Kingdom

Anthony McIntyre  🔖 As a devotee of novels featuring the booze addled detective, Harry Hole, I am never dismayed when his creator, Jo Nesbo, creates a hole of a different sort which he then adroitly plugs with characters other than Harry. Nesbo’s standalone novels are invariably worth picking up. For the vintage reader, they should never be reason for disappointment. The Kingdom is longer than

Protect Nonreligious Beliefs, Say Atheist Ireland And IHREC

Atheist Ireland ✒ The Department of Justice is reviewing the Equal Status Act and the Employment Equality Acts. Atheist Ireland made a Submission which you can find here. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission also made a submission, which you can find here.In the Venice Commission Guidelines for Legislative Reviews of Laws Affecting Religion or Belief it states that:International

Greece ✑ Humanists Sentenced To One-Year Suspended Jail Term

Humanists International ✒ is deeply concerned to learn that prominent human rights defenders and members of the Humanist Union of Greece were convicted of filing a “false complaint” and sentenced to one year in prison, suspended for three years.Members of the Humanist Union of Greece, Panayote Dimitras and Andrea Gilbert were convicted of filing a “false complaint” (Article 229 of the Penal Code)

Don’t Let Religion Undermine Abortion Access, NSS Urges

National Secular Society ✒ has warned the government that access to safe abortions should not be subject to a "religious veto".The NSS has sought assurances from the secretary of state for health and social care that the decision over extending provisions to allow early medical abortions at home will not be "unduly influenced by those who ideologically oppose abortion and seek to make it harder