Elaine Storkey
Dagen
6 articles filed under Dagen.
2011
The Soul of Pakistan
Over the last two weeks many people in Britain have talked of a fight for the ‘soul of Pakistan’. Shahbaz Bhatti was the second prominent Pakistani politician this year to be killed for…
Fighting a Cause
This week the British Red Cross in the UK has been fighting to safeguard its reputation. The problem is not, however, scandal or embezzlement. It is not like the aggravated fraud which sent…
2010
New Vision. Old Legacy
The contest between David and Ed Milliband for the leadership of the British labour Party has opened up our recent social and political history. Their father, Ralph Milliband was one of…
A Hung Parliament?
This was written for Dagen, May 2010. The result of the British General Election was widely predicted. The outcome, as expected was a ‘hung parliament’. The very phrase signifies…
2009
Refusing their Claims
This was written for Dagen October 2009 We have become used to news of the global financial crisis, but now in the UK we find we have a local crisis also. It is one not of scarcity but…
2007
BBC Today Programme is Half A Century Old
This was written for Dagen in October 2007 It is striking that this month we celebrate a key British broadcasting institution. For since it began, not only has there been change in…