Ministerial aide resigns over Trident replacement

Respected Scottish member of parliament Jim Devine, the MP for Livingstone, is to step down from his government post in protest over plans to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system. The BBC reports that Mr Devine will resign as a ministerial aide next week because...

Ministerial aide resigns over Trident replacement

Respected Scottish member of parliament Jim Devine, the MP for Livingstone, is to step down from his government post in protest over plans to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system. The BBC reports that Mr Devine will resign as a ministerial aide next week because...

The peacemaker as dissident

The Guardian newspaper has a good and thoughtful interview with Pat and Norman Kember today (10 March 2007), reflecting on his period of captivity in Iraq in 2005-6, when he joined a short term Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation in Baghdad. There is also an excerpt...

The peacemaker as dissident

The Guardian newspaper has a good and thoughtful interview with Pat and Norman Kember today (10 March 2007), reflecting on his period of captivity in Iraq in 2005-6, when he joined a short term Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation in Baghdad. There is also an excerpt...

We must take risks for peace, says Norman Kember

Norman Kember, who was held in captivity in Iraq for four months with three other members of Christian Peacemaker teams in 2005-6, says he has no regrets in going into a dangerous situation – except for the pain he caused his wife and others. Dr Kember, a former...