By Craig Murray Craig Murray is an author, broadcaster and human rights activist. He was British Ambassador to Uzbekistan from August 2002 to October 2004 and Rector of the University of Dundee from 2007 to 2010. When politicians in power are extremely unpopular, they generally turn to militarism and jingoism for a quick boost. Starmer is now the darling of ...
On June 23rd, the Black Sea was the stage of one of the tensest encounters since the end of Cold War. The British destroyer HMS Defender crossed into Russian territorial waters around the peninsula of Crimea, Russia responded by a Russian patrol ship and fighter jet firing warning shots at the vessel to change its course. The British Defence Ministry ...