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Reasons to be cheerful
\r\n \r\nOpen the newspapers on any day in Trinidad and Tobago and you search in vain for reasons to be cheerful. Between the accounts of murder, politicians accusing others of murder, politicians...
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The Future of the EU and the UK’s role within it
\r\n \r\nOn 23 January Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech on the future of the European Union and the UK’s role within it. You can find the text of the speech on the Number10.gov.uk website, so...
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FCO Women’s stories – fighting forced marriage
\r\n \r\nWith International Women’s Day coming up on 8 March I’m delighted to host a guest post on my blog about some of the women that work in the Foreign Office and about the globally recognised work...
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Margaret Thatcher, 1925 – 2013
\r\n \r\nOn the day of the funeral of Lady Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, it seems that respectful calm was the prevailing emotion. The predicted mass demonstrations never...
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Human Rights: Believing in Progress
\r\n \r\nEarlier this month the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published its annual Human Rights and Democracy report, which details the UK’s efforts to promote Human Rights during 2012. Necessarily...
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Sixty Years Ago – the Crowning Glory
\r\n \r\nFor those of us who enjoy the rather incomprehensible sport of mountaineering – by which I mean climbing real snowy mountains and not just hiking up the beautiful green hills we have here in...
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The G8 Summit: Trade, transparency and tax
\r\n \r\nOn Monday 17 June the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is hosting the annual G8 Summit, with the Heads of State and Government of the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and...
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APD: let’s talk about the real issues
\r\n \r\nLast time I flew from Port of Spain to London it proved to be quite a networking opportunity. As I trudged down the ‘plane through the mysterious world of First Class – seats so large that an...
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Progress (or not) of LGBT Rights
\r\n \r\nThe following a guest post by Matt Nottingham. Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a series of measures imposing severe restrictions and punishments on individuals who...
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Policing marijuana – the UK experience
\r\n \r\nCountries all over the world take different approaches to the policing of marijuana possession and consumption. In many places it is widely assumed that the drug is legal, whereas in fact it...
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Human Rights Day: what does it mean for T&T?
\r\n \r\nIn 1950 the UN General Assembly designated 10 December Human Rights Day, commemorating the date of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The Declaration, coming in...
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Down in the dumps
\r\n \r\nDuring the day of 5 December 1952, a dry smoky fog, not particularly dense, was seen over London. This was an era in which most homes were heated by coal fires and such fogs were not unusual....
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A gun to the head?
\r\n \r\nA choice isn’t a choice when it is made with a gun to your head. Yet on Sunday, the people of Crimea will be asked to make an impossible choice: to vote to become subjugated by Russia; or to...
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Notes from a Small Island
\r\n \r\nGuest blog by Jonathan Sinclair, British High Commissioner to New Zealand and High Commissioner designate to Samoa One of the most interesting aspects of my job is the chance to work with...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye
This isn’t really a blog post. Rather, it’s a farewell. I cease my job as British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago on 13th October. We have greatly enjoyed living in Trinidad and Tobago. I am...
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Human Rights: Believing in Progress
\r\n \r\nEarlier this month the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published its annual Human Rights and Democracy report, which details the UK’s efforts to promote Human Rights during 2012. Necessarily...
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Sixty Years Ago – the Crowning Glory
\r\n \r\nFor those of us who enjoy the rather incomprehensible sport of mountaineering – by which I mean climbing real snowy mountains and not just hiking up the beautiful green hills we have here in...
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The G8 Summit: Trade, transparency and tax
\r\n \r\nOn Monday 17 June the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is hosting the annual G8 Summit, with the Heads of State and Government of the USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and...
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APD: let’s talk about the real issues
\r\n \r\nLast time I flew from Port of Spain to London it proved to be quite a networking opportunity. As I trudged down the ‘plane through the mysterious world of First Class – seats so large that an...
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Progress (or not) of LGBT Rights
\r\n \r\nThe following a guest post by Matt Nottingham. Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a series of measures imposing severe restrictions and punishments on individuals who...
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