Protesting against a genocide - May 2009, London
To mark 15 years since the Sri Lankan military onslaught that massacred tens of thousands of Tamils, we revisit the final days leading up to the 18th of May 2009.
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To mark 15 years since the Sri Lankan military onslaught that massacred tens of thousands of Tamils, we revisit the final days leading up to the 18th of May 2009.
The hidden passage leading to the Palace of Westminster was at the centre of controversy when a security barrier was installed.
Sir Colin Shepherd, who has died four days after his 86th birthday, was for 25 years a conscientious Conservative MP for Hereford, holding off the Liberals to take the seat in October 1974, but losing it to them when John Major’s government was routed in 1997.
Parliament is spending more than £100,000 a year on pest control in a bid to keep at bay the 'super-mice' plaguing the corridors of power with hundreds of mice spotted in Westminster last year.
(Kurt Ullrich photo) For a number of months before my wife passed it was my responsibility to keep her from …