For the last 3 years, many of us have had the experience of standing in line at an airport, enduring and not enjoying the experience. We felt herded like cattle, searched, and treated with suspicion. We are told what liquids and other items we cannot take on board the plane. We are just relieved when we have arrived at our destination. Some of us may have wondered whether these precautions were necessary. This week the conviction of three British Muslims, showed us that these warnings are crucial.
Yesterday, Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar and Tanvir Hussain, were convicted in a retrial for planning to blow up passenger jets in suicide attacks. The plot, caught in its final stages, was to detonate liquid bombs on 7 airliners whilst flying from Britain to America. It could have killed 10,000 people, so would have exceeded the 3000 killed on 9/11. |
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Harriet Harman MP caused controversy again, with her comments about women in leadership. She said she does “not agree with all-male leaderships” because men “cannot be left to run things on their own.”
The problem with these statements and the sentiment behind them, is that Harman is both right and wrong. Traditionally, women earn less than men, even when they do the same jobs. Sometimes this happens in the guise of modified job titles.
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"John Taylor - Lord Taylor of Warwick" has been published.
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